I don’t’ even know how to begin.
Never in my life would I think I had to say this, but my god, there is a lot of shit talking going on here. Never in a million years, would I have thought that my ones, my own red family, the people I see as second sisters and brothers would say something as stupid as this.
When I started to write her on Empire Of The Kop, I was expecting to get many comments by people. Either saying that I should quit write mainly because of the reason that I am of the gender female or you know, that I obviously can’t understand the offside rule.
Hope you sense the sarcasm. But really, I was ready to face people that were going to say that the why I write is bad, that my thoughts are wrong and that I don’t know anything about Liverpool Football Club.
But the other day, I got the worst comment ever.
You call yourselves “fans”? How many of you were at anfield on Thursday? I bet the writer wasn’t.
First and foremost, this person means that everyone one of us, who was not at Anfield on Thursday or any other day, is not a real fan?
Okey, I’m shocked. Are this boy aware of that Liverpool has a quite lot more supporters, then the capacity of Anfield?
Liverpool Football club have millions of fans all around the world. How dare you insult us like that? I’ve gotten mail from people from the US, Kuwait, Austria, India, Malaysia, all of them having one thing in common. Being a red, through and through.
Do you know how hard it is, being a LFC fan abroad? Never having someone to chat to, no shoulder to cry on, no other fan to share the joy with. We can just leave the club when everything screws up, when we don’t win games, cups or trophies. We can just be those plastic fans that every other single club has and just be around whenever we feel like it.
But no, we stand there, just as everyone else does. We are not plastic fans, just because we can’t go to Anfield every gameday. Are you seriously saying that the owner of this blog is less of a fan then you? Or that I am?
I am just stunned that someone would actually offense me and others like that. and by others I mean millions around the world. It should not matter if you turn up to games or not, just as long as your heart beat for Liverpool, nothing else really matters.
At least some of you aren’t complete idiots. This is what a rational person answered;
If real fans are measured by their opportunities to get to watch their club at Anfield or otherwise, then LFC would be a club with very few real fans. I think it is very arrogant (and Chelsea-like) of you to disrespect so many Liverpool fans around the world, some of whom might have supported and followed our team longer than you, and probably before you was even a twitch in your old mans’ sack.
Oh and one more thing. To the lad that wrote that shit. You are lucky, being a Liverpool supporter. Because if you were anything else, I wouldn’t let you get away with it.
follow me on twitter @Nezik_Keshto, where I’m not as hostile as I sound here!
Hey your writting echos our thought .but its a minority of ppl that do things like .YNWA from India
Brilliant.
Hey your writting echos our thought .but its a minority of ppl that do things like this .YNWA from India
No worries. People are ignorant.
I’m a die hard LFC fan who grew up in Connecticut, USA. I used to go to an old football pub in New Haven run by Scouse expats to watch the games as an underage kid. They let me stay cos they knew I loved the Reds.
I now live in NYC. Although it’s easier to find people who will share your pride of being a LFC fan here (Nevada Smith’s), like you say, we’re not in any majority, but we stand together.
For crissakes haters, our frickin’ motto; our EVERYTHING is a song called “You’ll Never Walk Alone”!!!
Hold your heads high Reds fans around the world. We walk together always. –YNWA.
ignore them Nezik many are bigoted racists who simply don’t like where you come from . You are no less a fan because you don’t go to Anfield any more than someone is less of a Christian because the don’t go to church. Some people just want Liverpool to be a private members club for them and their pissed up mates
Hey ! Relax …. I couldnt agree more with you. We are right behind you ,together we make a Force , THE KOP !!
YNWA !
Well written, I sympathies with the writer.
Nezik. People that come on here and say something like ‘where you at Anfield’ should be ignored. Although we are just as passionate as them, we form part of the millions that live outside the UK and support the Club with same love as they do. They buy match tickets, we buy merchandise and pay substantial TV permits and licenses to watch out beloved Club.
Keep on writing as you feel and how you feel. Embrace those that appreciate your efforts and ignore those that are downright arrogant and hopelessly stupid.
YNWA
Hello, You are spot on there. the few fans who come up with crap like that are just thick. No argument to be made.
I get it. I am a supporter from Mexico… I cannot go to Anfield every game day, and my mates keep saying me that I am not a real fan because I have never been to Anfield. These friends support the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd. They have no idea of what Liverpool F.C is all about.
Ignore that simplistic, immature silly mentality.
But don’t ignore spell-check and proofreading :-X
YNWA from Poland.
cant agree with you more! Greetings from nyc! Ynwa!
If I’m not a “fan,” then I want the two hours of sleep back that I lost when I got up on Sunday morning to watch them play West Ham (I live in the USA). Actually, the team owes me a lot of hours of sleep, because between living in New Zealand and living in America I’ve spent 32 years getting up at ridiculous hours to watch my team play. I also want the money back that I’ve spent on Liverpool merchandise over the years, and I’ll delete the two versions of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” that I have on my phone.
Signed,
Someone who has never seen the team play in person, let alone at Anfield.
I’m ging to say exactly what’s in my haert. I won’t lie.
first of all, I’m not a Liverpool supporter. I like Liverpool FC, the way I like many other clubs, but I’m not a red.
I have to accept the fact that LFC are among the most loyal fans in the world, but there’s something that really pisses me off; the fact that you all think you’re better than any ther fan of any other club on Earth. Who the hell told you Real Madri, Man United, Inter, Milan, Chelsea, Bayern don’t have long life fans who have supported the club for ages. Wh the hell told you you are the only real fans in football world?? Where I live I don’t know a single LFC fan, but I know a lot Man Utd, chelsea, real madrid and Barcelona fans who have always been supportive no matter what.
Who are you to say a club or a fanbase has no value because they wave plastic flags? A flag tells you all about a club and abut a person? How do you know that that man waving a plastic falg is not a die hard fan who watches all games and loves his club til death?
re anthems, yes, YNWA is the best anthem, but why do you laugh at other fans for not making their own songs? let me remind you that you LFC fans didn’t write Yu’ll never walk alone. You adopted it, but yu didn’t invented it.
You are almost asking for respect from other clubs because of your 5 cups and stuff, but let me tell you that you are very disrespectful people too. Inside Anfiel you can be the best fans that mother nature has seen, but outside, many of you can be real jerks.
Great post! Ignorant idiots like that really shouldn’t even have a say. YNWA from California, USA
I agree wholeheartedly! I am a Red who currently lives in the States, but I have also lived in Stockholm and Tel Aviv. I’m a rabid fan, and I have friends in each of the countries in which I have lived who are also rabid Red fans. We never miss a match in the pub, and every so often we travel to England to see our Reds play. We mighty millions who love LFC and live outside of Britain are real fans!! YNWA, no matter where you live.
That said, you guys really need an editor. Too many of your articles contain grammatical errors. Poor grammar can kill an argument. English might not be you first language, and I applaud you for writing as well as you do, but before an article is published on your site perhaps a native English speaker should edit it. Just a suggestion.
It is an interesting moan that match goers do come out with every once in a while, normally when a fellow fan is annoying them!
As an ex regular at Anfield who now lives at the other end of the country I think there isn’t much in the complaint but as Anfield isn’t big enough and the current season ticket waiting list is, by the clubs own admission, years long. It is a bit silly too! No, I don’t want us to leave L4.
To all LFC fans around the globe, all I can say is ignore the ocassional idiot who also follows us.
A joke that did the rounds in Liverpool in 84-85 when Everton were challenging us hard was that Liverpool Corporation had a housing problem. Where to put all these new Everton fans who had suddenly appeared at Goodison! :o) It was just banter between the fans, never serious and raised a laugh or two. I would suggest that anyone who who felt offended by the stupid comment the writer received, just laugh as you couldn’t possibly take it seriously! YNWA.
Completely in agreement. I live in the UK and get the opportunity to see Liverpool now and then, and from my experience there are a minority of people who regularly attend who really should not have the chance to air their view on football. This applies to fans of all clubs not just LFC.
and one other thing.
when some people say that you’re not a real fan cause you don’t go to Anfield every 2 weeks, sometimes it’s not about racism. It’s almost the truth. You see, you’re no less of a fan if you live in Australia or Argentina, but you will never feel the same about your club if you have never been to their stadium. It’s nt the same, it’s a fact. You can watch every game on TV, but if you haven’t experienced a home game, sorrounded by all the fans, singing together, it’s not the same.
I tell you this because it was my experience with my beloved club, and some of my friends have told me they have experienced that too.
Ignore them Nezik, there are a few young idiots who buckle under Bluenose peer-pressure who use the “support your local team” mantra.
Only small clubs don’t have global support.
Y.N.W.A.
-Antoine
hey!!!…im in strng support of wat yuu do nezik and a die hard fan of the Kop, the mottor (you will never walk Alone) will 4rever remain.
YNWA!
Hi i just felt i had to write with a story myself from anfield.im in the lucky position off being able to go to a lot of games and have done so for years.one time i was sitting in row 3 of the centenery lower stand when a local lad starting calling us plastic paddy supporters.the first 2 times i left him off but come the third attempt i had to bite and turned to him and asked a simple question “how many games have u been to” his answer was over 200 and im what u call a real fan so my reply shut him up for good and had his friends jeer him for the rest of the game.i simply said that my 200th game was in 1998 and ive been to around 20 games a season since then boom boom silence from him and an apology at half time so its just to easy people slagging off fellow supporters because they cant get to games in anfield.we all support the club and whether u were never there or there 1000 times it makes no difference we are all in the same boat as supporters of liverpool football club.
Re: Andy
It might seem it to someone on the outside, but I don’t believe that LFC fans think that we are the only real fans in the world. I mean, I’m not going to go to a Boca Juniors vs River Plate derby and tell those fans that they are plastic gloryhunters.
I know we have a go at Chelsea fans for their plastic flags but they’ve had that from a number of fans. Just like opposition fans sing the ‘You’ll never get a job” chant at us. Its rivalry.
But you ask whether a flag tells you about a club or a person. It doesn’t tell you about a person, but surely it says something if a club has to hand out flags in order to generate a better atmosphere?
And pray tell, Who is your beloved club Andy???
Spot on there.I’m from Ireland and although thats not too far away I still get people saying that I’m not a real fan. It’s just blind ignorance. Fans like them may support the club but it’s a lot harder for us to support Liverpool. Although they can go see matches every week, it is an occasion when we can and means a lot more. They don’t understand the meaning of being a true LFC fan and we are more than fans, we are family! YNWA
@Ray, nice one, you’ve been very privileged to be able to attend so many games over the years at Anfield. I have been to many but only a fraction compared to you. Unfortunately, circumstances in peoples lives don’t allow them to go where they want when they want! Any time that I can get to Anfield I appreciate it so much, perhaps I appreciate it even more than the people that go there every second week? Nevertheless I am as much of a supported as they are!
Fans!!! I hate the word. A fan to me is a plazzy flag waving Chelsea ‘fan’ or a bandwagon jumping Man City ‘fan’.
Liverpool have supporters. Fans and supporters are two different things to me. Lets stop using the word fans when referring to our own.
Thanks.
good post… WE LOVE THE CLUB AS MUCH AS ANYONE FROM THE CITY!
eUROPEAN GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT 3.45AM, AND WE EITHER STAY AWAKE OR SET OUR ALARMS EARLY TO CATCH THOSE GAMES… YNWA FROM SINGAPORE
This is a silly argument to be honest. Let’s face it… If Liverpool fans were only from the city, or that goes to Anfield Most matches( which I Do- Home and Away…. There wouldn’t be half the fans on our base. I’m a Welshman.. residing in the Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerwchwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch on Anglesey in North Wales… I have heard fans saying in the past, How can you be welsh, but a Liverpool fan- You should be supporting Wrexham…. I just laugh at it. At the end of the day.. I’m a self proclaimed die hard red, regardless if it is attending matches, or buying merchandise. We should all be singing from the same hymn sheet… that sheet being LFC and the Hymn being You’ll Never Walk Alone. Antoine( the blogs editor, lives the other side of the World to me… If I’m being honest, One of the most passionate fans I have ever come across. We are all fans. We are all not ignorant. I’m a Welsh speaker as first Language…. But has, is, and always will be a Red. YNWA1
Correct, the club would not be able to survive without the money that we (‘out of towners’) pump into it. Scouser fans think they are the only ones entitled to the club, when if you think about it, the cost and effort of a flight/train and hotel etc suggest that we are more hardcore fans because of the lengths we go to to watch our heroes play are so much more than just getting out of bed and rolling into Anfield. Liverpool Football Club is not just for the city of Liverpool, it is for all of our global army.
Great article ,YNWA from a LIVERPOOL supporter who lives in BRAZIL.
Great article,YNWA from BRAZIL
brilliant post!
being a supporter from singapore means i get to watch live games at 8pm, 10pm and even 3am due to the time difference, even if i am a thousand miles away from Anfield, my heart is at Liverpool. The passion, love and dedication towards Liverpool FCtranscend distance and time zones. That’s the beauty of sport – it brings people together.
great post..:) excellent..
i completely share your views:)
YNWA
from mauritius(if you know where it is found:)) haha
This is a very complex issue really, one that is often over-simplified by out of town supporters in their desire to “belong” and feel a part of a club that they genuinely love.
The love and passion that these fans have is not in doubt and the money that all the worldwide fans generate is essential for us to compete at the highest level, however you have to understand the issue on a deeper level.
Liverpool, the city rather than the football club, is not particularly loved by out of towners in the UK. If it weren’t for the Beatles being from here some people wouldn’t even have heard of us. We are traditionally seen as being a left wing, militant, high unemployment, high crime area. Common jokes refer to us as bin-dippers, dealers and car tyre thieves. There isn’t much love lost between us and the national media.
This creates what is commonly referred to as a siege mentality. That’s why a lot of scousers (myself included) don’t have much time for the England team. We are Liverpudlians first and English a distant second. Hillsborough ramped things up a notch, as Newspapers targeted Liverpool natives with the most disgusting lies.
However, through all this, the football community has always accepted that we’re a good natured bunch with a cracking collective sense of humour and a deep knowledge of football. That is all changing nowadays, and that is because of the huge numbers of out of towners following us on internet sites such as this one.
This is not necessarily the worst thing in the world, but it does mean the overall shape of our fan base is not actually scouse anymore. Which therefore means you can not characterize our fans as being a good humoured, knowledgable bunch anymore. What was once so special has now been diluted to the point where we, as a group of fans, really are no different to Barca, Man U, Chelsea or whoever right now.
I support Liverpool because my grandad did, my dad did and I had no choice in the matter! Just like many of my friends support Everton due to deep, long-lasting family ties. This brings me on to another point… The bluenoses.
It is hard as a scouser to see out of town based Liverpool fans hate Everton just because they know that we have a rivalry. When I was in school everyone either supported Liverpool or Everton. The people I work with all support either Liverpool or Everton. It’s a local rivalry. I don’t hate Everton in the slightest, I just don’t want them to ever, ever do better than us at any given time, because I want the bragging rights to say that we are the best team in the city. Now, if you are not from Liverpool, or even merseyside, then why do you hate Everton? They are no threat to us as a club.
Same goes for the Kop and the anthem. The kop isn’t a mythical set of fans, it’s a stand that we can go and sit on to watch the game. You’ll never walk alone isn’t a rallying call to all the reds around the world, it’s simply a song covered by a local band (Gerry & the Pacemakers) that we sing to our players to show how much we love & support them. By going on about it like it’s some sort of psalm and forever putting YNWA at the end of messages just makes us all look a bit like a weird cult.
I totally support fans from anywhere in the world. We need you. But understand the feelings of local fans. We don’t like people talking for us and making assumptions based on internet sites. We don’t like it when people (mis)appropriate Hillsborough or the boycott of the sun newspaper to justify their love of the club. That was a nasty incident that was vilifying scousers, not the fanbase of the club. In all honesty, if you’re not from Liverpool you have no reason to hate or boycott the sun.
What occurs to me, and many others, is that the new age of internet fans are making us as a fan base look very serious, po-faced and cult-like. Support the club, love the club, but just do it with good humour and we’ll all get along ;)
Thx for a great read..
Då är vi två som inte varit på Anfield men jag följer alla matcher jag möjligen kan. Blir en tripp till Anfield nästa år tänkte jag… Bra skrivet!
I wish I lived close enough to go see a match. I’m in Miami and haven’t found people to watch matches with. My wife is tired of me daily talking about this, complaining about that, screaming at the television.
Around the world we live the matches through the television, LFC blogs, twitter, etc. We are true fans through and through just as much as the locals. We are the people that travel out of town and search out a place to watch a match at the most random of hours. We are the fans that buy jerseys and shirts and wear them constantly, getting excited when we randomly catch someone else wearing one too. We are the fans that continuously tweet Antoine asking where can we find a link to today’s match.
LFC is as big as the world and will always be!
Now, John W, please bring Liverpool to the USA for a match! I don’t care where, just bring them here! Please!
Ignore the idiots!
I’m am Icelandic , I support the club & have never been to Anfield even though I have spent years living in Britain , England & Liverpool City , I don’t like crowds & appreciate the comfort & atmosphere from watching on TV .
However I don’t publicly slag off the team after they have won in a knock out European competition like you did & I don’t question Kenny Dalglish’s team selection in a game we won like you did mainly because I have an idea he knows more about the game than I do & he knows more about the form & quality of player available to him than I do because he works with they everyday .
If I were to publicly slag off the club or team while claiming to be a supporter or fan then I would expect to be criticized like you were .
Local fans in England no matter which club they follow don’t consider themselves Fans they consider themselves Loyal Supporters the way people from other countries consider them selves loyal to their religion or family & to be a loyal supporter is part & parcel of English football culture & if you ignore that when you write I think its fair you get criticized , after all its their community’s that welcome thousands of fans from all over the world to their towns & city’s to watch top class sporting events in safety at reasonably affordable prices & I don’t think its fair to criticize them & their culture because they feel offended by people not from their Country disrespecting their cultural ways & beliefs .
Scousers have feelings too .
Respect is a two way street , no matter where you follow the team from .
Great article,YNWA from Greece!
At times i have to stay up at 3am on a monday morning to catch a game, hopefully that qualifies me as a commited fan.
Maria Franlin, I don’t think is relevant but my beloved club is called Real Madrid.
And Mr. Joe totally proves my point. Comments like this one are the real proof that indeed LFC fans think they’re better than any other fan.
‘Fans!!! I hate the word. A fan to me is a plazzy flag waving Chelsea ‘fan’ or a bandwagon jumping Man City ‘fan’.
Liverpool have supporters. Fans and supporters are two different things to me. Lets stop using the word fans when referring to our own.’
Gloryhunters? please realise that trophies and glory are the two things clubs and players fight for. We live in 2011 OK? If trophies don’t matter, why do you always point ut that you have 5 european cups? and what are you fighting for in the Prem, in the EL, the CL? are you fighting for love, rainbows and puppies? No, you’re fighting for trophies and medals. Get real please. The truth is that you can’t stand that other clubs are spending money to buy great players in order to win the said trophies. But why is that so frownd upon? because it’s not LFC doing it? aren’t you praying for Henry to spend ridiculous amounts of money on players? isn’t MONEY the reason you wanted a new manager? how did you paid for Carroll? with Monopoly cash? with unicorns and fairies? with history? with what? WITH 35 MILLION POUNDS.
Hi Andy, Jay Kennedy is spot on, since you partake in what we say you will have no doubt recently read about the little lad who did not have long to live….., and what Kenny & co did. LFC is a very very very very large caring family spanning from the US to the far east, next year we will have the services of Captian Kirk ( Stevie’s older brother) & his side kick Mr Spok, we are going intergalactic!!. You see even here in London there is an amazing number of Pool fans, even though we have Aresenal, Tottenham, West Ham, Charlton, QPR, Fulham and oh yes those pesky find-a-mear-cat.coms Chelskis! You really should see how many kids playing football on Saturday mornings wear Liverpool shirts with Gerrard on their backs, my own son included.
Look we all have a friendly banter, I am sure there are many fans worldwide who are just as passionate as we are, and this ends here. Oh ps , I don’t see many man u/city , spurs/gunners, fans standing next to each other watching a match like LFC/Everton fans do without killing each other.
Unfortunately a number of my friends who are very nice but misguided actually support Chelsea ! They openly admit that they have ONLY JUST started supporting/going/watching because Chelsea have been successful otherwise they could not be bothered. Now there is your definition of PLASTIC FLAGS, metaphorically speaking, of course it does apply physically too, as I have been to Stamford Bridge to watch Chelsea WITH my friends at the ” the hut”, have you heard of it? upon entry we were given THE PLASTIC FLAGS, my friends’ embarrassment stopped them from taking the flags- (I would have taken one if they had Shankley Gates drawn on them!).
Join the family & feel the passion, you only live once but will never walk alone
YNWA.
I’d just like to say well done to Digger Barnes for making a few excellent points & for being a smashing player for us in the 80’s & 90’s & for doing Celtic no favors !
Joe from Huyton & the Icelandic fella made good points too , all you goofy feckin foreigners cry about respect & all that auld’shite but you disrespect the football culture in the country that the club calls home & its just not on !
Yous lot need to buck up yer ideas , so yous do !
Liverpool Football Club isnt a boyband you are a fan of its a British cultural institution you either support or you dont !
I’m from Northern Ireland & regularly go to Anfield to support the boys & have a good time in the Citys nightlife , its a cultural experience & yous foreigners have no right to be complaining !
Nezik
Well said. Our club would not survive without the worldwide support it has, It does not matter where you live, we are all reds. Anybody that has anyhting against ‘out of towners’ needs to wake up and understand this great club has won nothing for years, We are desperate for investent and this comes from our family of fans, if this were confined to Liverpool we would be doomed. Well said
Good post Nezik, the vast majority of Liverpool fans totally welcome the wide fan base that we have. Indeed in the early 70’s I possessed a scarf which bore the legend “Supporters all over the world” along with the flags of many countries.
I am afraid that you will also get a minority of people with a narrow-minded attitude.
I would also like to respond to “Digger Barnes” who seems to think that all scousers are “a good natured bunch with a cracking collective sense of humour and a deep knowledge of football, that is all changing nowadays, and that is because of the huge numbers of out of towners following us” and that the only people who “hate” Everton are out of towners. I have got news for you – from my seat at Anfield I see plenty of evidence of total ignorance about football and hatred of Everton and, (would you believe it!!!) the majority of it comes from scousers! Get real.
Digger Barnes You’re a genius
You said exactly what I wanted to say but I didn’t dare to. I totally agree with you on the Hillsborough and The Sun matters.
It’s just ridiculous to see how many fans or supporters or whatever you want to be called, that weren’t even born when the tragedy happened, insult The Sun and show their anger (?) on Twitter of Facebook towards that paper when they don’t even know what happened there. I’m not defending what The Sun did, cause it was disgusting, but for the love of God, if you’re not from Liverpool stop being such a poser and stop boycotting the paper just because you see others doing it. If you live in India, what do you have to do with Hillsborough? Please. Yu don’t have to pretend to feel devastated for every tragedy in this world, in order to feel as a padt of the LFC fans base.
As much as it hurts, teh fact is that if you don’t live in the club’s city, you will never feel the same way local fans do. As I said earlier, I experienced that myself and I realised that thas was actually true when I first went to santiago Bernabeu and lived in madrid. I’m not less of a fan because I don’t live there anymore, but I know that I’ll never feel the same way that a ‘madrileño’ feels, because they are closer to the club, to the players, to the manager, to the real atmosphere.
I’d just like to point out that Cecily Stonebridges comment is by no means reflective of the entire community in the North of Ireland or the Island of Ireland where we consider ourselves as so called goofy European foreigners , however as much as it pains me to agree with him the city of Liverpool’s hospitality towards visiting fans is second to none & there is no just cause to be attacking the nightlife or football culture that has brought us all together .
@Ray, Andy and Digger Barnes, loved your comments, really encouraging to read opposing intelligent differences of opinion without biggotry but with some humour and a lot of passion for the club or your own.
Really well written. Handled the issue perfectly. U echo all of us!
YNWA from India!
HI Andy, me again OOOOPPPSSSEEE
Listen mate, you support a great team with a nutter as a manager but that is what makes him successful.
I have twice had the pleasure of watching your Nemesis Barcelona, both times at Anfield, and both times we lost!!!!!!!!!!! still that did not stop us from giving a standing ovation to their players.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS WIDELY REPORTED IN THE SPANISH MEDIA & INDEED A LARGE NUMBER OF BARCELONA PLAYERS CAME OUT AND OPENLY SPOKE OF THEIR EUROPEAN NIGHT EXPERIENCE AT ANFIELD AND SPECIFICALLY THE APPRECIATION SHOWN BY THE LIVERPOOL FANS.
UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN TO ANFIELD YOU WILL NOT, KNOW THE ELECTRIC MAGICAL ALL ENCOMPASSING ATMOSPHERE THAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, and Anfield is not as big as BB or Camp Nou.
You see when we beat your boys 1-0 at BB, the Madrid press talked about negative counter attacking football by LFC & that we could not play decent football, we all saw what happened in the return leg when we comprehensively put four past your team.
Everything said & done, you are right about money in football, I guess there are a few man-whores around,
Take it easy, hope you guys do well in CL.
Sharde Y N W A
Excellent post, YNWA from Mexico
Leighton Lawlor ,
Rangers have no worldwide support but not only are they surviving they are in the knock out stages with us in the same European competition !
Everton have been in the Champions League as often as Spurs this past 20 years & none of them have worldwide support & nor does Newcastle who have been in the Champions League more often than the pair of them without worldwide support !
Support is appreciated of course buts lets not throw the baby out with the bath water or oversell ourselves to the point we become just another over commercialized American sports franchise like Utd have .
Legend before profit , God Bless Kenny Dalglish .
Big LFC fan from Australia….we die hard fans get up week in, week out in the early morning to watch games and then go straight to work. I even take time off work to watch 7am games (Australian Time)…..so…….YNWA.
I started loving football as a game watching LFC in the ’90s. Back then I had no idea that we were the most successful club in England because I was 7 or 8 years old. Like any true love, it just happened, there were 11 guys in red jersey on the field and there was some kind of magic about it. My biggest dream is to be on the Kop, to be the part of the crowd that sings You’ll never walk alone, and I won’t rest until that dream becomes reality. But even if I die in the same place I am born, I’ll die as a Red. And that’s the one thing that will never change!!! Serbian Red
Over the past few years, I have written for liverpool.theoffside.com and now paisleygates.com. When you put your opinion out for the world to read, you are always going to come across those who do not agree with you. Many take comfort in the anonymity of the Internet and lose their manners when it comes to making comments. It is amazing how offensive and narrow-minded some can be, rather than taking a minute to form a response that is a little more eloquent.
With that being said, it is the nature of blogging. I have had horrible responses to posts before on things that I really did not think were that controversial. I have also had some great feedback. It is just the nature of the beast. Do not take anything written on the Internet to heart. Sometimes bad feedback occurs and people say horrible things, but you take it on the chin and keep writing.
If you are passionate about Liverpool and writing about the club, the opinions others have will mean less and less. The most important opinion in your blog post is your own. The comments are just for decoration and should be taken with a grain of salt. Just like this one. ;-)
ShardeYNWALFC4EVER ,
I think its accurate to say that Real Madrid supporters & Liverpool supporters are not so different , we have a lot in common , we are both the most successfull clubs in our leagues , we both have won the European cup on many occassions , we both like giving Barca a good slap when we can , we both are globally recognised clubs , we both are sleping giants who have won nothing in years ,
but most importantly ,
And I think this is really important ,
What we really are inseperable on is this ,
Our strongest common bond ,
We both hate Jose Mourinhio !!!!
Ahahahaha !!!
Suck on that Real !!!
Hi ShardeYNWALFC4EVER
Lol, you know mate?, I don’t hate LFc for beating us in the CL. We were awful and you were brilliant. It’s in the past now
I’m not much of a hater. I dont’ have any club, not even Barcelona. For me it’s stupid to hate clubs whatever the reason. And I think it’s even more ridiculous to hate clubs because they have money. If money can help yu build a better more competitive team, why don’t use it?
I know there are few players who love money, but I dont think thats the reason why they play football. I like to believe that. But if they do, so what? As long as they play well and give us the opportunity to watch their brilliance, i dont care about anything else.
The fact is that money is everything in football. there’s no game without money.
when you say that there a few man-whores around, sadly I assume you’re talking about Fernando. Rubbish. Tho he’s supposed to be our rival, I hughly admire him and I know he’s one of those players who doesn’t do anything for money. in case i’m right and you were talking about him, you could say the same about your new boy carroll no?
To tha wee girl that wrote tha post ,
Listin up luv , if yer gonna go posting about an English football club in an English speaking forum , being read by Englanders yer gonna have to make allowances for them having enough gumption to speak up for themselves & lettin ya kno what they think ov ya .
Dont tug on a lions tail if ya dont wanna hear it roar .
Kno what I mean ?
Now havent you got some housework or hairdressing to be gettin on with instead of this pretending to be a football writer craic ?
I mean yer hardly gonna make a good wife with all this old nonsense are ya !!!?
Irish Alien In Scouseland
You’re totally wrong sweetie. We don’t hate Mourinho. That’s crazy!!!!
I absolutely agree with Digger Barnes. Over all this enthusiastic and frankly blind support for the girl who wrote this article I feel I understand both people. Many European friends have asked me why I like Liverpool and the reason started out real simple. On my 10th birthday I got a Liverpool shirt and after that I saw them on T.V. That’s how it started. I’m not English and I am an overseas supporter.
I understand what the writer of the article feels especially when other people constantly question her love for the team. However, you just shouldn’t have to prove yourself to everybody all the time. You don’t support this club for other people, you do it for yourself. Just ignore, if you can’t do that then find another sport to support. Yeah we interact with this club in a tribal way and frankly its disturbing. I’ve watched the team for 13 years now and I have to say I don’t love it any less but I hate having to constantly argue with my Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal supporting friends about my team, so I just don’t do it!
This is where Digger Barnes is completely correct. The Kop is a stand (an extremely loud and energetic stand!) and you’ll never walk alone is a song from honestly perhaps one of the worst broadway musicals ever and if you heard it in original contex, you’d hate the person singing it. Gerry and the Pacemakers made it big for Liverpool FC and its a great message but its a song to sing at the football ground that has a lot of meaning to the people that made that tradition and that’s not the overseas fans. Like or not, we overseas fans are always going to be guests or part of an extended family. We are cousins not brothers and there is nothing wrong with that. Our bonds are still strong. This club is not the fabric of my city. This club is not Amsterdam FC or Mumbai FC. This club belongs to the people of Liverpool and they are sharing it with us so be a good guest and be on your best behaviour.
I am sick of reading things on this really nice website from people who are trying so hard to be a part of something spectacular. The hyperbole and exaggeration from a lot of people, “Poulsen out” “sell ngog,kuyt,poulsen….buy iniesta,messi…” “lucas tied his shoelaces…sell him” We react instantly to one mistake or defeat and trust me when you look back at the season at all the times people have said sell so and so we’d have no one left! Not everyone can be compared constantly to Dalglish, Rush and Keegan. There is a reason for why they are so special because they were rare footballers who came once a generation. We do not have them anymore. So what? We’re supporters, we support! We are not a cult!
I support Liverpool because I love football, it stands for everything that can be right about football. I like the tradition but by no means do I delude myself into thinking I’m a part of it. Come on, guys, it is fooball before anything else. We don’t have to abuse other fans and deride other people, we don’t support them so why should we care? “Hate” and “plastic fans” are just not words you use while watching a football match, so don’t use ’em, its not nice and serves no purpose.
Stick to supporting Liverpool because there are genuinely lovely people that support this club and honestly that’s all this club has left at the moment. They will build on our backs again and everything will get better. Don’t make us look like idiots. Act like the Liverpool fan’s Digger Barnes talks about. Sensible, knowledgeable and funny. Once again to the girl that wrote this article…why would you ask anyone even if you are a fan, even if you have to prove a point. Do what you do best and watch every game with passion. If you can’t deal with taunts from other people, watch Golf. That’s nice and quiet!
@Digger
Fair enough, you’re entitled to your opinion. But when the vast majority of the supporters reside outside of the city of Liverpool; most players are far from being homegrown talents; and the owners, who supply the pounds for the transfer market and will eventually build a new or refurbished stadium, are from across the pond, it’s hard to stomach your comments. What do you mean the international supporters can’t identify with working-class Liverpool, or morn the tragic loss of LFC supporters? Holier than thou supporters such as yourself need to get over it. Take it as a privilege that you are financially and logistically able to attend matches. Taking your argument to its logical end – Kenny Dalglish does not quite understand or fully grasp the spirit of Liverpool football or Liverpool in general because he was not born a scouse. Save your platitudes for your mates in the pub and relish the fact that you are in a position to see live matches week in and week out.
Christ, I hope you’re joking Irish Allen. If not, you sound like a massive misogynistic fucktard.
It’s cyber world, my friend.
Sometime people have big mouth here but remain nothing in the real world.
Being an internet writer, you’ve to be able to handle this kind of insulting, very often, with impolite words. Those kind of words seem to represent how touch that kind of people are. That’s pity.
In contrast, you can see now how large are the people who support you as well. At least count me in this supporting group as well.
YNWA from Thailand
Andy yer barking up the wrong tree if you think I’m a sweetie , I was speaking about genuine Real Madrid supporters from Madrid who I have conversed with that hate Mourinhio because of the negative schoolboy get 9 behind the ball & hit em on the break tactics he has been successful with elsewhere , they are a cultured lot that know their arse from their elbow like 99% of old school Liverpool supporters do .
But now you have pipped up …..
When foreigners sympathize with Scousers for their loss at Hillsborough & get angered about what the Sun done to them its not “Posing” its called being humane , as in possessing human quality’s as opposed to being a cold blooded monster without feelings .
They are upset about Hillsborough because they feel a kinship with the area & people because of their affection for the club , its called sympathy .
They are angered by what the Sun Printed for the same reasons & if in an open market they decide to show solidarity with the people of Liverpool by not buying a particular newspaper it is out of respect & human understanding .
You owe them an apology .
Digger posted his opinion by way of friendly advice , you posted a horrible insult that reflects badly on your upbringing , the club & the city of Liverpool .
what a utter disgrace bot only those who have been to anfield r fans of liverpool..shocked to hear tat but upon a second thought,quite proud tat sumone did point it out..there r millions of fans out der who hv never even step foot in anfield but would kill one or two to do tat..n i would definitely be one of dem..for the person who uttered d comment,bet he is stil living in d 19th century or early 20th century where there was no live telecast or any way of international fans to connect with liverpool..so to my dear non-enlightened fan,grow up..and to the rest,YNWA..liverpool iz much more bigger than this one fool..chak de liverpool!!!
Alex Bornstein
I dont even know what Misogynistic means , but if it isnt barefoot & pregnant chained to the kitchen sink ?
Then I’m not marrying it .
Alex Bornstein
Re-read my post. What is hard to stomach? I welcome fans from anywhere and stated that in my original post. Nothing I said was offensive or un-welcoming towards anyone.
And when did I mention identifying with working-class scousers? I’m not working class, I’m a professional writer with a Masters in English Literature. I only used the term out of towners to distinguish between Liverpudlian Liverpool fans and out of town Liverpool fans. Not too hard to follow is it?
I wasn’t being holier than thou in the slightest, anyone can see that, but I will be now. Don’t bring Hillsborough into it friend. That game changed my dad and he never went to another game again. I wasn’t saying people from out of town can’t mourn the event…. but it’s strange that non-Liverpudlians who don’t support Liverpool don’t particularly mourn Hillsborough. Almost as if the mourning comes hand in hand with proving how much of a real fan you are.
My post previously was measured and I dislike getting into childish online spats, but you are obviously not understanding my point and attacking me due to your own inferiority complex, I never accused anyone of not being a real fan, so for you to jump on me suggests you have your own issues regarding the validity of your support for LFC.
If you’re not intelligent enough to grasp what I’m saying, well that’s not really my fault is it?
Irish whatever. If I called you sweetie it’s because I wanted to be polite tho you dont deserve it
Excuse me pal, but I don’t owe no one an apology because I didn’t insult anyone.
what I said is true. I think you don’t know the influential power that journos and the elder fans have on kids on Twitter for example. Many many so called fans boycott The Sun without even knowing the story, but they want to look like real fans and fit in. In any way I even tried to insult the families of the victims or the Liverpool citizens. I would never make fun of a tragedy of such magnitude.
I’m against the annoying posers.
And what the hell? you think you’re the only one who knows ‘real’ Real Madrid fans? my father is Spanish you asshole, he’s a life-long RM fan and he likes Mourinho. of course he disagrees with some things he does (i disagree too) but we’re behind him. he can make us come back to the top.
Not everyone in Liverpool liked Rafa. Yu can’t be loved by everybody.
And if someone owes an apology that’s you jerk. You insulted the girl who write this and sounded like a misogynistic ****.. what a disgrace of a fan
Very well written article.
There are a lot of comments that say those who have never been to the stadium are just “glory hunters”. I didn’t respond to them but this is just ridiculous. Everyone in the world has the right to support Liverpool Football Club, but many of them can’t visit Anfield because of geographical reasons. However, the passion and the loyalty to the club cannot be judged from how close you are to Anfield. There are many people who live far away from Anfield but are very fanatical about the club. And I want to be one of them. YNWA
A Liverpool fan from Japan
I’m a Malaysian, never been to England and have been a Liverpool fan since 1985. Nuff said.
I will kill that man…
Well said! BIG YNWA from MALAYSIA!!!
Haha… Welcome to the Internet.
Comments like those often come from fickle fans. Does that mean that just because I live thousand of miles away from the sacred Anfield ground, and couldnt go to the game week in week out, makes me less of a supporter?
Thats ****** is a load of *****!! (fill in the blanks)
Thats why i setup a special savings account to save up for my ‘pilgrimage’ to Anfield. That way, i can shove it down those fickle supporters throat,….. and of course the manures!!
YNWA from Indonesia!
nesh, please write in english next time. not text speak.
irish allen yer a fucken knob.
Nezik, you should have simply responded: “No. I was not at Anfield at Thursday. The game was in London at Boleyn Ground, so being at Anfield would have been useless.”
I’m a fan for the past 40 years and I’ve never been to Anfield, although I would very much like to. Does that make me less of a fan than those born years later but have been to Anfield often?
I’m sure this close minded view is just a drop in the ocean kind of thing and it doesn’t bother me that some of the supporters have this view.
I’m happy in the knowledge that I support this club in whatever situation it is in, whether it is up high in the sky or way down in the abyss.
It is not what u do that others can see that makes u a better fan, it just has to be in your ‘DNA’
Thankyou Digger, you expressed those opinions perfectly, especially in regards to YNWA. The increasingly frequent use of those four words has struck a slightly sour note with me, and it does seem like many supporters treat the club with cult-like reverence, which is just a bit strange.
you need to get used to arrogance. weel written! big YNWA from Cologne, Germany.
YNWA from Iraq. LFC is in are hearts not in Anfield!!! Although I would do anything to be there one day to complete my love affair with this magnificent club.
And to you Nezik Keshto. Thank You
Australian fan, watch every game regardless of time. Have the letters YNWA tattoed across my shoulders and the liverbird over my heart. Proud to be red, and love my brothers and sisters out there, as all true fans should.
Maybe its coz ya have a Spanish father or whatever but when ya called me sweetie ya struck me as a creepy homosexual trying to pick up a date , I apologize if that wasn’t your intention & your father raised uou to introduce yerself to strange men in that way .
I accept we cant all have been lucky enough to have been raised by good humored happy go lucky rough & tumble Irish fathers & it takes all kinds to make a world . Even Spanish kinds like you .
I have no intention of laboring a point or taking you under my wing but what you are complaining about is the very best in human nature where kids choose to try to do a good thing & accept their elders teachings so as not to ignorantly upset people who dont deserve it .
I point you in the direction of the widely avoided writings of Adolf Hitler who people choose to avoid because they believe what he done to sections of the population was wrong , they don’t live in Germany , they aren’t German , they weren’t even born at the time the atrocity’s occurred , but their will to be decent human beings prevents them from accepting Hitler .
Christians are similar in the way they avoid behaving like those who crucified Christ & I could go on but wont because like I said I have no desire to labor the point .
Clearly your stated views are an horrendously self centered & ignorant insult upon the good nature of our caring Supporters of all ages from around the world who I dare say are so “Poserish” they probably even feel bad for the loss the Familys in New Zealand have suffered recently & would like to help in any way they can in a big false pretense that they are human .
As for me owing anyone an apology for making humorous comments ?
I dont think so .
If the wee girl cant handle being around mens football & its humor there’s woman’s football crying out for support & exposure where she will be much more appreciated where I’m sure both you & her will be very happy not having to listen to a natural non politician man like me .
I cant understand why this guys r bloging rubbish, if somebody say lfc is 4 those who goin 4 d match, pity on u mate, .nd u wil wak alone
A red is a red no matter where you come from, no worries!!!
Surprised I missed out on the beginning of the issue ( considering I scour the web every single day for LFC related news)! I am an out of town supporter, been supporting since 2001, not from the time Liverpool were phenomenally successful, not in the time they won the Champions league in 2005 or the FA cup in 2006, but from 2001. Why? Cos that’s when they started broadcasting EPL matches here in India on cable. (I have to thank a certain Michael Owen for introducing me to the club, but once introduced, I was hooked). I do not hate the Sun or am deeply hurt by Hillsbrough. I am certainly disturbed by it cos people died, people who support the same club I do, but on a personal level, I didn’t get affected tragically cos no one I knew personally was affected by it. My loyalty for the club is based on the present, and no amount of lack of success in the recent past is going to change it.I do not start raving or ranting about kicking out a player or manager (Hodgson was an exception cos he should never have been appointed)at the end of a single match. What defines “being a good humoured, knowledgable bunch”? I can guarantee that there are more knowledgeable, more humoured supporters out there globally than some in the city of Liverpool! Why, cos it’s common sense and statistically impossible not to have the same! “It is hard as a scouser to see out of town based Liverpool fans hate Everton just because they know that we have a rivalry.” That’s what called as growing into the culture. Chicken Tikka (May be a bad analogy but hope you get my drift) is loved by lots of Englanders, why? Cos you love something irrespective of geographical boundaries. We want to be a part of that culture, where loyalty demands that we hate Everton even if they may be no threat to the club! It’s the same reason where my wife ( who doesn’t understand football and hence doesn’t share my love for LFC, nags me on week ends to go out with her and I stubbornly, to the point of domestic quarrels, stand by my reolsve to watch the match live! And hope someday I can afford enough to visit Anfield and the Kop, just once, like Muslims visiting Mecca or Medina! I do not stand as a loyal supporter so that others may commend me for it. I stand cos I identify with the club working values. YNWA for you maybe a show of love for the players, for us out of townees it’s a call for unity, esp with us being among the hordes of Manu or Chelski fans that we see & suffer everyday. Maybe Liverpudlians have to realise that their club is no an object of just their unyielding loyalty just bcos they were born in the city. It’s now a monument of the unyielding loyalty of thousands of Liverpool FC fans across the globe cos they believe in it as much as a Liverpudlian does! I stand cos I am glad I am no Chelski or Mancity supporter. I stand cos I see the club as a honest working man’s club and myself as an honest working man. And nobody is gonna take that away from me.
YNWA!!!!!!! :)
u forgot to mention NEPAL…i m a grt LFC Fan from Nepal….. it sometime make me sick when we compare us with Real Madrid and Barcelona or Man.u…. u must agree we dont have that quality rite now… u compare lucas with kaka and suarez with messi….we must have that quality
Wow Digger, really? Because of out-of-towners LFC fans cannot be characterized as good humoured and knowledgeable?
I was lucky enough to see the Reds play at Anfield. My friends helped me procure a rare ticket, only we would not be sitting together. I think they let me have the best seat.
Now, if a lone ‘foreigner’ had been plopped in the middle of a bunch of season-ticket holders at our stadium, he/she would have made a dozen new friends, had at least 3 different offers to stay at someone’s house, and more free beer than a bladder could reasonably hold. All before half time.
My experience at Anfield was slightly different. No one was talking, no one smiled. And it wasn’t like I was wearing a I heart Wayne Rooney t-shirt or anything. (ick) Digger, I even tried humour. Yes! A humour-sucking out-of-towner tried to make a local supporter laugh. Across the pitch, a Liverpool player goes down in a heap and begins to writhe. Had to be the wind because his nearest opponent was … not near. I turn to the guy on my right and say “must be La Liga”. He turns to look at me, scowls and recoils slightly, then kind of snorts and looks back at the pitch. I know how to time these things. I spoke clearly. And with my accent? It was funny! Luis Garcia for the win.
No real worries about that guy beside me because I was at Anfield! I was at freaking Anfield. And I saw Gerrard! I saw Gerrard and his amazing thighs. It was almost like… like, meeting a Beatle! :-)
So I (first time poster, nice to meet you) do take issue with your notion that we out-of-town supporters dumb down and dilute. We’re as varied in intelligence and wit as local supporters. You could do much worse than having one of us sit beside you. You could wind up sitting next to that local guy.
Morning boys, do you ever go to bed ??!!!!
Look, it does not matter who or where you are to be a Pool supporter, whether you are in Australia, Japan, N Korea, Iran, the US or here in England the beat is in your heart. You cannot get any closer to being at Anfield than being on the pitch, I believe one of the groundsman is an Evertonian (and he is lovely chap).
Excellent article.
Good banter, now lets focus on burying manure.
P.S – To all LFC fans overseas, your INVALUABLE SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. WALK ON & KEEP IT UP
YNWA
Well written Nezik YNWA
To Irish Alien In Scouseland,
Please learn how to write. Here are some examples of your pathetic attempts to write in English: “tha wee girl”, “wrote tha post”, “Listin up luv”, “if yer gonna”, “Englanders yer gonna”, “gumption”, “lettin ya kno what they think ov ya” “lions” (do you know know what a possesive is?).
Need I write more? By the way, we are called “Englishmen” and not “Englanders”. “Englanders is German you twit.
YNWA
@Digger
I think I can grasp your argument, as I can do your lowly Masters degree one better – I have a PhD in history. Indeed, you state a couple of times in your original post that you’re a welcoming sort who is not having a go at “out-of-town” supporters. But then you spend the majority of your original post distinguishing between out-of-towners and Liverpudlians. One certainly does not need a MA in English literature or even a PhD in history to grasp the gist of your original post. As for the working-class comment made by me, perhaps I was projecting or putting words in your mouth. But you did allude to the fact that people from other parts of Britain denigrate Liverpudlians by accusing them of stealing hubcaps and such, things usually associated with a poorer, working-class city. The city I reside in, Philadelphia, is similarly portrayed. Many Americans claim that we live in the shadow of the much posher New York. Or they call our city Killa-delphia. Although that moniker is a bit harsh, we would not have it any other way – with regard to the comparison to New York. As for my Hillsborough comment…well, I did not make one. I was merely confused by yours. You implied that if we were not from Liverpool we could not truly understand the sheer magnitude of such a horrible disaster. Sorry, I don’t buy it. I believe the nature of human emotion and the ability to understand is bit more dynamic than you suggest. And, by the way, you help us out-of-towners understand by telling us such heart wrenching things like the fact that the disaster changed your father forever. The bottom line is this, we passionately support the same team, though our experiences might be different. We out-of-towners might not have had a dad that was so struck so hard by the Hillsborough disaster and we might not know exactly what it is like to have grown up in Liverpool. But the vast majority of us know firsthand suffering and many of us have grown up in cities that are similar to Liverpool, whether they be port cities or cities with large immigrant populations or cities with a lot of crime and poverty. That said, many of us out-of-towners will never experience the luxury that you enjoy by going to as many matches as you like. You, however, will never know the experiences of an out-of-towner supporter, perhaps the Liverpool fan from the Congo who risks his/her life to travel to the one TV within miles of his/her home to watch the match this Sunday against Man U. Trust me, you do not need an advanced degree or even an abundance of raw intelligence to follow your original post or your reply. And I know Liverpudlians who regard YNWA a bit differently than you. They perceive it much the same way as the fella from Australia who has it proudly tattooed across his back or like me, having it tattooed across the back of my neck.
Great post! Many fans live all around the world that are Liverpool supporters!! I wish i was able to be at each and every game at Anfield!
YNWA From Georgia!
Think LFC need every supporter they can get, no matter where they live. Every shirt sold goes towards the funding of our magnificent institution and it doesn’t matter to me where they are sold, as long as we can remain competitive.
I get to one maybe two games a year and always stay the weekend and have a ball, I love the city and I’m always made very welcome. Usually costs about 500 quid all done but worth every penny. I couldn’t afford to go more often then that. Cant wait till my wee lads are old enough to go.
Fair play to the hardcore season ticket holders that are there home and away, they do the club proud but I can assure you no one sings louder or prouder then myself when I do get over and thats what its all about.
YNWA
Alex Bornstein
I believe you are still being a sensationalist and quite disingenuous trying to twist my words to fit some other agenda.
I finished my original post saying I as an individual and we as a fanbase accept support from wherever it comes from. Just don’t be so po-faced and cultish about it and we’ll all get along.
Everything else about Liverpudlians and out of towners was just trying to put things into perspective for people. I’m not wasting my time with you anymore as you still fail to grasp what I was saying. I doubt someone with your writing and perception skills has a doctorate in anything. Enjoy your YNWA tattoo until you hit across another fad that takes your fancy.
Really really well written, Nezik. And I don´t mean anything grammatically.
I´m a big fan from Austria (so I don´t know the whole english grammar of course ^^).
And it is indeed very hard for me to share my thoughts. Besides my family (or most of my family) I can´t come up to anybody and be fully understood. No friends in school who are LFC supporters. Most of my schoolmates aren´t even interested in football and only another girl is. She´s a Manc.
It´s really great to go on the internet and see so many reds, from so different countries. They analyse everything thoroughly, they feel like I do. But still, I want to have somebody to face, whom I can tell what I´m really feeling, regardlessly of anything. Apart from my brother and my mother.
And I wasn´t there on Thursday, I had a test on Friday. Still, I switched the TV on and let school be school.
I´ve never been to Anfield in my whole life. Ok, that sounds dramatic because I´m only 15 but that´s one of my biggest wishes I have. But I do count myself as a fan. Because LFC is part of what I am.
Nezik, this is one of my favourite posts on here. Very well done :)
YNWA from Austria
Spoken like a true Red!!
No one could’ve said it better.
It’s hard being a Red here when everyone else you know is a either a United fan or a Chelsea fan.. Sometimes I feel like i’m the only Red in the region. But that doesn’t stop me from singing ”You’ll Never Walk Alone” with pride, every week-in and week-out. I’m not afraid to take on those hordes of United fans alone, I’m not afraid to cheer my team alone, and I’m not afraid to scream in their face when we beat them. And that’s because my heart believes in ” You’ll Never Walk Alone”.
From North-East, India.
P.S: It takes much more effort to support a team a thousand miles away from your home than to support one that is only a mile away. Agree? YNWA
best thing to do is just ignore it, ive heard it all before and its now water off a ducks back, the shite about out of towners is radiculous and completely short sighted, take the out of towners out of anfeild and i include players in that and you have little left…it was a scot who built us to what we are today, a mackem who was our most successful manager, kennys a scot and countless other players who were irish, scottish etc etc….these guys want to be picky on one hand they worship shanks and kenny and the likes but dont like people from there neck of the woods supporting the team…..get real!!!