Author Topic: RAWK Eye Witness: LFC v Utd: The one where you stand up for the whole match.  (Read 10106 times)

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Make some noise for David Moyes, that footballing genius of.... wait, no, today is not about gloating, well not that much anyway, its about remembering and enjoying and commemorating all the great things about LFC and Bill Shankly and what he brought to our club. He didn't just make the people happy, he made us great.


Great perhaps not in current trophies, but great in a sense that he fostered a culture at Liverpool that was just that cultured. We have a fantastic heritage, and not just in the nostalgic rosy tinted days of glory, but also in the sense that (most) Liverpool fans are steeped in what's right, what's the proper way, and what it is to support the mighty reds.
And so, yes I'll come to the match, but as ever, that point of the RAWK Eye Witness is to bring a little different perspective to the game, not a match report, but a personal retort to the bland and witless.


And so we go back some weeks, when Royhendo, MichaelA and I agreed now that we had happily come by 3 spares for the game against that shower down the East Lancs Road; that we should get up early and stop by en route at Shankly's Memorial, which for those not in the know (sit up at the back), is in Glenbuck. Ayrshire. That's Scotland. South West Scotland, a no longer there mining village.

But work and life gets in the way of a good Shankly saying, and so it was that only two of us, MichaelA and myself found ourselves too lazy to get up early and without the admirable Royhendo who was probably still drinking in Liverpool itself.


Meeting up outside the flagpole, I like on match days to get in early, especially against Utd, just to shout at them really more than anything else, but by the time we were in, it was only 15mins before kick off. Time enough to work out we had a white bit of paper to hold up





Of course there was only really one image on the programme cover too:



and the opposition were missing most of their villains, no Fergie, no Rooney and I still miss reminding Gary Neville certain aspects of his love life.



No matter, the Utd fans were quiet. Kind enough to join in the minute's applause for Shankly, although the whole ground was
reverberating to "Shankly, Shankly, Shankly, Shankly" and it would have been hard to hear a jet fighter never mind anything else.
It was lovely to see Shank's family on the sidelines and a real treat to see the place properly jumping again.

Onto the match:
Of course we stood up. I was next to a kid of probably about 8 who was stood on his chair the entire game, so the loudspeaker pleas to sit down for the child's sake can get to fuck. Only the hungover and lazy would sit at this game, Royhendo managing to stand thereby proving he was neither ;)



The flags were real, homemade and massive and our manager didn't need to encourage us to make some noise.: Jose take note.
Watching Utd play always is a nervous activity, but I genuinely think most of us felt the lack of Fergie's prescence. Some of that mystique has gone, leaving in its place, or rather revealing in its place, the true bitter nature of some of his players. Van Pursestrings truly is a nasty wanker, Ashley Young falling like an eager autumn tree leaf and Evra just being, well "There's only one lying bastard" went the chant.


We scored early doors but there was only probably about 20 minutes of nail biting at the end. We defended and we didn't come out enough and we didn't attack enough and Sterling looked like a anorexic mosquito against their defence but then what the fuck do I know. We won. 5 minutes of Fergie Time. Sorry, Moyes' Minutes but we were singing and cheering.






Half time saw the usual zonal raking. Anfield playing a 3 man raking sweep across the penalty box.





And so off we went back up the road, and thought fuck the rain, we're off to Glenbuck. MichaelA and I rang 606 and got them to call us when we were there. Hopefully I praised Shankly the right way, and it was a lovely moment to be in the rain, at this tiny Memorial, literally in the middle of nowhere on a day he would've approved of. Fast passing football, resolute defence and beating the blues and mancs all at the same time. Fucking lovely.
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Lovely stuff thanks for that

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I heard your phone call on 606 mentioning the forum, wondered who it was. Nice write up too.

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Awesome write up mate.

Echo everything, and the noise from the Kop was as loud as recent memory.
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Lovely mate, it must have been a treat for you to go to two great places in one day.

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Brilliant read - thanks for posting.

Wasn't able to get to the game myself so gave my ticket to a friend who has never been to a LFC v Utd game.
Went up on his own on the train but said it was one of the best days ever.
Picked him up from the station and he was pretty pissed but very happy !

Watching at home the atmosphere seemed fantastic from start to finish and I really think it helped the players on the day.  Shanks would've been proud !

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I think my daughters put one of those stones on the memorial.

There are usually quite a few on top there, placed by visitors as in a jewish headstone.
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Beautiful. And to think I thought it was MichaelA on the phone to Kelly Cates  ;D
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Beautiful write-up mate, had a cheeky grin on my face the whole way through!

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nice post, thanks

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Beautiful. And to think I thought it was MichaelA on the phone to Kelly Cates  ;D

Ha ha we both wanted to chat with her but I was like you can have Ian Wright if you like ;)
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This is brilliant! Conveys the atmosphere so well in so less. The pictures speak for themselves.

As from the point of view of someone who will most likely never get to Anfield, thank you very much.
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Lovely read, thanks.

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cheers mate :wave
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Good stuff Hinesy - heard the bit on 5 Live and thought 'I know them!!'

Was a great match and the atmosphere was as good as it has been in ages........even singing in the Main Stand.  Whatever next?

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Just about the perfect day to pay tribute to the great man.

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Thanks for that... a great read
Fought them all the way. Proud to be amongst some great supporters.

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Good stuff Hinesy - heard the bit on 5 Live and thought 'I know them!!'

Was a great match and the atmosphere was as good as it has been in ages........even singing in the Main Stand.  Whatever next?

;D


Just about the perfect day to pay tribute to the great man.




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Really enjoyed reading this, Hinesy. Is there a link to an archive of the radio programme?

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Really enjoyed reading this, Hinesy. Is there a link to an archive of the radio programme?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039c4tz think its 30+ min in

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iPlayer Radio mate, last week's 606, about 30mins in is the best I can do :wave (just after the news bulletin)
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Thanks, guys.

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really enjoyed that..thanks
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Great stuff Hinesy. A fitting tribute. A terrific week.
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iPlayer Radio mate, last week's 606, about 30mins in is the best I can do :wave (just after the news bulletin)

31:33 Trying to listen now but keeps buffering  :no

Interesting website you both help to run there http://www.redandwhite.com/  :D
« Last Edit: September 4, 2013, 11:51:41 pm by Barneylfc »
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Did most of the stadium actually stand up the whole game then? From clips I've seen it looked like a lot of people in the main stand did (obviously KOP also).
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Brilliant stuff. Thanks for that, Hinesy.
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Lovely read that.  Thanks for posting.

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Well in lads. More then fitting recap to an excellent tribute to Shanks.
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Beautiful moving read that, thank you for sharing it. Great pictures, too. Cheers.
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Very nice read that. Well done.
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Did most of the stadium actually stand up the whole game then? From clips I've seen it looked like a lot of people in the main stand did (obviously KOP also).

The kop did for sure. I wasn't looking at the rest of the crowd during the game ;)
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Lovely read mate and kudos for making the trip north.

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Volunteered to do a diy job, put the iplayer on - got brownie points from the missus and thoroughly enjoyed hearing that really evocative interview. Well done, those lads.

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Had been waiting for the Eye Witness report from this game, and for some reason only just seen it, doh! Anyway, good read. :)
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Re: RAWK Eye Witness: LFC v Utd: The one where you stand up for the whole match.
« Reply #36 on: September 11, 2013, 03:06:05 pm »
The kop did for sure. I wasn't looking at the rest of the crowd during the game ;)

I was in the Annie Rd end (top tier, back row) and we weren't standing as much as we tried to! I think it may have had something to do with the Mancs directly below us though. Some of us tried standing along the back row but we were politley told that if we remained standing, we would be removed from the ground. I pointed out that the whole of the Kop was standing but they were unwavering! Great day none the less and the atmosphere down that end was immense!
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Re: RAWK Eye Witness: LFC v Utd: The one where you stand up for the whole match.
« Reply #37 on: September 18, 2013, 06:47:49 pm »
Great pics..especially the raking malarkey.. ;)

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Re: RAWK Eye Witness: LFC v Utd: The one where you stand up for the whole match.
« Reply #38 on: September 19, 2013, 11:00:34 am »
Just got around to this one. Excellent Hinesy - thank you.

And don't worry, listened to that radio thingie - all good mate.

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