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Thread #95723   Message #1879579
Posted By: Muttley
08-Nov-06 - 06:06 PM
Thread Name: football songs are they folk or traditional songs
Subject: RE: football songs are they folk or traditional songs
Hey there Captain

It's an amazing feeling. I watched the Liverpool win in the UEFA a couple of years ago and when the lads were all up on the dais they played YNWA and the fans all joined in - the PA plus about 40,000 Liverpool fans all singing YNWA in unison was one of the most spine tingling experiences I've ever had - I sat and cried with the emotion.

It is one of my dreams that next time I'm in the UK I will get to see both Liverpool and Celtic play - AT HOME and experience the anthem first hand, in the crowd.

BTW - Fields of Athenry is listed as one of the anthems of the club, but as far as I can tell it's a minor one these days, as YNWA has superceded it.

No wonder, really, YNWA is, without doubt the most powerful club anthem on the planet - it just has everything; pathos, imagery and inspirational value.

Muttley