Captain Birdseye wrote:

Celtic sing Fields OF athenry, Liverpool sing Youll Never Walk Alone . . . . .

Don't want to plough over your Fields of Athenray Captain, but Celtic United more commonly sing "You'll Never Walk Alone" as do the Liverpool FC and Ajax Amsterdam in Holland.

In fact for a recent Champions League match in Portugal the Celtic supporters unfurled a giant banner which read "You'll Never Walk Alone" in Portuguese in honour of Benfica's No.29 who had a seizure and died on the pitch a year or two ago.

It has been a long-standing debate as to just WHO used You'll Never Walk Alone first - Liverpool or Glasgow Celtic ~ however, As the Liverpool fans began using it as an 'official' anthem virtually within DAYS of it's release by Gerry & the Pacemakers; they win by default as the earliest Celtic usage is at least a year after that.

Another "Recent" was that a few years ago, Liverpool played Celtic at Anfield Park and Gerry Marsden was on hand to sing / lead the fans in the singing of You'll Never Walk Alone.

So, sdorry, but YNWA is the official anthem of BOTH clubs - not Fields of Athenry.


Muttley ~ a life-long Liverpool, Glasgow Celtic / Ajax Amsterdam supporter (and NOT because YNWA is the official anthem for all three (I only found out about Ajax a year or so ago.