Hillsborough
Tears of angels fell on Liverpool’s streets,
Waves of the Mersey woke from their sleep,
The Liver Bird’s head hung in grief,
Hillsborough’s terracing became a thief.
Nothing can soothe a mother’s broken heart
As her tears have stained a Liverpool scarf,
The Kop stood, in a cold quiet silence
As 96 souls never got a chance to say goodbye.
The Leppings Lane end was the killing field of football
As the Liverpool fans had traveled for a FA Cup semi-final,
Blind with ignorance was the Sheffield police force
As they crushed the fans into, what was like a garden fence.
Through the eyes of this Celtic supporter,
I was one of football’s mourners,
The passion had gone from the beautiful game
When wreathes of sadness bore Liverpool’s name.
Bill Shankly, one of Liverpool’s greats,
Waited for the 96 souls at heaven‘s gates,
As they watch the likes of Owen & Heskey,
Restore the pride and glory back to the Mersey.
The seas of injustice will rise in time
As Liverpool will always remember April’15th 1989,
The eternal candle will burn for those who were lost,
And will burn even brighter when justice is served.
poem by Daniel McDonagh
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Going Down To Liverpool
(k. rew)
Debbie
Hey now
Where you going with that load of nothing in your hand
I said, hey now
All through this green and pleasant land.
Im going down to liverpool to do nothing
Im going down to liverpool to do nothing
Im going down to liverpool to do nothing
All the days of my life
All the days of my life
Hey there
Where you going with that ub40 in your hand
I said, hey there.
All through this green and pleasant land
Im going down to liverpool to do nothing
Im going down to liverpool to do nothing
Im going down to liverpool to do nothing
All the days of my life
All the days of my life.
Hey now
Where you going with that ub40 in your hand
I said hey now
All through this green and pleasant land
Im going down to liverpool to do nothing
Im going down to liverpool to do nothing
Im going down to liverpool to do nothing
All the days of my life
All the days of my life
song performed by by Bangles
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Ban Them For Life
They sang songs about a disaster
thinking they sounded cool
but that shows them to be cowards
and having the minds of a fool.
They should not be called fans
as they are nothing of the sort
they should be banned for life
and named and shamed when caught.
Football does not need them
don't let them make a sound
they're not a part of the Football family
so keep them away from the ground.
We are pleased the truth finally came out
as the people of Liverpool never let it rest
but real fans are behind you all of the way
as you do whatever you think is best.
poem by Kevin Halls
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For the Hillsborough Lost
On Hillsborough’s field this day they fell
Ninety six life extinguished in this shackled hell
Young and old, it did not matter
Families dreams this tragedy did shatter
Crushed against barriers of steel
For them those bells mourn and peal
Football lost its life that day
On this day by the thousands they pray
Mourning the loss twenty years on
The memories so horrific, will never be gone
A carpet of flowers on this field they lay
In total remembrance of this day
Still the mothers of the lost despondently cry
Asking why, getting no real reply
Barriers now rejected
Safety no more to be neglected
Liverpool will never forget
One football match, filled with regret
* You will never walk alone*
poem by Gordon D Wilkinson
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Stalker
The Stalker
Liverpool 1974 and it wasn’t raining, sat in a café, at the pedestrian precinct,
the coffee was awful, tasted like milky tea, when I saw her. She was daintily
munching a cheese sandwich with, and drank a cup of tea.Her skin was silky
she had green eyes, red hair and I just knew she was Irish. She looked up and
smiled. I panicked, and pretended to read “Liverpool Echo.” She waited for
me to make a move, paralyzed with shyness I could not. Finally she got up,
I followed; by the Victoria monument she took bus eight to Garston. Now it
was overcast and soft rain fell; she waved as the bus passed me. I thought
of following the bus in a cab to see where she got off, but it was no good
I had hesitated too long, whatever I did next she would think I was a stalker.
poem by Oskar Hansen
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Liverpool without European football is like a banquet without wine.
We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high.
quote by Steven Gerrard
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Liverpool fans were great to me, I still live near the city and they always come up and shake my hand.
I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I don't remember all the bombs though they did actually break up Liverpool, you know. I remember when I was a little older, there was big gaps in all the streets where houses used to be. We used to play over them.
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Betty Breaks Football Fans Hearts
It was love at first sight
a match made in heaven
I couldn't have been happier
had my team scored seven.
I was at an away match
enjoying a half-time pie
when I heard singing
that brought a tear to my eye.
There was this beautiful woman
wearing the colours of my team
she was singing my favourite song
surely I thought this must be a dream?
But no this was really happening
and she was standing next to me
then all of sudden she stopped
and said 'Hello my name is Betty.'
Her voice had melted my heart
and my life changed that day
we pledged we'd be together forever
and never miss a game home or away.
But sadly it wasn't meant to last
and Betty fell in love with another man
she went to a match on her own
and ran away with a Liverpool fan.
But I'll always remember Betty
even though she broke my heart in two
but the last time I heard about her
she'd had flings with fans of Leeds and Crewe!
poem by Kevin Halls
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And so we went away to play, and we'd come back to Liverpool. And while we were doing this - 'cuz we did it for two years. And then we'd go to Germany, and that's where I met the Beatles.
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I've been at Liverpool for eight years, and the time has come for us to start achieving.
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Maggie Mae
Oh, dirty maggie mae,
They have taken her away,
And shell never walk down lime street any more.
Oh, the judge he guilty found her
Of robbin the homeward bounder,
That dirty, no good, robbin maggie mae.
tis the part of liverpool
North of liverpool;
Two pounds ten a week, that was my pay.
Oh, something down,
Went down on number nine,
Twas down in kellys pornshop, number nine.
Oh, dirty maggie mae,
They have taken her away,
And shell never walk down lime street any more.
Oh, the judge he guilty found her
song performed by by Yoko Ono
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People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know.
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My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff.
quote by Mike Myers
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Once Liverpool had asked me to sign again, there was no hesitation.
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The Night They Won The Cup
Three-nil down at half time
And totally outclassed
Liverpool they came out flying
With a passion from the past
Three-one, three-two then three all
And into extra time
But the score stuck fast at three-three
As Dudek stood on his line
He saved the first two penalties
With some antics he’d made up
And it was magic there in Istanbul
The night they won the cup.
poem by David Keig
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Puppies
that's you by my abyss it's beautiful today whatcha gonna do i'm happy
i'm really happy i brought her these sorted rolls great it's blue ok
scream it's a girl they sit the salty waterskin 1439 liverpool streets
i feel some release smiling behind her smiling in air conditioning house
do you want this weather no they say i'm twentythree degrees a new meat
i wish it would rain soon
wilting yes in funky cummerbund yes sporting a new peacoat yes my machine
straight out of new velveteen riding soul-faced into liverpool streets
try her on the wall chewing on the wall d'you know that has-been d'you
know why throat dust starving at the back wall slow motion sham big tv
high shared list 257LD4 may we remind you this is a no-smoking area two
rubber shoes and leave me tonight at the side of the road rack dust dogdust
rubber glove part rat so much brown and grey the phone slips out of the tuning
on the rails your face with numbers in the yellow between the cracks
fortythree sixtyeight i'll be crossed metal bars waiting to slip into the
shade something cool this geezer keeps staring at me
song performed by by Underworld
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We were at our best when we were playing in the dance halls of Liverpool and Hamburg. The world never saw that.