The Fields of Anfield Road
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The Fields of Anfield Road is a football song sung by supporters of Liverpool Football Club
. It proceeds to the tune of The Fields of Athenry
; composed by singer-songwriter Pete St. John
in 1979. Before being adapted by Liverpool supporters it was, and still is, sung in its original form by supporters of Ireland
and Celtic
, as well as GAA
teams and the Ireland
, Munster
and London Irish
rugby union
teams. The song was adapted in 2009 to include a third verse commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster
. John Power from Cast
and the La's
fame co-wrote the final verse and vocal contributions were made by Phil Thompson
and Bruce Grobbelaar
amongst others.
The song reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart
on 12 April 2009 and number 14 a week later.
The first two verses were written by Liverpool F.C fan Gary "Fergo" Ferguson from Huyton
.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
. It proceeds to the tune of The Fields of Athenry
The Fields of Athenry
"The Fields of Athenry" is an Irish folk ballad set during the Great Irish Famine about a fictional man named Michael from near Athenry in County Galway who has been sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing food for his starving family...
; composed by singer-songwriter Pete St. John
Pete St. John
Pete St. John is an Irish folk singer-songwriter, most notable for composing Fields of Athenry.St. John is a prolific composer of widely sung modern ballads; his other most famous song is "The Rare Ould Times"...
in 1979. Before being adapted by Liverpool supporters it was, and still is, sung in its original form by supporters of Ireland
Republic of Ireland national football team
The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
and Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
, as well as GAA
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
teams and the Ireland
Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
, Munster
Munster Rugby
Munster Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Munster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup.The team represents the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch which is one of four primary branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish...
and London Irish
London Irish
London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
teams. The song was adapted in 2009 to include a third verse commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster
Hillsborough disaster
The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush that occurred on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough, a football stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people, and 766 being injured, all fans of Liverpool F.C....
. John Power from Cast
Cast (band)
Cast are an English rock band from Liverpool, formed in 1992 by John Power and Peter Wilkinson after Power left The La's and Wilkinson's former band Shack had split...
and the La's
The La's
The La's were an English rock band from Liverpool, originally active from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. Fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist Lee Mavers, the group is most famous for their hit single "There She Goes". The band was formed by Mike Badger in 1984 and Mavers joined soon after...
fame co-wrote the final verse and vocal contributions were made by Phil Thompson
Phil Thompson
Philip Bernard Thompson is a retired English footballer, who played as a defender for Liverpool team of the 1970s and 1980s. During this time, he also represented the England national football team on 42 occasions...
and Bruce Grobbelaar
Bruce Grobbelaar
Bruce David Grobbelaar is a former football goalkeeper and manager.He played for a number of clubs in a career which spanned for more than 20 years at professional level, most notably Liverpool during their dominant period in the 1980s and early 1990s.-Early years:In his teenage years, Grobbelaar...
amongst others.
The song reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
on 12 April 2009 and number 14 a week later.
The first two verses were written by Liverpool F.C fan Gary "Fergo" Ferguson from Huyton
Huyton
Huyton is a suburb of Liverpool within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, with some parts belonging to the borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Urban Area and has close associations with its neighbour, Roby, having both formerly been part of the Huyton with...
.
Fields of Anfield Road (Hillsborough 20th Anniversary) by Liverpool Collective featuring The Kop Choir - Lyrics
- Outside the Shankly Gates
- I heard a Kopite calling
- ShanklyBill ShanklyWilliam "Bill" Shankly, OBE was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Liverpool between 1959 and 1974. One of Britain's most successful and respected football managers, Shankly was also a fine player whose career was interrupted by the Second World War...
, they have taken you away - But you left a great eleven
- Before you went to heaven
- Now it's glory round the Fields of AnfieldAnfieldAnfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...
Road
- --Chorus--
- All round the fields of Anfield Road
- Where once we watched the King KennyKenny DalglishKenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...
play (and could he play!) - Stevie HeighwaySteve HeighwayStephen Derek "Steve" Heighway is a former footballer who was part of the hugely successful Liverpool team of the 1970s.-Life and playing career:...
on the wing - We had dreams and songs to sing
- 'Bout the glory, round the Fields of Anfield Road
- Outside the Paisley Gates
- I heard a Kopite calling
- PaisleyBob PaisleyRobert "Bob" Paisley OBE was an English football half back turned manager. His association with Liverpool was to span nearly half a century including his contribution to the club, first as a player, then as a physiotherapist and coach, and finally as manager.In nine years as manager between 1974...
, they have taken you away - But you led the great eleven
- Back in Rome1977 European Cup FinalThe 1977 European Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Borussia Mönchengladbach of Germany on 25 May 1977 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. The showpiece event was the final match of the 1976–77 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the European Cup...
in 77 - And the Redmen they're still playing the same way
- Chorus
- Beside the Hillsborough flame
- I heard a Kopite mourning
- Why so many taken on that day?
- Justice has never been done
- But their memory will carry on
- There'll be glory round the Fields of Anfield Road.
- Chorus x2
- The glory, round the Fields of Anfield Road
Fields of Anfield (Sunday Morning Version) by James Walsh - Lyrics
- Outside the Shankly Gates
- I heard a Kopite calling
- ShanklyBill ShanklyWilliam "Bill" Shankly, OBE was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Liverpool between 1959 and 1974. One of Britain's most successful and respected football managers, Shankly was also a fine player whose career was interrupted by the Second World War...
, they have taken you away - But you left a great eleven
- Just before you went to heaven
- Now the glory, round the Fields of Anfield Road
- All round the fields of Anfield Road
- Where once we watched the King KennyKenny DalglishKenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...
play - Stevie HeighwaySteve HeighwayStephen Derek "Steve" Heighway is a former footballer who was part of the hugely successful Liverpool team of the 1970s.-Life and playing career:...
on the wing - We had dreams and songs to sing
- Of the glory, round the Fields of Anfield Road
- Outside the Paisley Gates
- I heard a Kopite calling
- PaisleyBob PaisleyRobert "Bob" Paisley OBE was an English football half back turned manager. His association with Liverpool was to span nearly half a century including his contribution to the club, first as a player, then as a physiotherapist and coach, and finally as manager.In nine years as manager between 1974...
, they have taken you away - But you left the great eleven
- Back in Rome1977 European Cup FinalThe 1977 European Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Borussia Mönchengladbach of Germany on 25 May 1977 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. The showpiece event was the final match of the 1976–77 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the European Cup...
in 77 - And the Redmen are still playing the same way
- All round the fields of Anfield Road
- Where once we watched the King KennyKenny DalglishKenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...
play (and could he play!) - Stevie HeighwaySteve HeighwayStephen Derek "Steve" Heighway is a former footballer who was part of the hugely successful Liverpool team of the 1970s.-Life and playing career:...
on the wing - We had dreams and songs to sing
- Of the glory, round the Fields of Anfield Road
- Outside the Hillsborough flame
- I saw a young boy mourning
- Why were so many taken on that day?
- But their memories still live on
- One day justice will be done
- There'll be glory round the Fields of Anfield Road
- All round the fields of Anfield Road
- Where once we watched the King KennyKenny DalglishKenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...
play (and could he play!) - Stevie HeighwaySteve HeighwayStephen Derek "Steve" Heighway is a former footballer who was part of the hugely successful Liverpool team of the 1970s.-Life and playing career:...
on the wing - We had dreams and songs to sing
- Of the glory, round the Fields of Anfield Road