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Georgie-4- ·

April 24, 2007

Atmosphere is unique Anfield calling card

Our correspondent on the supporters who are really suited to the task of raising the roofTony Evans

Two years ago, on the approach to Stamford Bridge, one of those moments you dread arrived. "Headhunters," my companion hissed. And there they were, surrounding us, fingering their calling cards. It was about to get ugly. The seconds that followed were a blur; the pain still almost tangible. They tried to recruit me for a leading financial institution in the City. The idea that Rupert and Tarquin thought I was a merchant banker makes me wince even now.

Once, Stamford Bridge was an intimidating place. On the pitch, the players were uncompromising brutes with names like Micky, Tommy and Chopper. The supporters came from council flats in Battersea and had names like, well, Micky, Tommy and Chopper.

Now the players have names like Claude, Ricardo and Hilário. Battersea has been gentrified and supporters at the Bridge have names like, well, Giles.

And then there are the songs they sing. What visiting fan hasn't felt a shiver of fear when the cry of "One man went to mow!" rises up from the Matthew Harding Stand. Or, imagine what it is like being Frank Lampard and realising that, yes, they've thrown another man at that meadow. "Come on Sheva, there's eight of them mowing now. The grass doesn't have a chance. That's the sort of commitment we've got to match . . . Good Lord, it's nine now ! Let's win it for the nine . . . ten . . . and Spot."

Or is it part of the mad plan of Peter Kenyon, the chief executive, to turn Chelsea into the biggest club in the world by 2016? "Right, at every kindergarten in the land they are singing our song. How many does that add to our fanbase? Millions. And we'll get their kids, too. Take that, Manchester United!"

To single out Stamford Bridge for a lack of atmosphere would be cruel, though. It is a problem across football, even at Anfield. But Liverpool supporters recognise this and have made massive efforts to keep their individuality with initiatives like Reclaim The Kop, a grassroots movement aimed at educating those not fully conversant with Kopite traditions. But compare the stadiums when Barcelona visited in this season's Champions League.

At Anfield last month, the stadium was in a frenzy. Many supporters prepared special flags for the occasion and the Kop was a bouncing wall of red. Barça were greeted by a wall of flags at the Bridge in October, too. Only these had been supplied by the club. It was contrived and proved that mere banners do not create the right mood in a stadium. People do.

To this end, Liverpool supporters have something special in mind for the two ties over the next week. They have looked to Greece in the quest to reach Athens.

Impressed by the fanaticism of PAOK fans and the catchy nature of one of their songs, Liverpool supporters have appropriated the tune and added their own lyrics, which will boom out of the old Shed End tomorrow and take t…

toy ·

Εχω μήνει κάγκελο το ακούω εχθές στο ραδιόφωνο ερα σπορ για την ακρίβεια και νόμιζα ότι έχω ακούσει λάθος και απο εκείνη την ώρα έχω ένα χαμόγελο κολλημένο επάνω μου

Αρε ΠΑΟΚΑΡΑ μου γιατί να μην είσε σαν το λαο σου...

nf ·

re pousti mou, tetoia akouw apo kairo se kairo kai apo th varemara pou mas exoun ftasei apofasizw na xanaasxoloumai me thn paokara.......

diegito4 ·

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0XPwS0SS6I

ta sxolia apo kato..

ANARXIA-pireas4 ·

respect sto lao tis liverpool, den kollane na poune oti to tragoudi to pirane apo mas

Capricorn ·

ΝΑΙ ΡΕ ΠΑΟΚ

Iskander ·

Αρε λαέ του ΠΑΟΚ... σε σέβεται και σε αντιγράφει όλη η Ευρώπη..και σύ δεν μπορείς να σώσεις ούτε την ίδια σου την ομάδα...

http://www.fcpaok.gr//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=700

alexisv ·

AYTOS EINAI O LAOS TOY PAOK!

Oti k na poume einai ligo.

Ti egine re dimosiografakia tis athinas? Pali toumpeki?

An itan tou gaurou omos e....? Gamioles!

Na tous akoute ston teliko thelo sto mpourdelo sas mesa k na paramilate!

LoGotHeTiS ·

ΠΑΟΚ..ΕΚΕΙ ΠΟΥ ΚΑΝΕΝΑΣ ΑΛΛΟΣ ΔΕΝ ΜΠΟΡΕΙ..

nf ·

To scousers ( apo to link tou iskander) pou leei sth liverpool version einai h profora tou liverpool...

maria-mtb ·

uparxei sth shmerinh Sportday oloklhro ar8ro sto reportaz tou PAOK! To diavasa twra prin fugw gia douleia k "pshlwsa" 10 metra! ekopsa to apokomma k to exw mazi mou gia opoion shmera (mia k sunh8izetai) me apokalesei "p a o k a k i" sth douleia!

O,TI K NA PEIS EINAI LIGO!! ELPIZW NA ER8OUN A8HNA NA PAW NA TOUS VRW K NA TOUS GEMISW KASKOL THS PAOKARAS MAS!

SE EYXARISTW 8EE MOU POU ME EKANES PAOK!!

Y.G. oi dikoi mas stixoi einai pio treliarikoi...exw trela mes to mualo den 8a ksanavgei pote!

skyclad4 ·

8a ta kanoume poutana sthn xamoutzia reeeeeee. 8a to iswpedwsoume to mpourdelo. pia chelsea kai poutses mple, dwste thn koupa sto Stevie G apo twra na pame sto suntagma na ta kanoume mpourdelo me th sun8hmatara

:b191:

nf ·

loipon, liverpool kai egw sto champions league giati h aggliki mou omada einai teleiws xalia , division 1, diladi trith ethniki........

DarkLord ·

opos hmoun sigouros, apo ellinika sites mono to www.sport24.gr ekane anafora

EDIT. Proto thema malista!!

punk_asterix ·

OOOO PAOKARA

I'M CRAZY IN MY MIND

WHERE EVER YOU ARE PLAYING

I WILL ALLWAYS FOLLOW YOU

FOR YOU I COULD HAVE DIED

AND I ONLY LIVE FOR YOU

nikoskoz4 ·

etsi re akoma k h liverpool mas antegrapse

PAOK EINAI O LAOS TOU!!!

gate4A ·

ρε παιδες μηπως μπορει να βρει καποιος απο φορουμ των οπαδων της λιβερπουλ αναφορες για την συνθηματαρα μας

DarkLord ·

sto video paok 80 xronia sto youtube , sta comments itan pou kanonisan ta stixakia gia to sinthima tous

alexisv ·

"Oooooooh Campione

The one and only

We're Liverpool

They say our days are numbered, we're not famous anymore

But scousers rule the country like we've always done before

Oooooooh Campione..."

alexisv ·

**Scousers gia osous den xeroun einai to topiko 'paratsoukli' ton katikon tis Liverpool.

Kati opos to 'Tiria' gia tous Lariseous...