The Fans Who Make Football: Liverpool FC | Featured Documentary
You’ll Never Walk Alone is Liverpool Football Club’s war cry for the underprivileged - a cry of unity against adversity and authoritarian rule - and it rings loud and in unison at every Liverpool match. For Liverpool fans, it is about more than football. It is a fight for equality, social justice and a voice for the United Kingdom's working-class often ignored by a series of right-wing governments who neglected the country's north.
Being a hotbed of left-wing socialism, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher set out to make an example of Liverpool city while it was enduring drastic economic decline after the UK joined the Common Market in 1973. Her crushing policies of "managed decline" left much of the population jobless. Thatcher expected the city’s people to buckle to her authority, but she did not realise she was also up against the power of the city’s football team, which brought strength and hope to its city. This film looks into how Liverpool FC became a symbol of defiance on top of its shining success.
Liverpool FC’s famous stadium sat within the working classes of the city and stood in the face of a government set on treating victims of poverty as collateral damage. And despite the money behind the multimillion-dollar game, Liverpool have remained a team that continues to put the people before profit.
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IT'S insane how being a Liverpool Supporter from any part of the world is just like being a Liverpool supporter in Merseyside, England! This Means More!
@yesyesyesimdoingallthetime2770
3 жыл бұрын
Never been to anfield have you
@jacksmith4460
3 жыл бұрын
@@yesyesyesimdoingallthetime2770 missed his point didn't you
@yesyesyesimdoingallthetime2770
3 жыл бұрын
@@jacksmith4460 Never been to anfield have you
@dylanmurphy572
3 жыл бұрын
As a supporter from Liverpool, no it’s not. You may be a real fan but you don’t understand what it means to us, it’s our home
@ericnjoka5362
3 жыл бұрын
@@yesyesyesimdoingallthetime2770 never interacted with Liverpool supporters of other nations have you?
Liverpool is my home, all the way from Kenya🇰🇪.❤ I always get teary when it comes to LFC
@pangeakenya
10 ай бұрын
Kenyan Scouser, we here bro❤❤❤lfc forever
@rodrigofonseca6241
4 ай бұрын
after all the evil things the british did in Kenya you still dream about saving money to go lick some white a$$es at Anfield - am i right?
The last statement; The day when Liverpool was crowned champions, their points tally was 96...the same number as those who died in Hillsborough. Rest in Peace.
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
It was a nice touch ❤️ it was for them
@rashmi946
3 жыл бұрын
the points were 99
@imahappycamper2022
3 жыл бұрын
You mean the 96 people who had their things robbed whilst they lay dead
@magicsteve5523
3 жыл бұрын
🔥Justice for the 96!🔥 you’ll never walk alone!
@imahappycamper2022
3 жыл бұрын
@@magicsteve5523 Well considering they're dead I'd have thought it was obvious that they'd never walk again, never mind alone.
I'm 63yrs old & i grew-up with LFC. Always a Koppites. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE. Love from Malaysia❤
I ve been a Liverpool supporter for 50 years. I was a young boy from Thailand attending school in North Wales. My classmate’s parents took me to Anfield for the first time. I was mesmerized. The managers, the players, the passion, the fans and atmosphere were incredible. I never stopped supporting LFC through thick and thin. YNWA 🙏🙏🙏 Isares Chiangmai Thailand 🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭
@paulfitzpatrick6536
Ай бұрын
Great post take care mate
amazing documentary. I'm a Chelsea fan but Liverpool is one of my favourite teams in world football. I love the club for all that it embodies. a liverpool fan friend of mine sent me the link to this and I'm so happy he did
If you don't know, now you know. Al Jazeera channel is also Fan of the giant Liverpool 😜📌🙌
I’m a life long Celtic fan but must say I have a soft spot for Liverpool. YNWA 🍀
@joshg2603
Жыл бұрын
Up the Celtic greeting from scouser 🔴☘️
Now I understand fully why am a Liverpool fan, watched this with tears in my eyes... YNWA 🤝💪💪💪
@fatdaddy1996
Жыл бұрын
Probably because they win most weeks isn't it Joseph?
@capojnr10
10 ай бұрын
@fatdaddy1996 theres people outside who love liverpool football club as much as you do😁
Knowing more of liverpool history makes me love more. - life long supporter of LFC from india
I have never been to Liverpool, but my heat beats for the city, the team, the people. Through victories, losses, deaths and injustice, ... we all stand together, never alone. We will never let you walk alone, YNWA.
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly YNWA
All hail Liverpool. Fan from California
Every single time i listen to people singing this song i get emotional, so glad i've found Liverpool. You'll Never Walk Alone indeed, hello to all my fellow Liverpool fans from all the way over here in Brazil. \Õ/
@khualn
2 жыл бұрын
Hello, from Manipur, India
@chriswmgrogan9165
2 ай бұрын
Brother red am red from Liverpool welcome to the reds family 🇬🇧
A couple boarded the bus to Anfield and asked the driver to tell them where to alight. I chuckled when he assured them with “Oh, you’ll know for sure.” The city of Liverpool and Anfield were wonderful for any visiting LFC fan.
being a liverpool supporter is more than just football its a 'way of life' caring and supporting a community a big family
@Whatthaonabout
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Liverpool FC this means more
@bluegraham1
3 жыл бұрын
Means more than what ?
@arkadas1411
3 жыл бұрын
*means 30 more years
@mdohi9846
3 жыл бұрын
@@arkadas1411 means 6 times champions of europe.
@hichamhrdhf8773
2 жыл бұрын
@@mdohi9846 in addition the master of English football in 70s and 80s.
@khayyyo
2 жыл бұрын
Waryaa abdi😂🤯
Winning the league with 96 points was just so appropriate at the time. As I write this comment the news of the 97th victim passing away weighs heavy in my heart! As a survivor of pen 3 Leppings Lane I can assure you the real death toll resulting from that harrowing day is much higher when survivors who suffered in silence for decades found they could not carry on any longer and felt the only way to find respite was in taking their own lives ! I find it hard to understand how their journey has not been recognised, their passing has been as a direct result of injuries sustained on 15.04.1989 and in my opinion their names should be added to the list at the memorial!
@gillie-monger3394
10 ай бұрын
Truth. YNWA
YNWA from Morocco 🇲🇦. They haven't won the league for 30 years because of referee mistakes. Yet they managed to be in 6 European finals, wining 3 (2001, 2005, 2019) and loosing 3 (2007, 2016, 2018). No other English team managed to be on as many finals since 1990. Manchester United made it 5 times (1999, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017). Chelsea 4 times (2008, 2012, 2013, 2019). Arsenal 2 (2006, 2019). Manchester City ZERO times! With 9 European trophies Liverpool is the pride of England 🏴.
@gratefulkm
2 жыл бұрын
Seems the refs mistake's are back , of course the rest of the season for those mistakes to be leveled
@user-ut5eg3jl4j
2 жыл бұрын
2016 it is a Europa League , not champions league do not mix em
I am from Cyprus - all my family are REDS since the days of King Kenny - My dad made sure I became a Red when I was 6, the Owen and McManaman era. I visited Anfield in 2017 and 2018 The city , the stadium, the people are absolutely beautiful. I have been all around the UK and I have to say that Liverpool (and Newcastle) are the best cities in the UK. There isnt a day going by that I will not think of this club - absolute love and passion, even during the Jay Spearing days :) Always in my mind, Always Loyal ❤
Liverpool going through a hard time atm injuries ,new players settling in , no crowds but Liverpool will bounce back I’m sure off it
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
100% we need a few new players to freshen up after 2/3 years we need to recycle
@imahappycamper2022
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah in another 30 years
@ameenalaghrib1929
3 жыл бұрын
YNWA from algeria
@imahappycamper2022
3 жыл бұрын
@@ameenalaghrib1929 You'll Never Win Again
@deepgreen0210
3 жыл бұрын
@@imahappycamper2022 lol so funny
This means more. YNWA from kenya.
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
YNWA from Ireland 🇮🇪
@drschnitzelsong7594
3 жыл бұрын
From South korea!!!
"We've more in common with Dublin and Glasgow" Scouse not English
@yousifabdalhalim514
3 жыл бұрын
It looks like that, it feels like that and it is definitely that
@z-rex6068
3 жыл бұрын
Not English? What league are Liverpool playing in again? The ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE.
@redacted9071
3 жыл бұрын
It’s cause Liverpool was invaded by the Irish and since then the accent has just gone so downhill. Wasn’t like that back in the 60s tho you could have an intelligent conversation with most scousers
@pauldillon1660
3 жыл бұрын
@@z-rex6068 Cardiff and Swansea are in the English Championship
@kevinchadwick9644
3 жыл бұрын
@@redacted9071 yea I agree like the Beatles didn’t sound that scouse to me
Its been a long time coming...reminds us that we still need to celebrate it! This is brilliant.
Beautiful documentary Al Jazeera. Could be better if you go back and make a longer one interviewing some of the former players like King Kenny, Kevin Keegan, Phil Thompson, Ian Rush, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard etc.....A club that made me proud and happy time and again. Lived some glory days since 1976! YNWA
Wow after listening to the young lady.. Wow am a red since 84 if an help tears in my eyes so be it
Liverpool is a twin to Atbara city in Sudan by virtue of equal stances on justice, equality, political positions and above all in people's hearts... Atbara (also called the city of Iron and fire) was torch bearer for Sudan's popular revolution in 2018
I am a liverpool supporter from Bangladesh. I know that many supporters now are being very pessimistic about our form but I know that they will quickly gain their form in some time and who knows, by a miracle we can still retain the PL. So don't lose hope guys. YNWA
@juleybeebafrax6573
3 жыл бұрын
YNWA brethren in sha ALLAH we will
@schrodingersdoge
3 жыл бұрын
YNWA
@neelkantabanerjee7803
3 жыл бұрын
No real Liverpool fan will lose hope of how we have battled through the tuff days all these 30 years and all through the years from inception.
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
Doubt we will get the title but we will come back weather it’s next season or whatever one poor season in what 5 years under klopp?
“To some people football is a matter of life and death, I assure you it’s much more important than that!” - Bill Shankly
This is one of the best documentary that I watch on KZread and I truly enjoyed it till the end!
WE ARE LIVERPOOL FC, THIS MEANS MORE!
My blood group is 'L'. YNWA! Thank you very much for uploading this fantastic documentary.
I’m Liverpool FAN and I live in Liverpool over 5 years
@zaamnews4717
3 жыл бұрын
If you support liverpool you are nothing
@Lillio_
3 жыл бұрын
@@zaamnews4717 u r funny uno
@z-rex6068
3 жыл бұрын
@@zaamnews4717 lol
@mohdsalihenwahab1000
3 жыл бұрын
@@zaamnews4717 if u dont support liverpool, u r nothing. Get life bruh 😎🤘
@craigcassidy6078
2 жыл бұрын
@@Lillio_ do one no mark...
Love from a spurs fan YNWA
@padraig5335
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a Spurs fan too.
@adooon
3 жыл бұрын
@@padraig5335 noice
@henkwilliemadriannusvander1955
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. We are in the same boat. At least we have the Spurs fans “to walk with” now. LOL!
@adooon
3 жыл бұрын
@@henkwilliemadriannusvander1955 PAIN
@danzel1157
3 жыл бұрын
Adnan Shahid. You're a credit to your team, Adnan.
Hearing jan talking and his words. Miss that the players play for the supporters
As a Kenyan🇰🇪 I remain a Liverpool FC fan. Salute the city of Liverpool.
With political isolation still liverpool fc is the only English club with 6 CL titles YNWA...we came from long way, absolutely more than a football club
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly YNWA
@5eek3r0fknowl3dg3
3 жыл бұрын
6 European cup champions not champions leagu league, they've won 2 UCL
@redacted9071
3 жыл бұрын
You came from nowhere mate you’ve got no right to be a Liverpool supporter because you’re not from Liverpool
@imahappycamper2022
3 жыл бұрын
Actually yas don't. It was only called the Champions league for the last 2.
@dylanmurphy572
3 жыл бұрын
@@imahappycamper2022 same competition
there is no football club like Liverpool ..... forever love
@alishour5519
Жыл бұрын
There will never be a football club like Liverpool and I support a Spanish team . The difference is clear watching Liverpool like your in war watching Madrid and Barca is no match to these types of clubs
Liverpool is my favourite city in the world and LFC is my team. Great show thanks
Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 to my beloved Reds❤️.I stand Reds✊.
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
Love from Ireland 🇮🇪🔴 YNWA
@dylanmurphy572
3 жыл бұрын
Love from Liverpool 🏴🇬🇧
For me, in the current Liverpool squad the best player is without doubt Virgil Van Dijk. He's probably the best defender in the world at the moment. It's not just about what he does in terms of how he plays, it's his calmness and his presence on the pitch. You only have to look at what Liverpool were like without him during the most of the 2020/21 season.
Watched more than 3 times now, still got that same emotional feeling every time. The history and people of Liverpool is so inspiring. It gives me hope, never to give up and it reminds me deep down inside that ther is always someone that i am never alone. Long live Liverpool. God bless the city and everything inside this beautiful city. YNWA
96 😢. I am not a Liverpool supporter. But I am interested in this team's plays. I hope another champion for Liverpool.
Thañk you for showing this ynwa❤
From Malaysia.....hv always been a Reds ..... Luv u guys Liverpool......
The tears 😭 oh god. YWNWA
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
YNWA
God bless Liverpool and Liverpool FC 🙏🏾🇬🇭
FIFA : Football For Hope = Liverpool : We're Liverpool, This Means More
This is one of the best parts of football being there in the crowd, singing the songs...
what a documentary, kudos :)
When I Sing YNWA I Feel Something Amazing That Makes Me Sing It Again & Over Again. So, Proud To Be Mighty Red's Fan. Dosen't Matter Where I Am From, We Are LIVERPOOL & This Means More. YNWA. Love From Darjeeling.......
@fatdaddy1996
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, but it does. Sorry, but it does.
Liverpool is the reason I started watch Football...❤️❤️Allez Reds
Love this hope to see more YNWA to all the reds around the world ❤️ from a Irish Red🇮🇪
Liverpool Fc till death separates us 🙌🙌
What a great show!!!!
2002 till now..win or lose.. still love them From Indonesia with love😘😘😘
@Spacepen2002
3 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of being at the Liverpool game v Indonesia in Jakarta in 2013. It was held at the. Gelora Bung Karno National Stadium in Senayan. I was working and living there at the time and the atmosphere was amazing. With over 80,000 fans in the stadium I just marveled at the support Liverpool had. What was funny though, I noticed the Indonesian fan were also cheering just as loudly for the Indonesia Team also and quite righty so. I’m no longer living in Indonesia but try to get back to Jakarta at least once a year to meet old friends as I have fond memories of the country. God bless Indonesia 🇮🇩
@ahmadramadhan4172
3 жыл бұрын
from Indonesia to support Liverpool
Best club, best city, best people in the universe. JFT97
Beautiful football club and city, from a Sunderland fan.
We Never Give Up🔥💪⚽️🏆
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
We can’t
The Dockers situation was a disgrace the way the Tories treated our CITY
I live in Kota Bharu Kelantan Malaysia but Liverpool is my hometown my heart my soul ynwa
We are Liverpool Fc this means more
Alisson Goal 🔥💕
Cantona as a narrator. Shows respect. ✌️❤️
The best football team in the world 🌎
Bonds formed during adversity are always stronger than those formed during prosperity. That's why the sense of community & unity among Liverpool supporters is unique in the modern day. The disrespect & haughty attitude by the administration, especially the Tories towards the people of Liverpool, have bonded them together in an unbreakable identity of "scousers". People of Liverpool have been discriminated,derided & disrespected over the years, not for being wrong but simply for being liverpudlians. No scouse will ever support the English anthem, unless those in London accept & admit their historical wrongdoings. Defiance, resilience & unity will continue to define Liverpool football club. This is the eternal fight for justice & in this fight the scousers will never walk alone & this means more.
Qpr fan but love Liverpool their city their culture lived there for 4 years and moving back there.
I never disrespect this club. Even as a Man United fan myself, I will always glad to see this club performs, unlike others man united fan.
Forever and eva ! ❤️
I'm a BIG BIG FAN FROM ZIMBABWE
Liverpool 👊🤗 ❤❤🧡 from 🇺🇬
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
YNWA from Ireland🔴🇮🇪
Brilliant
I really love this club!! YNWA
YNWA❤...this means more❤
Nice to see another liverpool family member.
At the end of the storm, theres a golden sky
I would never change Liverpool for any club we are a community especially in Liverpool and also all over the world
@imahappycamper2022
3 жыл бұрын
Is that why the fans at Hillsborough started rooting through the pockets of the dead. Is that why there was a time in Liverpool that you couldn't even leave your clothes on the washing line or your milk bottles on the doorstep or they'd be robbed.
@joshuadrinkswater2005
3 жыл бұрын
So you actually think fans actually did that after the videos and court suggest they didn't
@Guttlegob
2 жыл бұрын
@@imahappycamper2022 My uncle was at Hillsborough. What he witnessed was people helping. Thousands of fans witnessed the same. Not one person witnessed the lies that were written in the Sun newspaper. Im baffled that you are regurgitating it. You must be a bad troll
@imahappycamper2022
2 жыл бұрын
@@Guttlegob I was at it myself with my brother and uncle. Stopped supporting Liverpool because of it. It's no coincidence that the 2 worst atrocities in football (Hillsborough and Hiesel) both involved Liverpool.
Oh god i miss the crowds..😭
We will win as a team and we will lose as a team YNWA ❤️
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
YNWA
Scouse, not english. Thanks for this. It's good it is...
YNWA...from india
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
YNWA from Ireland🇮🇪 plenty of Irish connections in Liverpool
@dylanmurphy572
3 жыл бұрын
@@Tzahx_ I swear half of the city is Irish, just look at my surname haha
Liverpool forever 🇧🇩
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
YNWA till I die ❤️
I am a big fan of Liverpool football club
@Tzahx_
3 жыл бұрын
And so his Khabib the goat 🐐🐐
That part about being one of the poorest city in all of Europe...why do I find that slightly wrong... YNWA from Homa Bay Kenya
liverpool im gonna love u 4ever
96 were murdered not killed
The government should be ashamed dreadful 96dead and tried to cover up . Your music your football team one-off the greatest ever. I hope that we are all united of this country uk
When the female @2.40 said "slipped through our fingers" I literally fell off the sofa.
Liverpool forever ♥️
From Malaysia 🇲🇾
Liverpool FC, the City of Liverpool and their Supporters throughout the world is why it's football's " Holy Grail ". YNWA
@catherinemonroe6442
3 жыл бұрын
No they are arrogant and rude
Hillsborough stopped us in our tracks. King Kenny couldn't continue as gaffer, I can hardly blame him. That was the end of the glory days.
When I die, spread my ashes at the KOP end ❤
"we are not English we are Scousers" I LOVE IT us scousers have had to fight for everything from social injustice to northern discrimination I'm so proud to be a Scouser. Together we are strong the government can't handle us when we are together 👏 YNWA 😘
Whoa they called Liverpool Beirut for standing up for themselves wtf.
@paulmcdonough1093
3 жыл бұрын
thats the locals doing that graffiti
@GuinessOriginal
3 жыл бұрын
No the locals call areas in Liverpool beruit because its so lawless and violent
@danzel1157
3 жыл бұрын
@@GuinessOriginal You ever been there, mate? I lived there. It's a great city, with two great teams. YNWA
@GuinessOriginal
3 жыл бұрын
@@danzel1157don't forget the two cathedrals mate. Lived and worked all over Liverpool mate got family and loads of friends there, used to drink in the dixie down in dingle and in Picton high street, got mates in Bootle, Huyton, Aigburth, Granby. I know more about Liverpool than a lot of scousers and any real scouser will know plenty of them call areas of their city Beirut.
@danzel1157
3 жыл бұрын
@@GuinessOriginal Cities don't become "lawless and violent" for no reason. Scousers may, indeed, call certain areas Beirut, but that doesn't mean that they're unaware of just how it happened and that they don't love their City. They're just generally more politically astute, too.
What is football without its fans? Can't wait to get fans back into the stadium
LFC for Life
We are Liverpool the greatest Football Club in the world
YNWA from Manipur.... Liverpool is my heartbeat
We Are Liverpool Fc Forever YNWA 💪⚽️🏆🎆🏟
Bigreds Indonesia 😍❤️