by ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Sun May 29, 2022 12:18 am
Remember, when our early 60's fans adopted YNWA as their anthem it's because the lyrics pretty much spelt out what it meant to be a Liverpool fan at that time.
The way those fans saw it it was almost as if the song was written for them.
Its worth remembering that back then Everton were the biggest club on Merseyside and had been since the 1880's, we had just spent the best part of a decade In the old second division (and at one point nearly dropped to the third), our board was notoriously frugal plus we hadn't won the title since 1946 and had never won the FA Cup in our entire history!
Those fans really knew what it was like to have their dreams tossed and blown, back then YNWA wasn't the anthem of champions it was the anthem of the long suffering football fan, when your chin is on the floor like ours are tonight i think it's worth remembering that fact and also worth reflecting on why a Broadway showtune resonated so much with people who worked all week on the docks for a pittance and paid their half a crown every other Saturday to watch 22 grown men kick a bag of wind about a patch of grass in a working class district in the north end of the city called Anfield.
The song said yes we are down, life has given us a f**king good kicking but you know what there's always tomorrow, it said if you dare to dream with me and don't let everything get you down then pal you'll have a friend for life.
When we adopted YNWA yes we had gotten out of the second division but the league titles and FA Cup wins hadn't happened yet, those fans had no idea what was going to happen over the next 20 years.
On nights like tonight when we are all a bit down I think it's worth remembering why YNWA was adopted as our song, supporting any football club even one as glorious as this isn't always sunshine and roses.
YNWA