March to Anfield before the urinal game

Spirit Of Shankly:

Please find below details of a planned march to take place on Saturday prior to the Manchester United game:

Saturday is a massive day for us. We are playing one of our biggest rivals, a team who are one behind us in league titles. A team who are European Champions. And a team that we love to beat. Much of the talk at the moment, however, is about what’s going on off the pitch – what Hicks and Gillett are up to, the stadium and the club’s finances.

The world’s media will be watching. So let’s make ourselves heard on a march from the Liverpool Supporters’ Club, Lower Breck Road, up to Anfield. Let’s remind everyone what we want – Hicks and Gillett, out of OUR club.

Let’s make sure they get the message. Bring yourself, your mates, anyone who wants Hicks and Gillett out should be there. Bring your banners and bring your voices. A passionate mob, directing their anger towards those ruining our football club.

What we need on Saturday is two resounding victories. Firstly, a march on a massive scale that tells the world that Liverpool has had enough of Gillett and Hicks. A march of passion, a march of anger, a march of Red Solidarity that roars its message loud and proud: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! GO NOW! 

This is the biggest club game in football and the world will be watching. Our second victory on Saturday comes when we take all that passion and pride inside the ground and take the roof off in a way no Manc has ever seen or heard. They have 76,000 spectators. We've got 40,000 warriors. All together on Saturday - everybody. Every last one of us turn up at Liverpool Supporters Club on Saturday morning for a show of strength that can change our club's destiny.

Liverpool Supporters Club. Saturday, 11am. See you there!

Spirit Of Shankly.

Good idea.  Set your alarm clock an hour early and join in with your fellow supporters to express your anger/disappointment with the muppets running our club.

It'll certainly have some sort of impact. It'll get the message across if nothing else.

ill be there, i normally drink in the park, ill be in the albert sat 

ill be there, i normally drink in the park, ill be in the albert sat 

Stanley? Didn't I drop you a fiver last week?

Not been The Park for yonks.

Nice one for posting that Kenny, I'll be there with me banner.

Well done to the organisers for arranging this march,just wish I could be there to take part in it.There is no doubt about the publicity that will be shown across the world,hopefully it might be enough to convince Tom and George that their days at ANFIELD are numbered.

Either of those beauts planning to attend for this game.

One of them usually does - glory hunting bas**rds.

Either of those beauts planning to attend for this game.

One of them usually does - glory hunting bas**rds.

I heard they are, no recent confirmation of that though John.

Nice one SOS,I'm travelling over 400 miles for this one even though I don't have a ticket for the game( my sons turn to use it).I call on all Redmen to turn out for this one, lets show the b*stards what we are made of. YNWA

Nice one SOS,I'm travelling over 400 miles for this one even though I don't have a ticket for the game( my sons turn to use it).I call on all Redmen to turn out for this one, lets show the b*stards what we are made of. YNWA

Indeed.  If you're not going the game, still join in the march.

Im delighted to see that one of the biggest selling papers in Ireland has its lead sport story being the march to Anfield tomorrow. It explains the reasons for the march which is good as sadly there are too many "fans" over here who are blind to what goes on behind the scenes at Anfield.

Indeed it does.  Here' s the article from The Independent (Irish)

Enemy at the gates
By Ian Herbert
Friday September 12 2008

Liverpool co-owner George Gillett is expected at Anfield tomorrow for the Premier League lunchtime showdown with Manchester United, and it seems unlikely that he will be left in any doubt about the force of the club's fans antipathy towards him and Tom Hicks.

The Americans' inability to raise cash to progress the club's new stadium development -- integral to the Americans' financial model for Anfield -- allied to an acute sense from up the M62 of what Liverpool are missing without Arab investment of their own, has hardened opposition to Hicks and Gillett.

Thousands of fans are expected to stage a protest march against the two before the match.

It would appear that Gillett, who appears no closer to selling his 50pc share of the club to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the father-in-law of City's new owner Sheikh Mansour, will feel the full force of fans' feelings.

The Spirit of Shankly (SOS) union are organising the protest march, which will start at 11.0 and later converge on Anfield via the symbolic Shankly Gates.

"Saturday is a massive day," SOS said yesterday. "We are playing one of our biggest rivals, a team who are one behind us in league titles. Much of the talk at the moment, however, is about what's going on off the pitch -- what Hicks and Gillett are up to, the stadium and the club's finances."

Jamie Carragher's declaration, in his biography published yesterday, that "for richer or poorer, (we) sold Liverpool to two ruthless businessmen who saw us as a money-making opportunity," will certainly harden opinion yet further.

Rafael Benitez has hinted that new signing Albert Riera may make his debut against United and was remembering yesterday how the Spanish left-winger made his debut for Manchester City in a 3-1 victory over United at Eastlands a few years back.

The omens are good, he feels. Fernando Torres has made good progress from a hamstring tear sustained against Aston Villa on August 31 and is more likely to feature than Steven Gerrard.

Gerrard underwent minor groin surgery straight after the Villa game, and although his rehabilitation has gone well, he may be held back for the Champions League match in Marseille on Tuesday in what promises to be one of the season's first defining weeks for Benitez's side.

SOS are also urging a mass lobby of Royal Bank of Scotland in the hope that Hicks and Gillett's loan extension facility, due in January will not be granted.

- Ian Herbert

WoW...i.wish i can join the march...

I've not got a ticket for the match but I'm redirecting our little pub crawl before the match down that way!

See you down there!

Good stuff mate! Will look out for you.

Does anyone have any information on how this went?

How did the march go lads?

March went very well!

Not too sure of the numbers but there was absolutely loads by the time we were leaving the supporters club.

Rogan Taylor was also there with a massive Share Liverpool FC banner.

There was quite a few press there so some pics and video should surface soon.

March went very well!

Not too sure of the numbers but there was absolutely loads by the time we were leaving the supporters club.

Rogan Taylor was also there with a massive Share Liverpool FC banner.

There was quite a few press there so some pics and video should surface soon.

Someone said minimum 3000. I'd have guessed more like.

Someone said minimum 3000. I'd have guessed more like.

Hope it makes a few headlines tomorrow. Don't know what difference it could make but at least it'd keep people aware of the situation.

Someone said minimum 3000. I'd have guessed more like.

Hard to tell wasn't it mate.

According to the Echo it was several thousand. Anyone find any pics of it?

This doesn't really show the full scale of it but I'm sure there'll be more vids and pics popping up soon.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G0OFAXPyBO4

I hear the turnout was around 3000.  Apparently quite a lot of the typical muppets alongside the route taking photos and stuff.  Shame.

Not much media coverage really, probably because Newcastle are such a bunch of F**k ups and they tend to get a bit more attention with these matters.

We can put this matter to bed overnight while we bask in our victory, but let's not get carried away our win yesterday was definitely in spite of the two pricks running our club in to the ground - not because of them.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VGJEBwqydeE

I hear the turnout was around 3000.  Apparently quite a lot of the typical muppets alongside the route taking photos and stuff.  Shame.

Going past the Cabbage was disappointing. But that was only really about fourty odd muppets who prefered their pints and mobile phones outside the pub other than joining in. It was when we got by the ground that you'd think more people would join in.

Cant get this tune out of my head

We'll be coming
We'll be coming
We'll be coming down the road
When you hear to noise of the Bill Shankly boys
We'll be coming down the road

Cant get this tune out of my head

We'll be coming
We'll be coming
We'll be coming down the road
When you hear to noise of the Bill Shankly boys
We'll be coming down the road

Same here mate!   

Was also good to sing it when the whistle went yesterday as well!

I was stood outside the Cabbage enjoying a pint before the game as the march went past. Is that a crime? Does my democratic right not to join the march make me any less a red? No.

But what really got my goat was the idiots in the march shouting 'scum' at us because we didn't join in. Idiots with strong cockney accents by the way. Now you tell me how that was going to encourage me to join in once I'd finished my pint? In fact I thought sod that - I'm not taking that kind of sh*t from anyone. If that was the make up of that bunch then stuff 'em.

People may have been emotional and fired up but it does no one any favours at all if you start to turn on your own!

Muppet? No.
Red?Yes.

I was stood outside the Cabbage enjoying a pint before the game as the march went past. Is that a crime? Does my democratic right not to join the march make me any less a red? No.

But what really got my goat was the idiots in the march shouting 'scum' at us because we didn't join in. Idiots with strong cockney accents by the way. Now you tell me how that was going to encourage me to join in once I'd finished my pint? In fact I thought sod that - I'm not taking that kind of sh*t from anyone. If that was the make up of that bunch then stuff 'em.

People may have been emotional and fired up but it does no one any favours at all if you start to turn on your own!

Muppet? No.
Red?Yes.

Fair do's Molby. Branding people a muppet who didn't want to join in on the march is unfair. And shouting scum is bang out of order.

We're all reds at the end of the day and want the best for our club. As you say, people may have been emotional and fired up and you're right. They were. But that doesn't excuse throwing insults at other reds.

Personally when I went past the Cabbage, I was dissapointed that the people on the wall and in the car park didn't want to join in and would rather film it. But I hoped they'd tag along after we went past. I didn't throw any insults or even ask people to join in. I just carried on with what the march was all about. I heard people shouting 'come on, join in!!' though.

Maybe some people think that things like this wont do any good and is a waste of time. And maybe it wont. But we'll never know unless we try.

I can assure you that the make up of that march was based on solidarity and not division.

How come you ddn't join in then molby?

To be honest the fact that there was 'cockney accents' is irrelevant.

If people have travelled that far and feel as strongly as they do about the fact that our club is being shafted left, right and centre then more power to them.

You can quote your democratic rights but I feel ashamed of every Liverpool fan who just watched it ride on past.

If I lived in Liverpool I would have marched, but fellow reds should never attack one another.

I just hope Hicks and Gillet take a leaf from Mike Ashley's book and fast, F***ing wankers.

Fair enough Redkenny and JD

Anyway these are some of the photos I took on my phone and messaged off to reds around the globe to let them know about the protest. I've cleaned them up in photoshop for posting here.

Molby mate there were plenty of scouse lads shouting "come on" to the people taking pictures as we passed the Cabbage and also the Flat Iron. me personally, although many did join us along the route swelling the number to about 4000, i found it hugely dissapointing that many simply chose to stand and watch, quite amused as we fight and march for the future of the club we all love.

As we went past the Sandon, we chanted "get out of our pub, get out of our pub, you corporate bas**rds, get out of our pub" at the corporate blerts gawping through the top floor window of that most historic alehouse.

On many levels our club is in a sorry state. We have to fight for it.

Also, quite a few are a bit annoyed with Rogan Taylor, although i was glad to see a shareLFC banner there, I and others are'nt over the moon that Rogan seemed to want to hijack an SOS march by having his banner at the very front. A little thoughtless of him really.

Firstly, I'm not a Liverpool fan. I came across a video of the march on a Celtic board, had a look about the Sons Of Shankly and just thought I'd drop in to say fair play. Great to see people actively trying to reclaim ownership of their club.

P

Firstly, I'm not a Liverpool fan. I came across a video of the march on a Celtic board, had a look about the Sons Of Shankly and just thought I'd drop in to say fair play. Great to see people actively trying to reclaim ownership of their club.

P

Maybe in a few years, when these rich billionaires get bored of it all, it might be the way it goes.

If an entire clubs profit was pumped back in to the club and not lining the pockets of businessman then that has to be good for football doesn't it?

Maybe in a few years, when these rich billionaires get bored of it all, it might be the way it goes.

If an entire clubs profit was pumped back in to the club and not lining the pockets of businessman then that has to be good for football doesn't it?

I think myself that the whole thing is unsustainable and will fall, although as you say, it will take a few years. It does seem quite exclusive to the English Premiership. Seeing that Newcastle and Arsenal are probably going to be bought up and given the fact that there are only four Champions League places available that is going to make for a few pissed off billionaires over the next few years. The really sad thing is that so many supporters actually welcome this. I watched the Man City fans on television, practically delirious with their signing of Robinho not giving a second thought for who actually owns their club and where they are going with it. Saddening.

P