Fields Of Anfield Road Song
The Fields of Anfield Road being sung by The Kop in full pelt is one football song that gets the hairs on the back of your neck standing. It is sung to the tune of The Fields of Athenry; a song composed by singer-songwriter Pete St. John in 1979. It has been sung on sports terraces for several years now.
Before being adapted by Liverpool supporters it was, and still is, sung in its original form by supporters of a variety of teams. Irish rugby union team Munster, the Ireland national rugby union team and the Republic of Ireland national football team, English rugby union team London Irish, and in more recent years the Scottish football team Glasgow Celtic.
For those that don't know the lyrics, here they are in full:
Outside the Shankly Gates
I heard a Kopite calling:
Shankly they have taken you away
But you left a great eleven
Before you went to heaven
Now it's glory round the Fields of Anfield Road"
Chorus
All 'round the fields of Anfield Road,
Where once we watched the King Kenny play (and could he play!),
Stevie Heighway 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:
"Paisley they have taken you away
You led the great 11
Back in Rome in 77
And the redmen they are still playing the same way
Chorus
All 'round the fields of Anfield Road,
Where once we watched the King Kenny play (and could he play!),
Stevie Heighway on the wing,
We had dreams and songs to sing,
Of the glory 'round the fields of Anfield Road
All 'round the fields of Anfield Road,
Where once we watched the King Kenny play (and could he play!),
Stevie Heighway on the wing,
We had dreams and songs to sing,
Of the glory 'round the fields of Anfield Road
Hear it being sung
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