The Kop on Panorama 1964

[PotterLog]

Singing Beatles songs.

Stumbled across this on YouTube. Amazing footage of the fluid, swaying masses. Brilliant voiceover too. "This time their poor, sacrificial victims were Arsenal - southerners..."

[Baggs]

Excellent

Highlights for me included mention of Liverpool's "gay and inventive ferocity"

The bloke at 3:46 having an epileptic fit

And "We've won der league, eee aiiiii add eee ooo, we've won der league" -

- Amazing how accents can be heard so clearly in a mass crowd chant - not that you hear it very often in the Prem nowadays (difficult to sing through all those prawn sandwiches)

[The Occasional Man]

A fantastic look back in time at when football was really the game of the work class. What you'd give for terrace like that these days. Reminded me of a packed Boothen at the Vic with the swaying and surges . . . ahh they were the days and that was only 20 years ago!

The singing was always far more spontaneous on a terrace because you were all in there for the same reason - no sitting on you hands and just 'watching' the game.

Sure I know that the old Boothen End wasn't always a sea of people or volume but when it was it was a far far more exhilarating experience than you'd ever get in all seated stadiums.

[Staying up for Grandadstokey]

Really enjoyed that clip, brought back some memories, Tommy Lawrence the original "flying pig", was said to look like everyones brother-in-law ;D
and did I spot Willie Stevenson(No.6),who later played for us.
"Come on without ,Come on within ,Youve not seen nothing like Stevenson"

[Staffsoatcake]

Liverpool are playing in red. ;D

[onewaynebiggins]

Jan 26, 2010 10:23:40 GMT The Occasional Man said:

A fantastic look back in time at when football was really the game of the work class. What you'd give for terrace like that these days. Reminded me of a packed Boothen at the Vic with the swaying and surges . . . ahh they were the days and that was only 20 years ago!

The singing was always far more spontaneous on a terrace because you were all in there for the same reason - no sitting on you hands and just 'watching' the game.

Sure I know that the old Boothen End wasn't always a sea of people or volume but when it was it was a far far more exhilarating experience than you'd ever get in all seated stadiums.

my uncle started taking me the match in the late 80's early 90's, we used to stand in the same place in the Boothen with all his mates from Holditch pit Some great memories in a packed boothen end. I can always remember one of the lads saying "Piss where thee stand in the Boothen end our youth"



onewaynebiggins

[Cyprusdelilah]

Excellent little clip, year I was born. Brought back memories of Stoke playing Sunderland in the F.A. cup Fifth round in 76 I was in the Boothen that day over 41,000.

[chunky]

see a young Stan Boardman at about 1:49?

[kevkj]

fantastic ,fantastic

[wizzardofdribble]

Amazing stuff that..the way the Spion-Kop (named after The Boear War in South Africa. where many Merseysiders fought)...swaying all over the place...about half of those in their had probably not paid.. and the fact that Liverpool wore their old strip of red shirts white shorts..not the all red strips they've become famous for

And at one point, I'm sure I heard the song 'Fat Spanish Waiter, You're Just A Fat Spanish Waiter'..being song...

[kebab]

28,000 in the Kop! Just imagine the Brit in one end behind the goal!

[Pretty Little Boother]

Quality.