The tens of thousands of fellow Scousers in the stadium are booing for the 97. The 97 and their families were demonised and ignored by the establishment for long enough and the booing ensures that people are reminded that, we never forget and we will drown out the anthem that is for the reigning monarch, the crown, her majesty's police force, as it was, her majesty's government, her majesty's crown court and injustice system. I'm a 50 year old Scouser myself and lifelong Liverpool supporter. I'm registered disabled and can't get to the game anymore but I'll be booing the anthem, as usual, at home by myself. Well in for making the video mate. Carlo, L17.

Rest in peace to the Hillsborough 97 YNWA and you’ll never be forgotten

I don't even think it's that complicated. It's a song about a man in the sky saving a rich man in London who is supposedly above us due to birthright. Why would anyone want to sing that?

I was torn over this matter as I am a 57 Yr old life long red. I was in the leppings lane at Hillsborough so the government and establishment cover up hurts deep in my soul. Particularly as I am a retired military man and proud to have served my country. However I have decided that as the so called national anthem is not actually an English anthem but that of Great Britain, Scotland and Wales have their own, that booing God save the king is OK with me. We need an English anthem which represents being English not worshipping the establishment. YNWA.

Maybe your to young but I remember old blokes talking about 1911. When Winston Churchill sending to destroyers up the Mersey. The docker’sstarted a strike which spread to city wide for better pay and conditions. When jobs where day jobs no guarantee of jobs. The Tory’s sent 50 thousand coppers with the order to batter us back to work or the Royal Navy would flatten the city. Many deaths and injuries because the plebs wanted rights and a living wage and the government where scared the strike would spread. Ps Liverpool coppers refused to obey saying the where not attacking their own families and friends

I'm an American Liverpool fan, and one thing I know about political parties is they serve their own interests, not ours. The only upside to thatchers' abandonment of support for the beautiful city is that you can learn to live freely without their "help" I suppose. YNWA

As a Scottish scouser who watched Thatcher decimate our steel industry, car industry, cool industry, I 100% agree

In the 1965 FA Cup final the BBC commentator for the game mistakenly said that the Liverpool fans were singing loud and proudly the National Anthem! They weren't! They sang God Save our gracious TEAM.

Long may it continue and get louder and louder.

Asking an lmaginary deity to save an unelected overprivaledged head of state, what kind of national anthem is that. It's insane

Even before the 80s, there was a long history of resentment from the City towards the Establishment. We had one of the greatest docks in the world and it was asset stripped and all the trade moved down South. In 1911, then Home Secretary Winston Churchill ordered warships to the River Mersey and point their guns at the city because the city was on strike. 30000 police and soldiers from other parts of the country were ordered to go into the city and break the resistance of the striking workers by any means necessary. The resentment has been there for longer than most people think.

Why not boo the national anthem - it's not really a national anthem, though, is it? - the country's not even mentioned . God save the King? If you're an atheist and a republican, why should you?

I'm early 20s and the anti establishment rhetoric,was prevalent long before the National Transport and Dockers Strike of 1911 (which incidentally, started in Southampton). The forced immigration during the Great Famine, where the British aristocracy (landowning gentry in Ireland), also hiked land tents to the smallholders and crofters, started mid 19th century. This led to a massive Irish diaspora heading to Liverpool, to seek passage to other parts of the globe, notably America and Canada. Nevertheless, thousands stayed and became the overwhelming majority of the cities populous. So the anti British sentiment seeds, were sewn long before 1911. In 1911, the Royal Navy was actually deployed and had a presence on the River Mersey, notably HMS Antrim, had guns fixed upon the city. The army 18th Hussars were mobilised and killed 2 strikers, additionally injuring many, as they opened fire on crowds. Unprecedented behaviour from a British government, who murdered its own subjects, Churchill despised the Irish and Liverpool, as the city became the hotbed of organised unionhood in the workplace. Mistrust has been omnipresent between us and the establishment ever since, then add Thatcher, Hillsborough, and many other clandestine attacks upon us, and they're fortunate it's only boos.

It goes back even further than that. When gunboats were sent up the Mersey by Churchill with orders to fire upon the city during strikes, and soldiers marched into Liverpool and shot a protestor. If it was your city would you feel patriotic?

May I add, Liverpool was the only city outside the island of Ireland to have ever had a standing member of Parliament in Dublin, after the Irish Republic had already secured Independence. Such is the historic connection to Ireland. Not even mentioning that revered British “Hero” (and racist) Winston Churchill sent gun boats, aimed at the dock workers, when Liverpool came together to support the rail strikes in 1911. The capitalist, imperial state vs the generally socialist people of Liverpool, and our deep rooted connections to the rest of the world, being made up of many diasporas are just a few other reasons that go waaaaaaay back. They would love our parents to stop politicising us but as a Dad of 2 I still proudly say Fuck The Tories and support the many not the few. Great video and thanks for making.

As an Indian, I love Liverpool even more now. I thoroughly enjoyed the booing at the Final. It has inspired me to realise how anti establishment is necessary, even in my own country. Powerful families and kings and queens have always wanted wealth and power. No wonder they were able to get away with all these injustices.

Proud to be associated with Scousers as a Liverpool supporter from Ireland . Rebels till we die YNWA

People need to dry their eyes, Liverpool fans have every right to voice their opinions

My mum taught me this. She went to Wembley in 65 and she said it was a subtle way of disagreeing with the 'performance' of the establishment. Long before Thatcher.

TIME for a national anthem that relates to the country that we live in NOT ONE VERY PRIVILEGED GROUP OF HAS BEENS.

Liverpool are the team that are backed by neutrals 90% of the time . If my own teams , The Blues or the Brewers aren't playing then l back Liverpool , l have to my wife was born in Liverpool. Thankyou for your explanation , London is a different land , not for any body from the north or the midlands. KEEP RIGHT ON . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Brilliant video mate and perfect explanation. I'm not from Merseyside myself but have always loved the city and am a follower of Liverpool FC. To be honest, I never really understood the booing of the anthem, but I totally get this outlook after learning more about the history of Liverpool as a city and watching videos like this. I don't get how anyone can argue with this and still be bitter about it.

Thing is ...doesnt matter whose in government...the agenda of dividing people goes on and most fall for it everytime. We should all stick together to overcome injustices not waste our time fighting with one another while our so called leaders get off scot free

Back in the 80s in Kuwait my father taught me about how the British rule was cruel and unjust not just over the world but in their own land as well. He cheered for Liverpool. Since Liverpool is a symbol of resilience under that rule. YNWA

Very well said! I'm sick of the public crying foul against any form of protest. As if the very rights they enjoy were only gained at cost scraping and scraping across centuries, for titbits of improvement. The establishment won't give us a damned thing out of the goodness of its heart, because it hasn't got a heart.

I am not a Scouser nor ever been to Liverpool or the Island. Im from Los Angeles, CA, Mexican-American. This video summons up why I chose this club to support the rest of my life.

Really well articulated mate, great work 👏👏

The whole world should boo the national anthem....

I am a Liverpool season ticket holder, I went to Wembley this weekend, three people below me in the stadium sat down and booed the national anthem. I stood, sang and applauded it when I finished it. They were entitled to sit down and boo I was entitled to stand and sing it. As long as it stays that way, that’s fine. Free speech and all that. However I’m going to make two points first the rationale is misplaced and the explanation given here makes no sense. It also has its own rewriting of history (such a socialist thing to do). My second point is there are some really disgusting far left elements trying to turn Liverpool into a political club, they take Shankleys comments on socialism out of context, frame anti Tory as being socialist, tell you to boo your own national anthem and they have active campaigns to turn LFC into a political intolerant club. Much like Celtic on religion and politics… they are trying to co-opt LFC in the same way. It has some effect, there are ignorant people (probably will get some here in the comments) who say you can’t support or be welcome at Liverpool football club if you are not socialist, hate anyone you meet that is centre right, read a newspaper they dislike or if you sing your own national anthem. Their rules. Well f*ck them. Thankfully thus far they have not had much success because their audience comes from all over the world. It’s a global club and a lot of this rubbish doesn’t resonate with the foreign fans who fly in each weekend, the football tourists who plan visits, the myriad of fans who travel from all over the country to the Mecca of Anfield, liberal open minded people to which this anti establishment socialist claptrap just doesn’t ring any bells. The club is for everyone that means if you want to sit down and boo do so. If you are going to sing the national anthem stand up and do so proudly. As long as it stays there and it remains an inclusive club allowing everybody. …but I warn you that at some point if left unchecked, these elements are going to make a lot of people unwelcome at their own football club, and that just stinks of Rangers Celtic and other Intolerant institutions. That’s not what Liverpool is about despite what the minority tell you.

I’m not English, I’m a European Scouser.

I must admit I don’t like hearing our National Anthem being booed I love Liverpool but I’m not from Liverpool so that’s probably why I feel different! But i do love my country as well 🤷🏼‍♂️

This goes even deeper though, it goes back to the Irish Famine, the way Tories labelled the Irish Scousers and the Brilliant Liverpudlians to take away the shame to Irish settlers who came to Liverpool called themselves Scousers to lessen the shame put on those fleeing Starvation.

Love that Liverpool folk have there eyes fully open and don’t swallow the right wing narrative like much of the rest of the country

Proud of our scouse brothers 💚💚 HAIL HAIL

I'm an American LFC supporter since i was a kid. I'm from a blue collar steel town in America. My town was decimated from the reagan administration's trickle-down policies. I wish Americans were courageous enough to demonstrate in a similar way. We can't even tolerate athletes kneeling.

The national anthem is outdated and should be about the country and it's people not one privileged person king or Queen...

I always assume the answer is "Thatcher" when anyone with non-blue blood in England is mad.

This should be why some Liverpool Fans boo our National Anthem, because there are plenty that don't. I was at a diner in the TA Barracks the other day and everyone sang it. All Scousers.

As a Liverpudlian I remember Hillsborough like the back of my hand, small boy, but I remember it vividly, where I was, what I was doing. Why would people in a city support establishment elite types (inc Royals) who despise the working class and especially a city far more akin to 🇮🇪 than England, Scouse not England. We understand discrimination and vitriol against the people of that city who are from a country but not of a country in spirit, political, culture or mentality. Why would you sing along llike sheep to an unelected, rich, land owning, undeserved parasite and think that's boss in 2024, you need your critical thinking skills examined to think they represent you or share your pain and struggle.

I would never sing the national anthem because i oppose the British establishment. I sing the red flag viva the REVOLUTION and the republic. Kelvin McKenzie should go to Liverpool and apologize but he hasn't got the guts.

Well said. Brilliantly put and well argued. Long may it continue.

Liverpool has more grievances that most, but the rest of the UK outside the south east should have been booing the national anthem in the Thatcher era. And for the last 16 years under Tory misrule.

Speaking as an athiest and a republican (like most indigenous Brits I know) I will not sing GOD save the KING.

I'm no Liverpool fan, but LOVE THIS. Good on you and well done. Wish my club was the same.

As long as successive governments keep failing us then the booing should continue. If people want it to change then politicians and voters need to do better.

Ally McCoist recently stated it was SNP's fault that the Scotland fans Boo the Anthem, time to grow up Mr.McCoist! Didn't they Boo it when you played??

I don't mind the booing of the anthem as a protest (it's also a dull national anthem to have to sing anyway), but this 'Scouse not English' thing is just nonsense. Liverpool is an English city and Liverpudlians are English people.

I love the BOOS every time.... BRILLIANT

Because they are beautiful, beautiful people who hate the ruling elite. North Curve Upper Celtic Bhoy here, keep it up you beautiful people 🍀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🍀

Let’s face it, if England started matches after singing ‘Ace of Spades’ we’d win every match.

Brilliantly put!!!

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to make a difference how many times this is explained it's not understood by or not wanted to be understood by others. Excellent explanation BTW.

Brilliantly articulated

Question should be why do any people sing the national anthem. It's not just Liverpool people who don't sing it either.

I know of no other english city that is ridiculed by a set of 'jokes' that all english people are familiar with, like we are. What do you call a scouser in a suit..... for example. Demonising us is routine. A given, often done by people who have, for decades, been abandoned just as we were. Our pride has survived it all. We have our own song. So f@ck Blighty. I'm a scouser. YNWA.

I don’t boo it , I just don’t sing it .

Excellently explained 👏👏

It can be trace to Irish famine and even the term scouser is used to be insult for low class people that only can afford scouse, the term used to insulted the Irish immigrant/refugees post famine (since back then Irish is not considered as white as anglo-saxon, they are considered as other races like Jews or Greek) then later come as generalization to every low class people wether it was Irish, Scotts or even English. Maybe the fans started booing in the 80's but even in the 70's they also change the lyrics from god save the queen to god save our team. Somehow the City history and to some extent Merseyside always bond not in the good way with the establishment. And stigma from the past still well alive especially in football where tribalism is really high.

they have now extended managed decline from the provinces to the whole country.

Its funny how all those melts around other parts of the UK come to Anfield and do all them chants then cry when we don't join them in the national anthem. I and most scousers never will. YNWA.

Happy as fuck to play in the English Football league though. I’m Cornish of Irish decent so don’t preach to me about regional neglect. Atheist with a dislike and distrust of politics and a non royal but still proud to be English.

Didn’t know they did, but fair play to em..

Who would have thought the tories would yet again have the country on its knees in 2024.

The Genocide anthem,of cause no one wants to sing the Genocide anthem.

cause were SCOUSE NOT ENGLISH !! ynwa

Excellent video proud to be an Irish Red YNWA

Pathetic excuse for being totally disrespectful to the royal family, and the country as a whole, . It's not all about you Liverpool

When done Liverpool.

👏Perfectly said 👏👍

Ì dont blame them...very few occasions to express feelings not that the establishment cares but lets not make it easy for them by rolling over

I’m a Liverpool season ticket holder but also a patriotic Englishmen my sons in the RAF I hate the booing of the anthem i find it very uncomfortable because I love everything Liverpool the people and the place, it’s the politicians we need to target not the country every politician be it labour or Tory they are all the same they all treat us with contempt, I remember being on strike in 2002 under a labour government I’m a firefighter and remember the deputy leader of the Labour Party calling us firefighters traitors and then having cars drive past spitting out the windows at us I will never forget the anger me and my fellow firefighters had at that moment and it’s something I will never forgive, I have a massive hate of the tories and labour I would never vote for either party, but I blame the politicians not the country but that’s just me, and I was raised in one of the poorest most violent ares in the U.K, it just seems to me there is a lot of hate in our fan base even within having a different opinion what on earth is going on, even looking at your likes of posts in here you e only liked ones you agree with which is a shame because the one thing I’ve learned as someone about the people of Liverpool in my near 40 years as a season ticket holder is that they are salt of the earth and not hateful people.

I thought it was because most of the crowd are of Irish decent, bet they wouldn’t boo the Irish national anthem!

l'm a liverpool fan of mixed race descent from london....And this is a strange one...because the city of merseyside is an english based city with both clubs playing in the english premier league....But of cource...Many LFC fans don't give a shit about england... l wonder what will happen when next england play a world cup or euros qualifyer at anfield?

not ever liverpool fan doesn't sing.....

65 we did sing the queens wearing red sing the queens wearing red

Brilliant video respect brother YNWA

I think its not a great, joyful anthem for me. The musical composition is dreary and lacks any imagination. Uninspiring in short. There is still some fabulous soundtrack composers out there like John Williams (Jaws, ET etc) who could make a new anthem for England. One the players and fans can sing with gusto. Like other nations do. Hans Zimmer could probably do a good job, if the likes of Williams have now retired.

OOH BABY DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S WORTH! CONOR BRADLEY IS THE BEST ON EARTH! THE NORTHEREN IRISHMAN HE'S WHAT WE NEED! AND WE'LL BE SINGING WHEN WE WIN THE LEAGUE!

Powerful words well done lads 👍

And what has a Labour government or council ever done for the City. I remember Militant, the crooked and anti smites that ran the city in the 80's. And btw there's nothing wrong with a bit of patriotism. You're patriotic to the City and that's cool; but you don't extend the same right to those who are patriotic to the City and their country.

So dumb, the National anthem has nothing whatsoever to do with whatever Government is in😊

I'm a scouser followed liverpool everywhere in europe even pre season..GOD SAVE THE KING

Don't sing it, turn your backs, but show respect and allow the opposition and Unionist Reds to sing THEIR national anthem. I can categorically tell you that Mulhearn and Hatton sent Liverpool to the dogs as much as Thatcher. God Save The King 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

I was born in the city my whole family live there, I nor any of them say scouse not English, it’s ridiculous, as for booing the national anthem, it’s not all Liverpool fans whatsoever.

God save our gracious Klopp.

Perfectly said .

As a Liverpool supporter, i understand the frustrations, but you just don't boo your National Anthem, no matter what, the establishment has been there & will be there long after we have gone, all "you" are doing his continuing the hate, it doesn't do any good except make you warm & fuzzy for 5 minutes.

It’s certainly not all Liverpool fans, not by a long shot

Very well explained, to the uninitiated..

I remember going to the cathedral in the late 70s i think it was, when the Queen visited Liverpool. There was thousands of people there cheering for her.

Meet a lot of Scousers in my army service all loyal to the crown as the next man football let the city down.

Well put.

What gets me is the under Tory rule shout we have had a labour council in all that time and we have had labour government also and yet neither have made one iota of difference to the decay of inner city Liverpool take anfield for instance the ground aside the area is a dive, Kensington toxteth Bootle,other than the perimeter tourist attractions where it benefits those with shareholdings in the business projects IE the Albert dock etc Liverpool 1 and I'm not referring to the business shops that operate on these sites I'm talking about the duke of Westminster and certain lords who invested in the Albert dock project when it was 4 pence per share they are the only winners in it and as a result they are quite happy to see the inner city decay because it suits them.

Well said lad!

In the 1960s Liverpool was booming the docks work everywhere beatlemania cilla black gerry and the pacemakers a labour government so why would you boo the national anthem in 65 when at the time all was good

Why don't you petition for Liverpool to leave the UK and join the RoI if you hate it so much?

Another reason to abolish the royalty BS.

Been a fan of Liverpool FC for several decades, though I do understand the right to protest the government, poor people all across the UK are affected by government policies also. Yes, Liverpool and the North are treated with distain as a norm’ from successive governments which is horrendous and should me protested. Please help me understand why so many aim their hate towards the Monarchy, was it expected for them to enforce change on government and how the country is run? I always assumed they were not allowed to interfere in government matters? These are the elected government policies; by the law of the land the Monarchy are used in name only, they don’t elect, govern or create policy. I am not a royalist but am indifferent to them so please don’t jump on me, I just want to understand? Also, what anthem should we all sing as a nation instead besides ‘YNWA’ or ‘one kiss’? YNWA.

Cause they don’t. No the words

Well done. YNWA