The Dead Thread

[peteblue]

I loved ‘ferry cross the Mersey’...R.I.P Gerry, you and a few other groups made the 60’s a happier time.....

 

[peteblue]

Ferry cross the Mersey is a classic, and entwined with our city.

The other one, isnt, and is adopted by a football club.

RIP Gerry.

Utd picked it up first....I just read some crap saying that they adopted it after Hillsborough....only out by 20 odd years, but it will play well with the newbies....

 

[toffee82]

Rip Gerry.

My nan was a red (thank God my grandad was a blue) and I balled my eyes out when they played it at her funeral.

Pretty sure many of us on here boo the £&@t out of that song but also have a connection to it (more than most Kopites).

 

[Eggs]

....Gerry Marsden was a throwback to the MerseyBeat era and sadly there are fewer and fewer survivors of those days at the Cavern. He sung about ‘never leaving this place’ and I don’t think he ever did. Sad news but fondly remembered.

 

[roydo]

Utd picked it up first....I just read some crap saying that they adopted it after Hillsborough....only out by 20 odd years, but it will play well with the newbies....

It was played at Bristol City in the mid 70's.

 

[marnie]

....Gerry Marsden was a throwback to the MerseyBeat era and sadly there are fewer and fewer survivors of those days at the Cavern. He sung about ‘never leaving this place’ and I don’t think he ever did. Sad news but fondly remembered.

I think he went abroad on holiday a few times @Eggs

 

[duncs pigeon]

It was played at Bristol City in the mid 70's.

Loads of clubs used to sing in the 70s. Was watching a Spurs game from that era on youtube and you could hear it.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Seemed like a nice fella. RIP.

He was mate. The best.

I knew him from my job. Whatever the mood I was in I'd always feel a million dollars after speaking to him on the phone, he had that effect on you. Must be 15 years since I last spoke to him but I'm literally filling up here. The missus just told me. Incredibly sad.

 

[Barnfred 55]

....Gerry Marsden was a throwback to the MerseyBeat era and sadly there are fewer and fewer survivors of those days at the Cavern. He sung about ‘never leaving this place’ and I don’t think he ever did. Sad news but fondly remembered.

He lived on the Wirral but spent a lot of time over the last 20 years in Australia. For some reason they (Gerry and the Pacemakers) were still really big over there.

 

[Blues Harp]

First 3 singles went to no 1...even the Beatles didn't achieve that.

 

[tommye]

That's gutting about Gerry Marsden. You don't have to be a Liverpool supporter to recognise what a force for good his voice and YNWA as anthem has been for the city in the past half century or so. Take football out of it, the song has helped bring comfort to so many people in times of sadness and difficulty.

RIP.

 

[gonetomorrow]

BBC said that Ynwa was adopted by LFC and Celtic fans but everyone used to sing it with scarves aloft in my day on the Hibs terrace - including Rangers. I would be surprised if EFC fans didn't sing it occasionally back in the day.

I remember going to the ice hockey one night at Edinburgh and the Racers fans were going "And you'll never skate alone".

 

[Kurt.]

Life.. goes on day after.....oh

 

[Yank]

Loads of clubs used to sing in the 70s. Was watching a Spurs game from that era on youtube and you could hear it.

Do you remember the game? Just curious on watching it myself. Like watching random old games on youtube.

 

[duncs pigeon]

Do you remember the game? Just curious on watching it myself. Like watching random old games on youtube.

Ok mate. Not sure if its in the 'watch classic matches again" in the Everton thread if you want to scroll through that.