Liverbird Upon My Chest: The unlikely origin story of Liverpool’s ‘new’ fan anthem
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“It has become the soundtrack to Liverpool’s potentially triumphant 2024-25 season. From Merseyside pubs to stadium concourses across the land, and from cramped away ends to the Kop, the Liverbird Upon My Chest refrain has been a consistent companion for Arne Slot’s players as they close in on the Premier League title. Yet this is not a new chant. Quite the opposite. It’s almost as old as 46-year-old Slot. And nobody is more surprised or delighted to see it making a comeback than Phil Aspinall, the fan who came up with it after watching The Green Berets, a 1968 movie starring John Wayne set during the Vietnam War, on TV the night before a match in 1984. …”
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