Liverpool fans are one of the greatest fans in the world. According to a news story by The Daily Mail, there are about 580 million Liverpool fans in the world. Liverpool currently has 3.8 million followers on Instagram, 6.8 million on Twitter, and 29.6 million on Facebook, making Liverpool the 7th most followed football club on social media.
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The Icelandic Liverpool Facebook fan group, Stuðningsmenn Liverpool F.C. á Íslandi, has over 13.000 followers. It has 3000 more followers than the Icelandic Man United Facebook site, and 10x more followers than the Icelandic Chelsea Facebook website. This shows just how big and diverse the Liverpool fan base really is. Iceland, that has a population of 330.000 people, having such a large ratio of people/Liverpool fans.
10s of thousands of fans from all around the world show up to support the Reds every week, weather it is at Anfield or away. Liverpool fans often refer to themselves as Kopites, a reference to the spot where the fans stand, the Kop. Liverpool has always had a strong fan base. Generations upon generations have passed on their knowledge and memories of watching Liverpool, off to their offsprings, creating a circle that has been turning for 126 years. Although Liverpool has not won the league in 28 years, the club is still known for having many young fans. These young fans are currently growing up with players like: Firmino, Mané and Salah.
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You´ll Never Walk Alone, is a song that Liverpool fans always sing on Anfield right before the game starts. The lyrics are poetic, and the music is beautiful. The song has most likely given every single Liverpool fan goosebumps at some point. The song unites every single Liverpool fan, and it sends a clear a message of hope, unity, getting over obstacles and never giving up. This song is now a part of Liverpool Football Club’s tradition, spirit and legacy.
Liverpool has a rich history of winning trophies and important games. However, Liverpool is also known (especially today) to have tough, disappointing and sometimes outright dreadful moments. Being a Liverpool fan can sometimes be confusing. One day you say that a certain player in Liverpool is great, but the next day you say he’s awful and the club should sell him immediately.
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The biggest Liverpool fan stereotype is thinking that all Liverpool fans ever care about is the club’s history, and also that they frequently use the phrase: “Next year is our year.”, after having suffered yet another season winning no major trophies. That sort of stereotype is fair because Liverpool fans always have a certain amount of hope and expectations that fans of other clubs might consider to be “delusional”.
After having recently sold Coutinho to Barcelona for a whopping 142 million pounds, many Liverpool fans are excited about the club’s future additions to the squad, and a possible replacement for Coutinho. Many clubs have a number of players that they consider to be “traitors” or “snakes”., i.e. a player that leaves a team for another big team (most often in the same country). Raheem Sterling, is a prime example of a “snake” because he was very vocal about wanting to leave Liverpool. He eventually secured a 49 million pound move to Manchester City. Personally, I do not hold a grudge against Sterling , although there is definitely a great number of Liverpool fans who do, with some fans even booing the young Englishman in Liverpool´s last fixture against City.
Liverpool fans do not consider Coutinho to be a “snake” for joining Barcelona because they understand why he wanted to leave, and also Barcelona is not Liverpool’s main rival. His reasons to leave had very little to do with money, but more about wanting to win trophies and play for a club that he has dreamt about ever since he was a kid.
In conclusion, Liverpool fans are one of the most loyal and one of the greatest supporters in the world. They support the team through thick and thin, and give it all they got while watching and the team. As long as the fans stay loyal and strong, Liverpool football Club will prosper and inspire young fans to go outside and play football. Who knows, maybe one of them will become the next Kenny Dalglish, the next Ian Rush or the next Steven Gerrard.
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Post by: Ólafur Hálfdan Pálsson
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