Liverpool Soccer Membership has been sporting purple in some kind since 1896, a color that radiates from the stands and brings vibrancy, and it’s time we noticed it in all its glory at Anfield once more.
Fan tradition is advanced and interwoven with many years of historical past and custom, no two units of supporter bases would be the identical and it’s what makes the sport of soccer distinctive.
From vastly completely different walks of life, we’re all united for 90 minutes each week – or oftentimes each three days – in assist of the identical staff, and in our case it’s Liverpool FC.
A membership steeped in wealthy historical past and famend the world over for its supporter base, there may be a lot we do proper.
However Wembley on Sunday confirmed us what we have to get again to, sporting purple once more and doing so proudly.
Time for a change in mentality
In distinction to Newcastle, albeit proudly wafting scarves representing the repressive state of their Saudi house owners, the Liverpool finish regarded boring as compared, and we are able to say it about Anfield too.
It should be pre-faced as a result of I do know it is going to be used as a counter-argument that when it’s chilly – as it’s for a lot of the soccer season – all of us need to put on coats and so they’re not typically purple.
Blue and black are trusted choices within the dearth of winter and I’m not right here to argue in any other case.
However it’s time we removed the mentality that you’re a ‘wool’ or a ‘day tripper’ by donning your membership’s shirt or any type of the membership’s colors when going to the match.
Why create division after we are all there to assist the identical 11 males working across the pitch attempting to place the ball behind the opposition’s internet extra instances than they do.
And I’ll say this earlier than another person does, being wearing purple doesn’t imply they’re essentially going to shout louder than somebody in nondescript clothes, however it’s a clear present of assist.
A shawl, a beanie, a hat, a jacket, a duplicate shirt, an area unbiased prime, no matter it is likely to be there may be all the time an choice to decide on one thing purple and folks ought to be capable of select freely with out being judged.
We want extra purple within the stands. Check out the image beneath and actually ask your self which you’d want. The selection is obvious.
As a girl, I don’t really feel the identical stress of selecting to put on a duplicate shirt to the match however I do know it isn’t the identical for my male counterparts, who’re shamed – loudly, quietly or on social media – for doing so.
Frankly, I discover it ridiculous that there’s seemingly an age restrict for when you need to graduate out of sporting your membership’s shirt – present, retro or in any other case. It says extra about you than them.
It’s an unwritten rule and a change in mentality is required to revive extra purple at Anfield – and past.
Make Anfield a sea of purple
It doesn’t really feel as if it’s an excessive amount of of an ask to have each individual on the Kop carry a purple scarf, no matter the time of yr as they’re simply as appropriate within the Could sunshine as they’re over Christmas.
It doesn’t need to be the over-priced official merchandise and it’s actually not uncool to put on purple, it reveals delight in what you spend hundreds of kilos and numerous hours of your life investing in.
If you’ll fortunately put on the hat of an opposition facet whereas supporting the Reds – and it goes with out saying the custom of accumulating them is nice – then sporting your personal membership’s colors shouldn’t be an excessive amount of of a stretch.
For those who can’t beat ‘em, be a part of ‘em ? https://t.co/tF4KW2RSnT
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) March 17, 2025
Consider it this manner, if a half-and-half scarf is sufficient to have your blood boiling, a cap with a European facet who might or might not have simply knocked your membership out of the competitors is unquestionably finest left at house.
It’s time to make Anfield purple once more. The ‘wool’ mentality and stress to keep away from purple wants binning, we’re all on the floor to assist our staff.
Anfield must be a sea of purple because it so typically is after we make the journey for a European Cup ultimate, it’s potential to copy all of it season lengthy, even throughout the winter months.
The bottom ought to all the time be filled with our membership’s colors. You aren’t any much less ‘cool’ for sporting a shawl, a Liverpool shirt or something purple, you’re exhibiting your assist in your membership.
Extra of that so we are able to make Anfield purple once more, please.
