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 help of the identical workforce, 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 homeowners, the Liverpool finish appeared uninteresting as compared, and we are able to say it about Anfield too.
It have to be pre-faced as a result of I do know it will likely be used as a counter-argument that when it’s chilly – as it’s for a lot of the soccer season – all of us must put on coats they usually’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 once we are all there to help the identical 11 males operating across the pitch attempting to place the ball behind the opposition’s web extra occasions 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 help.
A shawl, a beanie, a hat, a jacket, a reproduction shirt, a neighborhood unbiased high, no matter it is likely to be there may be all the time an possibility to decide on one thing purple and other people ought to have the ability to select freely with out being judged.
We want extra purple within the stands. Check out the image under and truthfully ask your self which you’d want. The selection is obvious.
As a lady, I don’t really feel the identical strain of selecting to put on a reproduction shirt to the match however I do know it’s not 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 it’s important 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 particular person on the Kop carry a purple scarf, no matter the time of 12 months as they’re simply as appropriate within the Could sunshine as they’re over Christmas.
It doesn’t must be the over-priced official merchandise and it’s actually not uncool to put on purple, it reveals satisfaction 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 gathering them is nice – then sporting your individual membership’s colors shouldn’t be an excessive amount of of a stretch.
In case you can’t beat ‘em, be part of ‘em ? https://t.co/tF4KW2RSnT
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) March 17, 2025
Consider it this fashion, if a half-and-half scarf is sufficient to have your blood boiling, a cap with a European facet who could or could not have simply knocked your membership out of the competitors is unquestionably greatest left at house.
It’s time to make Anfield purple once more. The ‘wool’ mentality and strain to keep away from purple wants binning, we’re all on the floor to help our workforce.
Anfield must be a sea of purple because it so typically is once we make the journey for a European Cup last, it’s doable to copy all of it season lengthy, even through the winter months.
The bottom ought to all the time be stuffed with our membership’s colors. You aren’t any much less ‘cool’ for sporting a shawl, a Liverpool shirt or something purple, you’re displaying your help to your membership.
Extra of that so we are able to make Anfield purple once more, please.
