Yet Liverpool fans constantly point out to fans of other clubs who chant these same, unoriginal, chants that in many cases their own cities went through similar (or worse) in the eighties, or that their cities are actually going through worse times now? Time and again the message Liverpool (and Everton fans) send out is: “It wasn’t just our city, it isn’t just our city, but in this city people care about each other, will shout about injustice and suffering when they see it, and will always try to help those less fortunate.” This is reflected with how often travelling Reds and Blues will donate to food banks in the cities they go to for away games. Better that attitude any day of the week than closing the curtains, pouring another brandy and turning your national anthem up full blast to drown out the sound of your conscience as you ignore the suffering of your neighbours. Open your curtains. Go out and help your own neighbours instead of looking down on them. You might need the same help yourself one day, no matter how smugly you think you won’t.

Nottingham Forest players and Community Trust must be so proud of the poverty mocking chants from the home fans at the game against Liverpool today. Fans lucky enough they can afford to go to a game laughing at people who can’t afford to eat. nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/…