Anfield Stadium – Liverpool FC

Josh was very interested in visiting a major stadium on our global trek. He didn’t mind when or where, but when I mentioned that we were heading to Liverpool, his eyes lit up:”Anfield”. As Port supporters, I feel that we do have a ‘spiritual’ connection to Anfield. Since 2014, and our move back to Adelaide Oval, Port Adelaide has used the INXS song “Never Tear Us Apart” as our unofficial anthem. The song is a reference to the various and unique difficulties our club faced when trying to enter the AFL, primarily in regard to the forced separation by the spiteful and malicious SANFL from our AFL operations. Port Adelaide’s use of the song stemmed from a trip the club took to Anfield in November 2012 while in England to play an AFL exhibition match. Seeing the Anfield crowd’s rendition of “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, the idea of an anthem for Port games at Adelaide Oval was raised; various songs were suggested, but “Never Tear Us Apart” was ‘organically’ accepted by the supporters, as it resonated with the Power’s history. Both Port Adelaide and Liverpool are blue collar, working class, port cities. The clubs share a similar ethos in terms of success, and a philosophy built on existing to win. Anfield stadium is incredible and located in a residential area, surrounded by beautiful parklands. Please enjoy these photos of our visit to Anfield and also interesting to note that every Liverpudlian I met, agreed with me on the matter of the SANFL being a shit outfit.