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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Allez Les Rouges: Gerry Marsden tribute | You'll Never Walk Alone - the anthem that transcends Liverpool FC

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Allez Les Rouges is back for the first episode of 2021 to pay tribute to the late, great Gerry Marsden. Host Peter Hooton is joined by regulars Ste 'Mono' Monaghan, John Nicolson and Kieth Culvin as well as the 'Voice of Anfield', Liverpool stadium announcer George Sephton. The panel pay tribute to Gerry, the impact his cover of You'll Never Walk Alone has had for the Reds, what it means and how it transcends the club through generations and around the world. Plus, the panel have their say on the football, talking West Brom, Newcastle and Southampton before looking ahead to Friday's FA Cup tie with Aston Villa and Manchester United's visit to Anfield a week on Sunday. Enjoy.Like our podcasts and videos? Then we'd love you to take part in our Blood Red census. It takes no time at all and can be completed on the link below:https://data.reachplc.com/203554478398974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Ali La Rouge Podcast on the Blood Red Channel, bringing you the view from the

0:07.2

terraces at Liverpool FC.

0:09.4

Happy to all our listeners and welcome to another edition of Ali La Rouge.

0:15.0

Tonight we're joined by regular guest John Nicholson, Keith Colvin and Stephen Monaghan,

0:20.0

and a very special guest, the voice of Anfield himself, George Sefton, has been the

0:25.8

stadium announcer and DJ since 1971.

0:31.5

So it's been a terrible start really to 2021 with the news of Jenny Marston passing away.

0:37.0

George you must have met him many times in Anfield.

0:40.0

What did he actually mean to the Liverpool football club?

0:44.0

It's impossible to say because he's ingrained in the psyche, isn't he of the club?

0:52.0

He's part of the of the match day. the first time obviously I've seen them around and sort of said a low when they had the

1:05.1

clue who I was in passing and reception and that sort of thing but then in ninth

1:12.1

I met him as a do in the early 2000. Then in 2006 I went off to Norway with the

1:18.9

Legends team and we took Jelly and his band with us and of course spent a week trolling around Norway with him and

1:29.0

staying at the same hotel he sang you, walk alone before every game and then did a concert in the town afterward.

1:38.8

So I got to knowing quite well and then after that obviously we saw each other you know what it's like you see people

1:45.4

at dinners and openings of things and I met him again at the 50th anniversary of the opening of the cabin, which was fantastic.

1:57.1

That was surreal because I was having a good long chat to him in the dressing room at

2:02.4

the cabin. It's all those things you stand there and you think how do I get in here?

2:07.9

I never thought.

2:08.9

I'll shut that a few times. I get to be in the dressing room with a cabin talking to Jerry who would

2:14.3

I'm old enough to how Jerry is a big you know I think of him as a big hero you in the

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