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The Scotsman would go on to be the first of the six players or managers who would have their testimonial between Liverpool and Celtic. On the other hand, just two testimonials have been held between Rangers and Liverpool. One of the more recent Anfield hymns is for Virgil Van Dijk. He is serenaded weekly to the tune of Dirty Old Town, a song considered Irish folk despite actually being about Salford. Countless intertwining factors have come together to culminate in the relationship present today, however, the roots of most of them are entrenched in the cities’ ports. Liverpool had beaten Standard Liege, Budapest Honvéd and a strong Juventus team to reach the semis. They would be facing Celtic for the first time in the club’s history. A solitary home goal, scored by the legendary outside left, Bobby Lennox, left Shankly’s side with work to do in the return leg at Anfield.

You’ll have experienced different nights in Turkey and in Greece, and it’s just different. But Celtic Park and Anfield on European nights take a little bit of beating, they really do. The same can’t be said in Glasgow. A lot of the younger generation of Celtic supporters identify as Catholic but don’t particularly follow the Christian religion. Although belief in God is definitely waning, a sense of belonging and everything that comes with Irish Catholicism can be what draws the younger generation.

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Liverpool lost the match with Reds captain Ron Yeats scoring an unfortunate own goal in extra time. They share a wit and friendliness that had formed a common bond. Both sets of supports are fanatical, the type whose lives revolve around football.” There is a special spirituality and passion held by the fans for each club. This isn’t unique, of course. The James Bond star was snapped hand-in-hand with Scottish actor and film producer Gianni Capaldi as the pair beamed for the camera ahead of Celtic's league match against Motherwell today. Instead of identifying as one religion or another, people now started to feel civic pride more intensely.

Liverpool had just won the European Cup, but Kevin Keegan had left for Hamburger SV and they needed a new talisman. Bearing in mind that around 1995/96 Anfield was going through a patch in time when the atmosphere was, to be blunt, dreadful at times, I was hoping with the help of the lads, I could get it up and running.” The fan cultures encompassing each club, which form the basis for these emotional atmospheres, share similarities too. Liverpool ran out 4-0 winners on the day, but the purpose of the match was not to test who was the better footballing side, but to allow a new chapter to begin as the healing process continued for the people of Liverpool.”On numerous occasions, the two sets of supporters have felt isolated, particularly around Hillsborough and systems of government. The clearing of Liverpool’s inner-city slums led to the displacement of communities. When people arrived at their new homes, they had been deliberately placed among one another, Catholic and Protestant. Celtic and Liverpool football may only meet on the pitch once in a blue moon, but the common values of their supporters cross paths far more regularly. Pierce Brosnan has been spotted showing off his support for Celtic in a '007' team strip from the set of the upcoming Western film Unholy Trinity. Some of Celtic’s best recent conceptions include ‘I Wanna Be Edouard’, to the tune of The Stone Roses’ ‘I Wanna Be Adored’; and ‘ Lustig You’re The One’, started well before England fans popularised the tune at football stadia.