Liverpool rock band The Farm took to social media to say that its 1990 hit song, All Together Now, is “a song for the masses” and doesn’t belong to either Liverpool or Everton.
The song, which was inspired by the Christmas Day football match in No Man’s Land during the First World War, has become better associated with soccer than war in the 35 years since its release. In 1995, an Everton version of the song was released to mark the Toffees’ appearance in the FA Cup final against Manchester United, which the Goodison Park club won 1-0.
The 1995 version, which contains the lyrics “all together now… for Everton,” is still routinely blasted out before games at Everton’s home stadium. So, when Sky Sports produced a montage for Liverpool which featured the song after it won the league earlier this week, it got some supporters backs up due to the song’s Everton connections.
“Decent video but it’s an Everton song by The Farm,” one Liverpool fan wrote on X, while another said: “Gutted it’s an Everton song. Of all the songs to put on this, the Everton song was a poor choice.”
However, the band itself took to X to clarify that the song belongs to neither club: “‘All Together Now’ doesn’t belong to any particular football club – it’s been used & adopted by numerous clubs & also the German & English Football Associations- it’s a song for the masses.” The Farm’s lead singer, Peter Hooton, is in fact a Liverpool supporter.
Meanwhile, Liverpool’s players were back in training on Wednesday ahead of Sunday’s trip to Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. Arne Slot’s players were given Monday and Tuesday off as they celebrated clinching the title with a thumping 5-1 victory over Tottenham on Sunday.
Virgil van Dijk was among the Liverpool players who had a huge smile on his face as he returned to the AXA Training Center, and speaking after Liverpool’s title success was confirmed on Sunday, he said head coach Slot deserved huge credit for achieving such great success during his first season in charge.
Asked whether he could have predicted that the 2024-25 season would end this way after former boss Jurgen Klopp announced his planned departure in January 2024, Van Dijk responded: “Well, around that time we were still challenging as well for the title.
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“I had a lot of confidence in my team; we came short last year, that was pretty obvious. We were not good enough towards the end, we couldn’t find the consistency that we had been doing before that.
“But listen, to replace Jurgen is a big job and I think the manager did it in his own way together with his staff. He definitely deserves a lot of credit for that. I don’t think anyone – as has been said by so many from the outside world – would have thought we were going to be Premier League champions. But that’s football as well.
“We have to perform as players and that’s what we try to do. Try to be consistent, try to win games, find ways to win games – and that’s what we have done.”
