Thank U Very Much (for the Aintree Iron), Recorded by The Scaffold.

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Live at The Queen Elizabeth Hall 1968 (Él ACMEM63CD) [CD] Jan. 2006 [Reissue of the 1968 album, The Scaffold, recorded live on 10 February 1968] When Kevin came it was blatantly obvious that he was a very good player so I wasn't surprised when I was moving on. He was full-on for 90 minutes. He never stopped. Kevin is a very nice man. We got on very well, but Kevin got along with everybody." The members of the Scaffold were originally part of a performing revue group known as The Liverpool One Fat Lady All Electric Show. ("One Fat Lady" is the bingo term for 8 and the performers mostly lived in the Liverpool 8 district.) McGough's fellow Liverpool poet Adrian Henri was also a founding member of this early configuration. Traynor, Luke (10 April 2020). "Scaffold release reworked version of 'Thank U Very Much' for the NHS". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 12 October 2022. Crowley, Tony (30 September 2017). The Liverpool English Dictionary: A Record of the Language of Liverpool 1850–2015. Liverpool University Press. p.20. ISBN 978-1-78694-833-5.

Shankly hovers over Alun while Liverpool chairman Sidney Reakes looks dapper. Eggs seem also to be on the menu. Evans’ hopes of a bright future on Merseyside were thrown into turmoil however when he was subjected to a vicious, unprovoked assault which his career never truly recovered from. During a night out in a Wolverhampton nightclub owned by his fiancée’s father, the Liverpool forward had a pint glass thrust into his face which required dozens of stitches and ruled him out of action for over two months. A 1968 broadcast of the radio series Round the Horne (Series 4, Episode 6) featured a version of the song with the words changed to those of movie stars. It includes references to John Wayne in "Tobruk" although he never appeared in the film.Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer Thank you very much for the Aintree Iron, thank you very much, thank That was something I wasn't expecting. In those days you came up from the dressing rooms, up the steps and on to the field. The next minute a lad got hold of my hand. As we ran over to the Kop he held my hand up and had a big welcome." Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.483. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. A link to a link about the proposed chopping down of the famous tree can be found here as well as another dodgy attempt to explain Aintree Iron (the shoes of the Grand National horses): Reviewing for Disc and Music Echo, Penny Valentine descried "Thank U Very Much" as "a very well-recorded little send-up record about life today. It has a jolly metronome beat and, if anything they do is aimed at a commercial market, this is the nearest they've got yet". [10] Peter Jones for Record Mirror described it as "a great old send-up of those ever-so-grateful-for-things songs – and it's pushed along at such a rare old pace that it's very catchy indeed. Maybe it's too much of a novelty but given the dee-jay support it must do well". [11]

Yet it is remarkable to think that for all Shankly’s memorable achievements and enduring legacy, his 15-year reign was marked by a seven-year trophy drought midway through which was tolerated in a way which would be unthinkable in the modern game. Liverpool never finished lower than fifth in the First Division during this period, twice coming close to winning the league in 1969 and 1972 while falling just short to Double-winners Arsenal after extra-time defeat in the 1971 FA Cup final, before returning to prominence with the league and UEFA Cup double in 1973 and the Scot’s second FA Cup triumph a year later which preceded his departure. I just loved to play football. Apart from that I had no interest in football. I just loved to play." Evans was though ready for a return to Molineux the following week where he, Roger Hunt and Peter Thompson all helped themselves to a brace against Wolves. Evans scored his first after half an hour's play, making it 3-0. He added his second just past the hour.Reigning champions Everton were desperate to make up for their European Cup quarter-final exit to Greek champions Panathinaikos in midweek and took a first half lead through Alan Ball before Evans grabbed a vital equaliser on the hour mark, finishing coolly from 15 yards after Tommy Smith and Steve Heighway had opened up the Toffees’ defence down the left flank. Brian Hall’s winner 17 minutes from the end after goalkeeper Andy Rankine dropped a cross from Evans took Liverpool to Wembley with the 20-year-striker delighted to have made important contributions in such a vital game. Liverpool Lou" (No. 7) (written by Dominic Behan), recorded during the 1974 McGear sessions with Wings.

Evans doesn't really watch football as he thinks it's too much of chess-game at times and prefers the end-to-end action of Aussie Rules. Scaffold release reworked version of Thank U Very Much in aid of NHS". Expressandstar.com. 9 April 2020 . Retrieved 18 April 2020. Liverpool absolutely destroyed Peter Shilton and his Foxes in front of the famous terrace and scored four goals in the opening 12 minutes with Evans grabbing one in the tenth minute. Evans had run towards the Kop prior to the game but after the one-sided contest he hobbled off after rolling over his ankle. BBC's Manchester International Festival Blog Full article “A stunningly engaging and thought provoking piece... Joyous and warming”Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nded.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 247–248. ISBN 0-214-20512-6. That was nice of him to say," Evans says. "The fee really didn’t bother me as I have always been such a down-to-earth guy. Tony Hateley moved to Coventry in the same week which made space for me in the side. I said to Shankly when I signed that I would progress in the reserves but he bawled at me that he'd bought me for the first team."

Become A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons! Thank you very much for the Aintree Iron, thank you very much, thank It is easy for Liverpudlians who didn’t live through the Bill Shankly era at Anfield to assume it was a constant stream of trophies and glory. Thank U Very Much" (No. 4), composed by McGear. (McGear has been reluctant to explain the reference in the song to "Aintree Iron".) [3] Even though Liverpool lost, the fans wanted to give their team a welcome to remember. Shankly made a speech to the crowd and stretched out his arms in front of the fans, a legendary stance that the statue in front of Anfield has made eternal. Evans’ final Liverpool appearance was ironically against his old club Wolves at Molineux and, after not featuring at all for the final three months of the 1971/72 season, the striker - still only 22 at this stage - knew Keegan’s arrival meant he would have to look elsewhere for regular first team football.

Many remember Evans' Bayern treble as his highlight at Liverpool but in fact it could be argued his goal in the second leg that finished 1-1 was the zenith of his career. He scored the goal as he described after receiving a "high dropping ball which I controlled on my thigh, pivoted and hit home on the volley from the edge of the penalty area." The goal was voted by viewers of ARD's Sportschau as "Tor des monats" or "Goal of the month" for November. We hammered them in the end 6-0. We were leading quite easily at half-time and then the crowd was chanting, stirring up the Wolverhampton crowd: "Thank you very much for Alun Evans. Thank you very much. Thank you very very very very much..." [sings the ditty as he recognises LFChistory doesn't know this song.] It's a bit of a Liverpool song. They were chanting that, that was satisfying. Thank you very much for the Aintree Iron, the original was."