Between 1969 and 1973 The Scaffold were ubiquitous throughout popular culture. For example, they were regular guests on a range of TV variety shows, often sharing these shows with some strange bedfellows. Evans would have liked to have achieved more at Liverpool but says he is still approached by fans who remember many incidents from his career at the club and agrees with LFChistory that his record of 33 goals in 111 matches for Liverpool is "not that bad". Crowds will descend on Aintree for the most famous steeplechase on the planet and Record Sport's own Garry Owen brings you the best tips as always. The unlikeliest of pop stars, their artistic tentacles stretched far and wide throughout the 60s and 70s cultural landscape What and where is the "Aintree Iron" mentioned in the song Lily The Pink by The Scaffold? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk". The Guardian . Retrieved 12 October 2022.

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. READ MORE: Four things spotted in Liverpool training as seven stars absent and Fabio Carvalho has special role Unable to find a publisher, he returned to England where he died in Brownlow Hill Workhouse, aged 29.

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." There were probably other albums released in Japan. The two above are included because they have not been released on CD in the UK. a b c "SCAFFOLD | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 12 October 2022.

Shankly felt that Evans and Roger Hunt would be a good fit up front. “Alun is very like Roger Hunt in many ways and can help to give Roger a new lease of life,” said Shankly. Five days after Evans' arrival he made his debut against Leicester. A fan ran on to the field to greet him as was customary by that particular fella when new players were introduced.The bay was doing all her best work late over 2m 4f so she can shrug off a fair 5lb penalty up in trip. Evans continued to impress and didn't display any loss of form that reporters had complained about on occasion, when he scored Liverpool's first in a 2-1 win over Everton in the FA Cup semi-final. Heighway's pass split Everton's defence open and Evans slotted the ball under the oncoming Andy Rankin with his right foot. 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. 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. Pictures of the 245 Green Goddess Baby Grand 6a tram, which has been transformed over the last eight years by volunteers, and will go into public service in July

It is well-documented that one of Shankly’s most significant achievements during the early part of his managership was to persuade the notoriously-frugal Liverpool board to loosen the purse strings and allow him to invest in the team, the appointment of finance director Eric Sawyer to the Anfield board from the Littlewoods pool company associated with Merseyside businessman and philanthropist John Moores (who had a small LFC shareholding while being chairman of Everton) in the early months 1961 enabling him initially to pay the fees demanded to bring down Ron Yeats and Ian St John, the Scottish pair providing the heart of the spine of the manager’s first great side that got the Reds promoted and soon competing for the top prizes again. There has been considerable debate as to the meaning of the place, item, person or event described in the lyric of the song "Thank U Very Much" as the Aintree Iron. The songwriter himself, Mike McGear, has apparently refused to divulge its identity. [3] Shankly had two daughters. I think he would have liked also to have a son he could talk to. You wouldn’t though have a conversation with him like we’re having now. All he ever talked about was football. He talked and you listened. That’s why none of the players wanted to sit beside him on the train for the away games. He would go on and on..." 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."

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Put it in your paper' - Liverpool player forced to deny 'porn star' rumours after frustrating spell a b "What and where is the "Aintree Iron" mentioned in the song Lily The Pink by The Scaffold?". Notes & Queries. guardian.co.uk . Retrieved 28 April 2020. The grey looked a smart piece of recruiting when slamming Splashing Out on his Irish debut at Cork. And if there was one figure who symptomised this promising yet ultimately unfulfilled passage of time it may well be a young hot-shot striker who arrived at Anfield in a blaze of publicity and made a dream start before misfortune and fate intervened to cut his career short and leave many including the man himself wondering what might have been. Lily the Pink" (No. 1), based on a traditional song about Lydia Pinkham. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. [4]

Traynor, Luke (10 April 2020). "Scaffold release reworked version of 'Thank U Very Much' for the NHS". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 12 October 2022. 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]

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The handsome blond and blue-eyed kid from Kidderminster was talk of the town but even though the girls liked the look of young Alun he stayed loyal to his girlfriend who remained in Wolverhampton and he spent most of his time with other young Reds.