Liverbanner.

[Twelthman]

When somebody has some pictures, please post them I wanna see it in action.

[Guest Jack Bauer]

It's bad luck, BURN IT!

[Gomez]

My wife though it was an Eagle.

"No way is that a Liverbird"

[Barnesy_10]

they released it too early... there weren't enough in the crowd to see it when it first took a lap... and the kop looked a tad sparce so it didn't glide the way it should.. other than that it looked good

[stressederic]

  Jack Bauer said:

It's bad luck, BURN IT!

 

SeLl NEw BanNErs!!!

[Jeff guitar]

  Gomez said:

My wife though it was an Eagle.

"No way is that a Liverbird"

 

did she say it looked like a white tailed sea eagle perchance

[smicer07]

  Gomez said:

My wife though it was an Eagle.

"No way is that a Liverbird"

 

 

Err, the Liverbird IS an eagle.

[anfield]

  Gomez said:

My wife though it was an Eagle.

"No way is that a Liverbird"

 

eh the liverbird is an eagle isnt it?

[Guest eriksenps]

  anfield said:

eh the liverbird is an eagle isnt it?

 

Off course not. The Liverbird isnt a real bird.

[Gomez]

  smicer07 said:

Err, the Liverbird IS an eagle.

 

 

  anfield said:

eh the liverbird is an eagle isnt it?

 

Err, no, the Liverbird is not an Eagle.

 

Firstly, it is a mythical bird, but if it is based on any 'real' creature it is a cormorant, and in no way an eagle.

 

edit: sorry, didn't mean to sound quite to sarcy.

Edited March 8, 2006 by Gomez

[Billy Talbot]

Liverbird is well chronicled. Cormorant vs a selection of birds, some of which are eagle.

 

I prefer pheonix myself. But then I'm an old romantic.

[Paul_LFC]

Looked pretty smaller than I imagined to be honest. It was so high up the Kop too that couldn't hardly see it!

[Cobs]

  Jack Bauer said:

It's bad luck, BURN IT!

 

BEHEAD THE BANNERMAKERS!

 

 

feckin jinxing our club

[Gomez]

Them eagles, frequently seen eating seaweed on the coasts of the Mersey.

[realtarragona]

It must have gone up quite early as I was in just for YNWA and didn't see it.

[Barnesy_10]

went round long before then mate.

[Armin_Tamzarian]

  Gomez said:

Err, no, the Liverbird is not an Eagle.

 

Firstly, it is a mythical bird, but if it is based on any 'real' creature it is a cormorant, and in no way an eagle.

 

 

Sorry but that's incorrect.

 

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritim...geInt=2&catStr=

[impware]

  danishpoolfan said:

When somebody has some pictures, please post them I wanna see it in action.

 

Just the one...

 

http://www.moneypenny.org.uk/blog/uploaded...ica1-780291.jpg

[Guest Raffa]

  Armin_Tamzarian said:

Sorry but that's incorrect.

 

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritim...geInt=2&catStr=

 

No it isn't incorrect. The Liverbird as used by Liverpool FC is indeed a a mythical bird that is based on a Cormorant. Hundreds of years before Liverpool FC was created, the town of Liverpool may have used an eagle as its crest but that was long since replaced by the cormorant when Liverpool FC came into being.

 

The whole shape of the liverbird is nothing like that of an eagle. It's neck is too long, it's tail is the wrong shape, it's beak is the wrong shape, even it's stance is not one of an eagle. About the only thing eagle-like are it's feet (but then it's legs are far too long for an eagle) and the fact it has feathers.

[Guest roger]

Size wise I thought it fell between two stools meself. If you are going to have a BIG banner then I dont think it was big enough. It wasn't long enough for a start. In real life I didn't think the red shading quite worked either. I was open minded about the gold colouring of the liverbird but I ended up not liking that either.

 

[leveller]

i thought it was poor to be honest....

[Poolfrog]

  Gomez said:

Err, no, the Liverbird is not an Eagle.

 

Firstly, it is a mythical bird, but if it is based on any 'real' creature it is a cormorant, and in no way an eagle.

 

edit: sorry, didn't mean to sound quite to sarcy.

 

You've nicely covered both theories.

 

The Liver Bird's stance is very like a cormorant drying its wings. Cormorants are one of a number of seabirds that don't have waterproof feathers so stand with wings outstretched to dry off before diving again. It can also raise its head feathers to resemble closely the Liver Bird crest

 

But the other theory is that it's a stylised eagle. In heraldry, a bit of licence is taken with the precise morphology of animals.

 

I think the cormorant one is more likely as there were likely to have been many of them in the area when Liverpool was developing centuries ago although, as someone who takes an interest in nature, I've never seen a cormorant in the Mersey over several decades

[Guest ojdk]

http://archive.propaganda-photo.com/gps.aspx?pid=1055994

http://archive.propaganda-photo.com/gps.aspx?pid=1055986

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/09032006/325/photo/giant-flag.html

[Lecter]

  Gomez said:

Err, no, the Liverbird is not an Eagle.

 

Firstly, it is a mythical bird, but if it is based on any 'real' creature it is a cormorant, and in no way an eagle.

 

edit: sorry, didn't mean to sound quite to sarcy.

 

 

You are Bill Oddy I claim my £5

[Barnesy_10]

  roger said:

Size wise I thought it fell between two stools meself. If you are going to have a BIG banner then I dont think it was big enough. It wasn't long enough for a start. In real life I didn't think the red shading quite worked either. I was open minded about the gold colouring of the liverbird but I ended up not liking that either.

 

 

 

the red reminded me of the red on our home shirt a few years back, where it was more a dark pink... or a red that had faded in the sunshine