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Joey Jones' banner and the birth of an LFC art form

Related Topics: Banner, Joey Jones, Art, Liverpool F.C., Rome, Birth

'Joey Ate the Frog's Legs, Made the Swiss Roll, Now He's Munching Gladbach' – so read the most legendary banner in football history.

It was created by Liverpool supporters Phil Downey and Jimmy Cummings and it paid homage to cult hero of the Kop Joey Jones, and the part he played in Liverpool’s run to the 1977 European Cup final.

Unfurled at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on the night of the final, it has since become part of Liverpudlian folklore; one of the most enduring symbols of a truly momentous occasion.

May 25, 1977 was also the night when a mass of red and white chequered flags illuminated the Liverpool end of the ground.