I am an American that loves Liverpool. I bought a house in Anfield and have spent considerable money having it restored properly with local contractor's. I have seen some of the blight first hand and it hurts.
Billy great video I’m from Leicester and I’m currently working in Liverpool & Birkenhead we have our own areas of decay and deprivation but honestly I’ve never seen anything like it when I come through the tunnel into Liverpool the people have been so welcoming & what great characters but my god the amount of derelict pubs & buildings is truly staggering. Great vid lad keep it up . & I’ll be heading back up tmro 🎉
Poor parts and real poverty all over the UK now, but Anfield has to be up there with the worst of them. God knows what foreign football fans think when they are visiting Anfield, especially those from former Eastern Bloc countries, things got better for many of them, whilst things got worse for many people in many parts of the UK went to rack and ruin, oh the irony ! Still our rich continue to get richer whilst our poorer get poorer, and we're still spunking billions of taxpayers money on unnecessary wars, that end up killing poor people similar to us from other countries.
It's so annoying when you see so much suffering and struggle the council need to pull their finger out actions speak louder than words, so much needs to be done they've mashed up lime street but they can't regenerate and help the areas and people who need it the most your people are so resilient billy and i respect that.
But it was the council that did this, and what is more the council sent resident to Runcorn, then found that they were short of money because council tax was then being paid to Runcorn.
Most of the old football grounds in the uk were built around old working class areas amongst tight little terraced houses, were there was a great atmosphere and football belonged to the people, , Liverpool's A nfield area is like 99.9 % of old English football stadiums., amongst deprived, underfunded, forgotten about communities..
The wealth created by liverpool fc is unbelievable, created on the backs of the fans who have took them to the very top. The lack of respect for the local surroundings is disgraceful , pure capitalist greed. The city does benefit due to the worldwide fan base, but locally its disgusting...shameful...
I could write an essay on how the working class of this country have been shat on by every post war government & beyond. But i'd rather say this. I've never lived in liverpool but i have been there many times as a visitor & worked with numerous scousers & i can say hand on heart they along with the geordies are the best people i have ever met. I'm welsh but feel properly blessed that throughout my working career i just happened to end up working with a number of scouse lads & i swear from the bottom of my heart, they are the best, funniest, most straight up people i have ever met. I went to university in manchester & the mancs were always spitting venom about the scousers. But i will tell you now, from personal experience....mancs start off assuming you are an enemy until you prove otherwise. Scousers assume you are a friend until you prove otherwise. And i promise you that is from personal experience. If you are from outside the uk or even if you are a brit & you've never been to liverpool you absolutely have to put this city on your 'to do' list. God bless you liverpool, you are among the very best of us.
I am from Birmingham originally but now I live in Dorset, your update was amazing and it really resonated with me, my daughter will be going to Liverpool university we were up there a few weeks ago I’d like to go back there and, it’s very true what you say about the working class we have been shit on for too long
@@johnmcnally198Good luck to her john, i'm sure she'll have a great time. P.S: My sister went to uni in brum so i've have a similarly positive view of your home city. Spent many a great weekend in brum holed up in the pot of beer & jug of ale & falling out of snobs in the wee small hours before going for a balti ha haaa. Another great bunch the brummies.
So you go to Uni in Manchester and your a fountain of knowledge on all things Mancunia? What a tool. Working class people in ALL areas are the salt of the earth. Generations of selfish polticians have betrayed the working clas since the 50's / 60's is the real problem. Managed decline.
This ain’t no immigrant problem bro, it’s the people who’s on top shitting on us whether ur a black lad from ldn or brown kid from Bradford or a white boy from Liverpool we go through the same struggle if we are working class, divide and conquer is their strategy, if we stopped beefing amongst us, do you really think mo from Syria is stealing ur jobs and taking ur money ur head needs a wobble mate
@@alfredbahounassoni8116 its not the poor thirdworlder like yourself that is the issue here it's the rich foreigners buying everything up, gonna end up just like london, I bet youre one of those people that think millions of immigrants over the years has had no affect on housing, maybe give your head a wobble
Another good walk around Billy enjoyed the video but its very sad to see how not just Liverpool is falling badly it’s the whole of the UK it’s because of Councils and MPs 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@RFC87 not a chance bro ive lived in the East End Of Glasgow nearly all my life and it doesnt even come close mate. Aye its got its ruff parts but Liverpool is a different ball game
@JackButland-tt9zk I worked in Liverpool for 3 months last year. It is incredibly run down in certain areas. Theres only a handful of really bad areas in Glasgow. Even the so called bad areas have less crime than back in the day. Places like Anfield, Everton etc you really need to keep on your toes. But like Glasgow have a lot of good people.
LFC contributed by systematically buying up properties leaving them empty to run down the value of other properties. This along with Labours Housing Market Renewal Initiative were two massive contributors to making a rough area even grimmer.
Anfield, along with several other suburbs in Liverpool, is an absolute shithole. Liverpool Football Club and Liverpool City Council are responsible for this, 80% of the people are good people though. He is 100% correct on the football club though. Those terraced houses opposite the garage have been boarded up for 20 years. 20 years directly outside the ground.
I despise FSG but LFC is a football club. LCC and Wminster are responsible for this. If a Wembley of the North was built in Anfield (and if LFC was fan owned) this would change gigantically for the better. Infact a Wembley of the North alone would have a huge effect.
@@RS-xx9ve What? If there was a Wembley for the North it wouldn't be within 10 fucking miles of Anfield. L.F.C have owned vast swathes of homes and properties around Anfield for over 60 years. Sounds like you have no idea what you are talking about. They own derelict land all over the place
Went to view a house here once, Stockbridge street... not being funny but because I work i pay full rent and it was £100 a week and this was 8 years ago...apart from the obvious social problems those houses should be demolished ...tiny...no room for even a tiny dining table... I lived in the flats on st Domingo road for a few years... again,full of social problems... and oh my god never heard floors that creak so much in my life 😬... now live in a private studio flat in town, high rent but live in peace... feel sorry for the decent people who are trapped by circumstances... been there myself...not everything is people's own fault.
Council was responsible for this mess. You should have seen it before Hatton took charge. It was a family orientated area, children playing out, and parents out, a marvellous sight to witness, then this happened, and the top of Breck Road and that so-called park, houses cleared to make way for it, and then the council complained that the council tax revenue had dropped. Yes! because the same buggers had moved families out to the likes of Runcorn
Took my dad a few years ago, he was brought up on Gloucester Road in the fifties and sixties. The houses we saw that were derelict he told me that rich people used to live in them, he couldn’t believe how bad it was.
That top walk as we called it in Stanley Park was full of flowers in the 1950's snd 60's you can see faintly the outline of the borders where he speaks about the dog.
billy great video mate i was brought up there mate but got out 9 yr ago best thing i did by the looks of the place its sad isn,t it mate. i was born in page moss and moved when i was 12 to live on townsend ln and then later breck rd top sight as you would know it but i have a youtube channel so i might get the insta 360 and take a visit down there to see the family who still live everton rd part of breck but keep up the great content brother 💯👍🤟
They aren't able to courtesy of Fat Joe and his Keepmoat mates. LFC wanted to build a Wembley of the North with transport links, a covered area for concerts large and small, and world class sporting events. But right now, the site is still suffocated on 2 sides and has a load of crap built on 1 side. LCC need to get their act together. And FSG need to get their hands in their pockets.
@@grahambailey-wj4rq you'll never walk alone, or live in a decent home. It's up to the council to tax Liverpool football club a realistic amount and ring fence that money for the community.
That much wealth next to that much poverty is disgusting but it reflects this society and the greedy corrput elites running it. People need to start voting for independents from the community who care about the people and understand their needs. Waiting for corrupt career politicians to solve these issues isn't going to change anything.
I am going to view this later. Saw a bit of the piece and takes me back to when the place was vibrant, then it was emptied by the council, and boarded up houses, massively so, street upon street. I look forward to see if this has changed since the early 90's. I lived opposite Stanley Park
My Nanna grew up in Anfield in the 1940s-50s. She was evacuated to Bridgnorth in the early 1940s due to the war. Her mother used to make her scrub the front step every week. It's a very different place now.
Sad and depressing. I thought the Stadium redevelopment was approved on the grounds of a much needed cash injection for the surrounding area? Instead, looks to me that some interested entity is accelerating a dystopian surrounding area to bring the cost of property down.
Live in and rent a million pound 2 bed bungalow in London and travel home to my 3 bed house in Norris green Liverpool 3 days a week for past 8 years , Liverpool is far better , better people and more for your money ……life’s what u make it . Just because something is dearer it defiantly isn’t better , mental health in London is real bad , far better way of life in the north
Great Vid Billy, made me sad, you standing outsjde the house I was born to 75yrs ago, 43 stonehill st. I have lived in Canada for 50 years. Still have Family living around Breck Rd. all true what they say, no one sharing the wealth.
Great vid Billy. I met you at the game on Saturday (Sheff lad with my Dad). I’m actually a Wednesday fan and sat on Goodison Road end (not an away fan haha). Let me know if you ever plan to visit Sheffield and I can give you list of worst streets/estate. Tom
We as a country we need to stop sending money to third world countries completely and sort out this country.Areas like this need massive investment..that looked as if it was nice once ,now it's just worn out.
Thank you so much to the man in your video who highlighted the fact that Liverpool FC do very little if anything for the local community. Liverpoo FC and their corporate skullduggery are largely responsible for the area deteriorating over time as it has by buying empty buildings and leaving them empty, this in turn decreases the value of property in the area so the 'Mighy LFC' can land grab on the cheap to extend the stadium. What they did to the people in Kemlyn Road was appalling.
Right on the button mate. Buying up properties around the ground and leaving them to rot so the other residents, many life long are forced to move out. Disgraceful what they have done to the immediate area around the ground to make a few more quid for themselves.
As a Villa fan I always had a great affection for Liverpool supporters. Friendly city too. But come on Liverpool FC. Build the infrastructure around the club to support the community that have made you the giants you are.
Aw bless ya Monty so glad you had a positive experience of Birmingham it’s not the city it used to be but the important thing is you experienced the friendliness of us Brummies
@@stormytempest6521 it's crazy 🤪 the amount of ppl that think Billy is taking the piss, this is what we need more of, it might make the councils and politicians, pull their fuckin fingers out the arses, specially with an election, don't really follow that and i know ppl may have a go, but ain't voted in 30 years, i think I might of only voted 1 , or 2 pushing it, cos they're all promises, until they get in power, and they just sit back, and let the council estates, and the lesser areas, go to wrack and ruin, it absolutely drives me insane, I've been walking round the last two days picking rubbish up, cos it seems to be, if someone drops some rubbish, others seem to think it's ok, and I actually live in a bit better area, but cos it's the furthest away from the council, they seem to forget us, sorry bout the rant, you're the stormytempest ha ha 😆✌️. Gwan. 😎.
I used to live in Richmond Terrace, I had no idea how fucked that neighbourhood had become until recently when I drove round there. When you commented on that house in Stonehill Street, what did you think and feel when you saw it Billy? You’ve come so far and done so much since then, good on you lad; well done. 👍
I used to live on channell Road off shiel Road. Not a million miles away in Kenny. I dont know if its the councils fault really. They have to live off what the government gives them . Liverpool has been ignored by successive Tory governments
@@davidhogg657Don't fall for it, alot of bad stuff was going on in JOE'S cabal, now it's payback time , people of liverpool have found them out, God help them.
Hi Billy, thanks for your vid. Wow Billy, how depressing is Anfield?. If the truth be told it's the same in Kirkdale and Everton mate. Those Areas have received very little if any funding from Liverpool City council, and by god does it show!. There's so much poverty in those areas. There's alot of addiction and crime aswell. They have been forgotten about and left to rot!. Out of sight and out of mind!. It really is sad Billy. Anyway Billy, thanks again for your vid. John. 🤔👍
Billy, can you remember The Piggeries in the Everton area? Crosby, Canterbury and Haigh heights? I would be interested to read your thoughts on these if you can. I think they were demolished when Derek Hatton was in charge.
Area needs refurbishment, club doesnt give a damn. But its not a red v blue thing , although Efc does a bit more for the city, the area around Goodison is just as bad. Was gutted when they built new houses opp the kop when maybe demolishing houses an creating more of a green space around ground may help.
You get that in every city in uk bill Bristol the same proper slums in St Paul's ect its sad tbh too many homless /addicts everywhere they need too house us before anyone else more rehabs be good too more funding thanks Billy
I’m a gas engineer, I live in Scotland and recently worked on a social housing contract around Liverpool. Was there for 2 months, loved the city, although a lot of areas were run down the people are amazing and I never had a bad encounter with anyone. I worked in every area. Scousers are the salt of the earth. Really enjoyed my time working there
Haven’t been to anfield for over 20 year last time was a Marcus Stewart winner had a few pints pints in a boozer called the arkle i think lads begging in there for money for drugs,good vid billy✌️
Prior to this fat bar steward you had another councillor, whose name escapes me at the present, who devastated the area, had a vibrant population moved out to the likes of Runcorn, the same man who had a ski slope built whose end was facing the motorway, basically, Hatton, Dereck Hatton, made some cash in getting rid of some rubble, so had this slope built, and pocketed the money for removal, and probably for the slope.
Moved to Anfield 11 years ago from West Bromwich, you all say it’s a shit hole and run downbut I promise you if you were to spend a week in West Brom you’d realise that you have it better than you realise. You’re making a video showing how shift the area is supposed to be but you only focus on the empty buildings. Not once do we see litter blowing down the streets or bin bags & mattresses dumped on grass verges like in and around Birmingham. Why dont you try making a difference and promote your city instead of chasing likes and subscriptions.
@@TheRealMike1976 it is, as well as dirty. I never really noticed it when I lived there it was only after I moved away then went back to visit that I realised how bad it is.
I had a good mate from anfield , we did a few year together in the shovel back in 2001 , ive heard he's past now r.i p Dennis Blake, he used to bring his guitar and be a good singer
Tha boozer was called the standard bill aka Richie’s not the sandford mate shanks bar was further up thirly on the corner of rydal street that got toasted aswell and then obviously the sandon on oakfield road
It`s a labour run council, ever thought it maybe them? did this deprivation start after labour lost the government 14yrs ago? NO! will it rejuvenate the area when they get back in this year? NO! get out of your narrow minded thinking and wake up! proportional representation in politics not first past the post elections will be better but idiots still think they`ve got a democratic vote when they choose labour or tories, they are not working for anyones interests other than globalist/wef/who/un/ pharma/big tech organisations, or as i call them, CROOKS...
First time I was in Liverpool this year in march it was my dream to see game at Anfield and it became true. But what I saw in the city shocked me. Massive rubbish. I don't understand how this city can look like that having two, big worldwide clubs. (sorry for my english).
It break's my heart to see what my second home has become Liverpool has always been where i started when technically St Helen's miss how it used to be god bless my Nan in Dovecot.
I know an electrician that went working away in Liverpool, the first night there all his tools got robbed and his alloy wheels too, needless to say he never went back again
Not sure he's showing it to try make it look worse than it already is, he's doing it to spread awareness to show what the government and councils dont and wont show because they know people would start asking them to pull their fingers out.
@@PAB86Spot on the council only care and will do something, when ppl like Billy, highlight it, the councils don't want ppl to see this, they'd rather spend all the dough on murals and flower arrangements, that last 2 seconds, terrible needs HIGHLIGHTING, great work Billy 👍, and spot on Cabbage,👍✌️.
Is that true what he says? That EFC put back into the community, but LFC don’t? Isn’t it more a council thing? Was visiting Liverpool in November, I’m from Swansea. Got to say the city centre is spotless and vibrant, but go a few miles out and it’s run down and dilapidated.
So much for having one of the biggest brands in world sport. Spend millions on players but almost nothing in the local community. So much for trickle down wealth.
My son lived in Edgehill for a while whilst at uni 20 odd yrs ago it was rough then, With us being from E,mids, One weekend whilst visiting the local kids had a bonfire in Aldi carpark our son said just take no notice otherwise a brick will come thro window wow!
So many beautiful old Victorian buildings could have been revamped. Instead they were replaced with tat. Meanwhile the stadium which could be a saviour to N Lpool is still being strangled because the shady mayor was an Evertonian and too pally with Keepmoat. Shameful.
The worst part of Anfield is actually those new builds. At least the old stuff, poorly maintained as it is, has character and quality. New stuff is just ugly, completely unsuited to the area, and a testament to shady Fat Joe and his mates at Keepmoat. It wasnt redeveloped it was DE-developed.
Remember the secret millionaire in Anfield must have been 10-15 years ago and it looks the same. Tragic that a club like Liverpool with its global brand can't put anything back into the community.
Instead of 1000 tickets both sides be better if it was 500 seats and the revenue from 500 seats put into the community chest for locals to apply for help be it personal finance or funding community projects
Anfield used to be a nice place many years ago then Liverpool FC bought some of the houses and left them empty for years it then turned into a 💩 hole just what Liverpool FC wanted as they got the houses cheaper. If you look at anfield and county road they have been neglected for years but Liverpool FC and Everton FC have made billions and their players are well off but the people in the areas have had nothing in return. And they are the ones who suffer each match day.
It's because the people of the city have been raised to be victims. It's all the "government's or the monarchy's fault" that Liverpool looks like a mess. They should have plenty of role models, as the city itself has had great successes in music and football. But the people have stagnated.
Unfortunately most areas in north west towns have been left to go to ruin, I was in Blackpool the other day and it's mental how bad it is there nowadays.
Seriously is this a wind-up? This area looks amazing and so empty. Where are all the flower shrines on the streets for all the stabbed dead kids as you have in London? No traffic jams & ample parking and no crowds of thousands of 3rd world people and without the constant violent attacks & shootings. This area looks sedate & where old white men like" Lee" can sit out on the street smoke and have a drink without being killed. Absolutely heaven.
Sad to see..I lived in Stonehill years ago aged 15 and used and sold from there. Lower Breck used to be okay and a sense of community but that’s gone and it’s dead. Generally people who could get out did. Shame on the council for the way parts of city are look worse than during the heroin epidemic of the 80s.
I lived in Anfield for donkeys years, I lived in granton road, the community was boss, they forced us out to knocked all our houses down to make the ground bigger, wouldn’t mind our street was opposite Sam dods they destroyed the community ye know, it’s never been the same, makes me sad watching this video, we kept it nice, everyone had nice houses and all the mums would sit on the front while all the kids would play, sad to see it like this
The council dont want the headace of trying to sort it out. They allow the places to become so run down until the numbers cant be balanced with their own investment..then can then bundle it all up in to packages and sell them off for £1 to "Regeneration Charities" part of the deal is normally the regeneration charity has to provide a local community space once its complete. They have beem doing it for years. Some of it has been positive from what I can remember. But seems not all is effective. I was working for a short time for the city council planning department. l seen it first hand.
Bought up on St Domingo Vale. Moved away from the city 23 years ago when I was 20. Still get back to see the fambo and to get to the game nown again. It’s never been the most affluent of places but fuck me it’s is bad as it’s ever been. Love my roots but I’d never move back I’m sad to say
Used to score in anfield back in the 90s, the old school boys and girls are the best to talk to Bill, there's no many of us left mate and that's were u get all the truth, the one's now think us lot are still yella, but truth is we wer doin this, when they were still shittin yella, forgot more than these lot nowadays know, enjoy these walkabouts bill, Stanley park don't look bad though, it still needs a bit of work, but could b worse, liked thatn , hope Joe and Jud, (Terry) r good, put some water on y head Terry, this ⛅ will make it grow, ha ha, jus buzzin wi ya mate, hope you good mate, ✌️👌.
I am an American that loves Liverpool. I bought a house in Anfield and have spent considerable money having it restored properly with local contractor's. I have seen some of the blight first hand and it hurts.
Buahahaha, that’s crazy 😂 You must be an amazing investor to have decided to do this 😂
It's not just Anfield. Go a mile from the city centre in any direction, and you find yourself in a dystopian hell hole.
Same in Manchester.
City centre is booming, go half a mile into the wards, especially at night and it can be hairy, to say the least!
LIVERPOOL F.C. NEED TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. WITHOUT THE FANS, LIVERPOOL F.C. IS NOTHING.
I thought they were going to do it.
They are islamic club now
@@Anticommunism99You’re a fuckin bell whiff you
@@Anticommunism99 What are you talking about you loon? Haha
@@Anticommunism99yes exactly
Billy great video I’m from Leicester and I’m currently working in Liverpool & Birkenhead we have our own areas of decay and deprivation but honestly I’ve never seen anything like it when I come through the tunnel into Liverpool the people have been so welcoming & what great characters but my god the amount of derelict pubs & buildings is truly staggering. Great vid lad keep it up . & I’ll be heading back up tmro 🎉
Poor parts and real poverty all over the UK now, but Anfield has to be up there with the worst of them. God knows what foreign football fans think when they are visiting Anfield, especially those from former Eastern Bloc countries, things got better for many of them, whilst things got worse for many people in many parts of the UK went to rack and ruin, oh the irony ! Still our rich continue to get richer whilst our poorer get poorer, and we're still spunking billions of taxpayers money on unnecessary wars, that end up killing poor people similar to us from other countries.
It's so annoying when you see so much suffering and struggle the council need to pull their finger out actions speak louder than words, so much needs to be done they've mashed up lime street but they can't regenerate and help the areas and people who need it the most your people are so resilient billy and i respect that.
It doesn't make a good impression on visiting fans from europe.u would think the club would give something back.but football is a business now.its sad
But it was the council that did this, and what is more the council sent resident to Runcorn, then found that they were short of money because council tax was then being paid to Runcorn.
Kirkdale, Walton anfield & Everton have all been left to rot
Bootle too sadly
Been like that for years mate
Try kenny 😂
The moral of this story is that the bush’s can breathalyse you and beat you in bed but you’ll never ever beat the bully boys from Birkenhead. ⭐️
@ste2442 Decades to be correct budd
Most of the old football grounds in the uk were built around old working class areas amongst tight little terraced houses, were there was a great atmosphere and football belonged to the people, , Liverpool's A
nfield area is like 99.9 % of old English football stadiums., amongst deprived, underfunded, forgotten about communities..
5th richest economy in the world and this is what our towns & cities look like you couldn't make it up
The wealth created by liverpool fc is unbelievable, created on the backs of the fans who have took them to the very top. The lack of respect for the local surroundings is disgraceful , pure capitalist greed.
The city does benefit due to the worldwide fan base, but locally its disgusting...shameful...
Absolutely correct and it was like that 35 years ago when i left Anfield !!
Problematic people move in , the Locals move out!!
FACT
Utft
LIVERPOOL HAS BEEN RUN BY MARXISTS FOR DECADES, STOP WAFFLING!
They've took up parts of anfield Road that they said they wouldn't, wouldn't suprise me if they gradually started taking bits of Stanley park
Football clubs are just entertainment businesses.
I could write an essay on how the working class of this country have been shat on by every post war government & beyond. But i'd rather say this. I've never lived in liverpool but i have been there many times as a visitor & worked with numerous scousers & i can say hand on heart they along with the geordies are the best people i have ever met. I'm welsh but feel properly blessed that throughout my working career i just happened to end up working with a number of scouse lads & i swear from the bottom of my heart, they are the best, funniest, most straight up people i have ever met. I went to university in manchester & the mancs were always spitting venom about the scousers. But i will tell you now, from personal experience....mancs start off assuming you are an enemy until you prove otherwise. Scousers assume you are a friend until you prove otherwise. And i promise you that is from personal experience. If you are from outside the uk or even if you are a brit & you've never been to liverpool you absolutely have to put this city on your 'to do' list. God bless you liverpool, you are among the very best of us.
Shit on , not just by central government and beyond but also corrupt councils and local government
I am from Birmingham originally but now I live in Dorset, your update was amazing and it really resonated with me, my daughter will be going to Liverpool university we were up there a few weeks ago I’d like to go back there and, it’s very true what you say about the working class we have been shit on for too long
@@johnmcnally198Good luck to her john, i'm sure she'll have a great time. P.S: My sister went to uni in brum so i've have a similarly positive view of your home city. Spent many a great weekend in brum holed up in the pot of beer & jug of ale & falling out of snobs in the wee small hours before going for a balti ha haaa. Another great bunch the brummies.
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So you go to Uni in Manchester and your a fountain of knowledge on all things Mancunia?
What a tool.
Working class people in ALL areas are the salt of the earth.
Generations of selfish polticians have betrayed the working clas since the 50's / 60's is the real problem.
Managed decline.
I know how we can fix this let more immigrants in and give them all our money 🤷🏻♂️
Which immigrants? Irish? Welsh? German? Or who? Your choice
Anfield is 85% White
This ain’t no immigrant problem bro, it’s the people who’s on top shitting on us whether ur a black lad from ldn or brown kid from Bradford or a white boy from Liverpool we go through the same struggle if we are working class, divide and conquer is their strategy, if we stopped beefing amongst us, do you really think mo from Syria is stealing ur jobs and taking ur money ur head needs a wobble mate
@@alfredbahounassoni8116 its not the poor thirdworlder like yourself that is the issue here it's the rich foreigners buying everything up, gonna end up just like london, I bet youre one of those people that think millions of immigrants over the years has had no affect on housing, maybe give your head a wobble
@@Anonymous56657 The thing is, they add to the problem, they don't improve it.
What do you not understand about that?
I wonder if the players even notice the deprivation when they drive through the area in their 100k supercars
No matter how expensive the car, unfortunately the smell will still seep through into the cabin. It's revolting.
I don’t think their hubcaps would survive
Another good walk around Billy enjoyed the video but its very sad to see how not just Liverpool is falling badly it’s the whole of the UK it’s because of Councils and MPs 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Fukin hell and i thought Glasgow were bad. Respect to the scousers 💪💪💪 Great Video Billy!
Bro Glasgow is well worst than Liverpool.
@@RFC87 not a chance bro ive lived in the East End Of Glasgow nearly all my life and it doesnt even come close mate. Aye its got its ruff parts but Liverpool is a different ball game
@JackButland-tt9zk I worked in Liverpool for 3 months last year. It is incredibly run down in certain areas.
Theres only a handful of really bad areas in Glasgow. Even the so called bad areas have less crime than back in the day.
Places like Anfield, Everton etc you really need to keep on your toes.
But like Glasgow have a lot of good people.
Liverpool is lot worse than Glasgow @@RFC87
Liverpool is lot worse than Glasgow your right
Embarrassing that directly surrounding Anfield stadium there is that level of degradation, and the club put nothing into it
Its now just a business ... pure and simple
the residents should do something about it
It is a disgrace how Liverpool football club don't put anything into the Anfield area
Why should they when it was the council that deliberately did this
Does any other club pay into there area
LFC contributed by systematically buying up properties leaving them empty to run down the value of other properties. This along with Labours Housing Market Renewal Initiative were two massive contributors to making a rough area even grimmer.
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@@susanmoriarty7533 you man city redeveloped the whole area around their stadium
Anfield, along with several other suburbs in Liverpool, is an absolute shithole. Liverpool Football Club and Liverpool City Council are responsible for this, 80% of the people are good people though. He is 100% correct on the football club though. Those terraced houses opposite the garage have been boarded up for 20 years. 20 years directly outside the ground.
I despise FSG but LFC is a football club. LCC and Wminster are responsible for this.
If a Wembley of the North was built in Anfield (and if LFC was fan owned) this would change gigantically for the better. Infact a Wembley of the North alone would have a huge effect.
@@RS-xx9ve What? If there was a Wembley for the North it wouldn't be within 10 fucking miles of Anfield. L.F.C have owned vast swathes of homes and properties around Anfield for over 60 years. Sounds like you have no idea what you are talking about. They own derelict land all over the place
Went to view a house here once, Stockbridge street... not being funny but because I work i pay full rent and it was £100 a week and this was 8 years ago...apart from the obvious social problems those houses should be demolished ...tiny...no room for even a tiny dining table... I lived in the flats on st Domingo road for a few years... again,full of social problems... and oh my god never heard floors that creak so much in my life 😬... now live in a private studio flat in town, high rent but live in peace... feel sorry for the decent people who are trapped by circumstances... been there myself...not everything is people's own fault.
Good video mate, further showing the UK will continue to crumble unless the government changes its priorities!
Council was responsible for this mess. You should have seen it before Hatton took charge. It was a family orientated area, children playing out, and parents out, a marvellous sight to witness, then this happened, and the top of Breck Road and that so-called park, houses cleared to make way for it, and then the council complained that the council tax revenue had dropped. Yes! because the same buggers had moved families out to the likes of Runcorn
It aint going to happen no matter who's running the asylum!
Took my dad a few years ago, he was brought up on Gloucester Road in the fifties and sixties.
The houses we saw that were derelict he told me that rich people used to live in them, he couldn’t believe how bad it was.
Pretty much the same picture everywhere. So sad how our towns and cities have declined.
That top walk as we called it in Stanley Park was full of flowers in the 1950's snd 60's you can see faintly the outline of the borders where he speaks about the dog.
billy great video mate i was brought up there mate but got out 9 yr ago best thing i did by the looks of the place its sad isn,t it mate. i was born in page moss and moved when i was 12 to live on townsend ln and then later breck rd top sight as you would know it but i have a youtube channel so i might get the insta 360 and take a visit down there to see the family who still live everton rd part of breck but keep up the great content brother 💯👍🤟
This proves my point about having a world famous football club in your city, they put nothing back into the community.
They aren't able to courtesy of Fat Joe and his Keepmoat mates.
LFC wanted to build a Wembley of the North with transport links, a covered area for concerts large and small, and world class sporting events. But right now, the site is still suffocated on 2 sides and has a load of crap built on 1 side.
LCC need to get their act together. And FSG need to get their hands in their pockets.
That’s just a excuse
You have no idea what your talking about,I'm a blue..this is political not about the club.
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@@grahambailey-wj4rq you'll never walk alone, or live in a decent home. It's up to the council to tax Liverpool football club a realistic amount and ring fence that money for the community.
That much wealth next to that much poverty is disgusting but it reflects this society and the greedy corrput elites running it. People need to start voting for independents from the community who care about the people and understand their needs. Waiting for corrupt career politicians to solve these issues isn't going to change anything.
I am going to view this later. Saw a bit of the piece and takes me back to when the place was vibrant, then it was emptied by the council, and boarded up houses, massively so, street upon street. I look forward to see if this has changed since the early 90's. I lived opposite Stanley Park
My Nanna grew up in Anfield in the 1940s-50s. She was evacuated to Bridgnorth in the early 1940s due to the war. Her mother used to make her scrub the front step every week. It's a very different place now.
SCUB the step Polish the brass was something everyone did , long gone people no pride in were they live
Sad and depressing. I thought the Stadium redevelopment was approved on the grounds of a much needed cash injection for the surrounding area? Instead, looks to me that some interested entity is accelerating a dystopian surrounding area to bring the cost of property down.
Could it be gentrification in effect
@mohsdef Yep make it so run down,then buy it up cheap.
I went to anfield comprehensive in the 70’s. Thanks Liverpool you set me up for life well.
Live in and rent a million pound 2 bed bungalow in London and travel home to my 3 bed house in Norris green Liverpool 3 days a week for past 8 years , Liverpool is far better , better people and more for your money ……life’s what u make it . Just because something is dearer it defiantly isn’t better , mental health in London is real bad , far better way of life in the north
Great Vid Billy, made me sad, you standing outsjde the house I was born to 75yrs ago, 43 stonehill st. I have lived in Canada for 50 years. Still have Family living around Breck Rd. all true what they say, no one sharing the wealth.
Great vid Billy. I met you at the game on Saturday (Sheff lad with my Dad). I’m actually a Wednesday fan and sat on Goodison Road end (not an away fan haha). Let me know if you ever plan to visit Sheffield and I can give you list of worst streets/estate. Tom
We as a country we need to stop sending money to third world countries completely and sort out this country.Areas like this need massive investment..that looked as if it was nice once ,now it's just worn out.
Thank you so much to the man in your video who highlighted the fact that Liverpool FC do very little if anything for the local community. Liverpoo FC and their corporate skullduggery are largely responsible for the area deteriorating over time as it has by buying empty buildings and leaving them empty, this in turn decreases the value of property in the area so the 'Mighy LFC' can land grab on the cheap to extend the stadium. What they did to the people in Kemlyn Road was appalling.
Right on the button mate. Buying up properties around the ground and leaving them to rot so the other residents, many life long are forced to move out. Disgraceful what they have done to the immediate area around the ground to make a few more quid for themselves.
yeah them Americans really love there football 😂😂😂😂UTF
Talking rubbish
You think Everton are gonna leave county road in a boss state when they leave goodison? Hahahahha
yeah
As a Villa fan I always had a great affection for Liverpool supporters. Friendly city too. But come on Liverpool FC. Build the infrastructure around the club to support the community that have made you the giants you are.
Just around the corner of One of the wealthiest clubs in the world, where the often talked about special community Spirit of the Reds. Thank you❤
Aw bless ya Monty so glad you had a positive experience of Birmingham it’s not the city it used to be but the important thing is you experienced the friendliness of us Brummies
I was brought up here, left 1969 , it was a posh area back then !
Inequality and greed 👌and then sadly those at the bottom of the pile not only lose all hope but then turn on each other . 🙏👼❤️ x
👌💯, spot on there, pure sense, but not enough ppl r getting it, spot on though. ✌️.
@@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh Your right.
@@stormytempest6521 it's crazy 🤪 the amount of ppl that think Billy is taking the piss, this is what we need more of, it might make the councils and politicians, pull their fuckin fingers out the arses, specially with an election, don't really follow that and i know ppl may have a go, but ain't voted in 30 years, i think I might of only voted 1 , or 2 pushing it, cos they're all promises, until they get in power, and they just sit back, and let the council estates, and the lesser areas, go to wrack and ruin, it absolutely drives me insane, I've been walking round the last two days picking rubbish up, cos it seems to be, if someone drops some rubbish, others seem to think it's ok, and I actually live in a bit better area, but cos it's the furthest away from the council, they seem to forget us, sorry bout the rant, you're the stormytempest ha ha 😆✌️. Gwan. 😎.
I used to live in Richmond Terrace, I had no idea how fucked that neighbourhood had become until recently when I drove round there. When you commented on that house in Stonehill Street, what did you think and feel when you saw it Billy? You’ve come so far and done so much since then, good on you lad; well done. 👍
That's where me mum grew up. She has mentioned Breck Road before. Such a shame to see that the council leave places to fall apart. 🙄
I used to live on channell Road off shiel Road. Not a million miles away in Kenny. I dont know if its the councils fault really. They have to live off what the government gives them . Liverpool has been ignored by successive Tory governments
@@davidhogg657Don't fall for it, alot of bad stuff was going on in JOE'S cabal, now it's payback time , people of liverpool have found them out, God help them.
@davidhogg657 And administered locally by successive Labour councils !!
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I was shocked by Anfield it used to be normal working class like Old Swan but it has gone south
Hi Billy, thanks for your vid. Wow Billy, how depressing is Anfield?. If the truth be told it's the same in Kirkdale and Everton mate. Those Areas have received very little if any funding from Liverpool City council, and by god does it show!. There's so much poverty in those areas. There's alot of addiction and crime aswell. They have been forgotten about and left to rot!. Out of sight and out of mind!. It really is sad Billy. Anyway Billy, thanks again for your vid. John. 🤔👍
Not a bitter then Billy haha 😂 love your content mate, it's all real and straight from the heart 👍
Used to work with Lee. He was a sound lad. Not seen him for years I hope he's doing alright.
What ever happened to the governments plan on levelling up ?
they meant levelling down
Unfortunately like a lot of us at some point in our lives. We believe politicians.
Billy, can you remember The Piggeries in the Everton area? Crosby, Canterbury and Haigh heights? I would be interested to read your thoughts on these if you can. I think they were demolished when Derek Hatton was in charge.
Area needs refurbishment, club doesnt give a damn. But its not a red v blue thing , although Efc does a bit more for the city, the area around Goodison is just as bad. Was gutted when they built new houses opp the kop when maybe demolishing houses an creating more of a green space around ground may help.
You get that in every city in uk bill Bristol the same proper slums in St Paul's ect its sad tbh too many homless /addicts everywhere they need too house us before anyone else more rehabs be good too more funding thanks Billy
I’m a gas engineer, I live in Scotland and recently worked on a social housing contract around Liverpool. Was there for 2 months, loved the city, although a lot of areas were run down the people are amazing and I never had a bad encounter with anyone. I worked in every area. Scousers are the salt of the earth. Really enjoyed my time working there
Haven’t been to anfield for over 20 year last time was a Marcus Stewart winner had a few pints pints in a boozer called the arkle i think lads begging in there for money for drugs,good vid billy✌️
Anfield has always been a dump, the council or Liverpool fc don't help the local community which is a disgrace
The Scouse Sloth will love this Vid Bill 🙌💯
Keep them coming Billy great Content 💯💯💯
Late 1980s there was a pub called the picture house it was really nice place
Yes John I remember it well only lived up the road😊 Used to go there for a game of pool before going the Quad in Bootle every weekend. Good times✌️
Hit 60K followers there Billy lad ! Nice one, well done 👍
So what have the Labour Party actually done for the city of Liverpool ?
Great vid Billy. You need to create a Short of that mad jumping dog 😁
Used to go to Taffy's barbers roughly where Lee lives. Anyone remember that place?
Where are all these improvements slow Joe goes on about?
There is no money in Liverpool council because Joe Anderson robbed it all 😂😂😂
And funded finch farm.
@@GL-jq6fuJoe and his cohorts thought they got away with it, but liverpool people found them out !
@@GL-jq6fushould get a points deduction for that too then eh?! 😂
Prior to this fat bar steward you had another councillor, whose name escapes me at the present, who devastated the area, had a vibrant population moved out to the likes of Runcorn, the same man who had a ski slope built whose end was facing the motorway, basically, Hatton, Dereck Hatton, made some cash in getting rid of some rubble, so had this slope built, and pocketed the money for removal, and probably for the slope.
@@GL-jq6fuhe helped you kick oaps out of there gaffs to build another wonky stand be grateful
Moved to Anfield 11 years ago from West Bromwich, you all say it’s a shit hole and run downbut I promise you if you were to spend a week in West Brom you’d realise that you have it better than you realise. You’re making a video showing how shift the area is supposed to be but you only focus on the empty buildings. Not once do we see litter blowing down the streets or bin bags & mattresses dumped on grass verges like in and around Birmingham. Why dont you try making a difference and promote your city instead of chasing likes and subscriptions.
I've seen some videos of Birmingham. Looks rough as fuck.
@@TheRealMike1976 it is, as well as dirty. I never really noticed it when I lived there it was only after I moved away then went back to visit that I realised how bad it is.
Does Liverpool FC actively want the area around their stadium to become run down so that they can buy it all up and expand?
It’s great idea for the shareholders who don’t live anywhere near the team they own.
We love the scouses, walm nice people
I had a good mate from anfield , we did a few year together in the shovel back in 2001 , ive heard he's past now r.i p Dennis Blake, he used to bring his guitar and be a good singer
Tha boozer was called the standard bill aka Richie’s not the sandford mate shanks bar was further up thirly on the corner of rydal street that got toasted aswell and then obviously the sandon on oakfield road
Blaming football clubs i.e. businesses for local deprivation is bonkers. Lay the blame where it truly belongs - the Tory government!
It`s a labour run council, ever thought it maybe them? did this deprivation start after labour lost the government 14yrs ago? NO! will it rejuvenate the area when they get back in this year? NO! get out of your narrow minded thinking and wake up! proportional representation in politics not first past the post elections will be better but idiots still think they`ve got a democratic vote when they choose labour or tories, they are not working for anyones interests other than globalist/wef/who/un/ pharma/big tech organisations, or as i call them, CROOKS...
First time I was in Liverpool this year in march it was my dream to see game at Anfield and it became true. But what I saw in the city shocked me. Massive rubbish. I don't understand how this city can look like that having two, big worldwide clubs. (sorry for my english).
It break's my heart to see what my second home has become Liverpool has always been where i started when technically St Helen's miss how it used to be god bless my Nan in Dovecot.
Tbf the club is good around the area Liverpool foundation does some good work.
Ok they could do better I agree but comparing other clubs it’s not bad.
I loved living there back in the day
@ourwilliam2405 Me too 😢
I know an electrician that went working away in Liverpool, the first night there all his tools got robbed and his alloy wheels too, needless to say he never went back again
For all you Liverpool haters out there it's not ALL like this!! Billy show some of the wealthy parts of Liverpool as well to shut these haters up
It is about 25% run down tbf but some really lovely bits too.
I don’t want to see wealthy parts it reminds me I live in a shit hole🤣
Not sure he's showing it to try make it look worse than it already is, he's doing it to spread awareness to show what the government and councils dont and wont show because they know people would start asking them to pull their fingers out.
@@johnnyonebollock4226ha ha 😆✌️. It's what you make it mate 👍.
@@PAB86Spot on the council only care and will do something, when ppl like Billy, highlight it, the councils don't want ppl to see this, they'd rather spend all the dough on murals and flower arrangements, that last 2 seconds, terrible needs HIGHLIGHTING, great work Billy 👍, and spot on Cabbage,👍✌️.
Is that true what he says? That EFC put back into the community, but LFC don’t? Isn’t it more a council thing? Was visiting Liverpool in November, I’m from Swansea. Got to say the city centre is spotless and vibrant, but go a few miles out and it’s run down and dilapidated.
So much for having one of the biggest brands in world sport. Spend millions on players but almost nothing in the local community. So much for trickle down wealth.
Why would anyone want to live there? In Liverpool in general. I can't think of anywhere worse.
Where are you from then ?
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Don't watch it then
My son lived in Edgehill for a while whilst at uni 20 odd yrs ago it was rough then, With us being from E,mids, One weekend whilst visiting the local kids had a bonfire in Aldi carpark our son said just take no notice otherwise a brick will come thro window wow!
So many beautiful old Victorian buildings could have been revamped. Instead they were replaced with tat. Meanwhile the stadium which could be a saviour to N Lpool is still being strangled because the shady mayor was an Evertonian and too pally with Keepmoat. Shameful.
The worst part of Anfield is actually those new builds. At least the old stuff, poorly maintained as it is, has character and quality. New stuff is just ugly, completely unsuited to the area, and a testament to shady Fat Joe and his mates at Keepmoat. It wasnt redeveloped it was DE-developed.
Remember the secret millionaire in Anfield must have been 10-15 years ago and it looks the same.
Tragic that a club like Liverpool with its global brand can't put anything back into the community.
Instead of 1000 tickets both sides be better if it was 500 seats and the revenue from 500 seats put into the community chest for locals to apply for help be it personal finance or funding community projects
Is this where 28 Years Later is being filmed?
Easy to blame LFC and not the council or the locals.
Anfield used to be a nice place many years ago then Liverpool FC bought some of the houses and left them empty for years it then turned into a 💩 hole just what Liverpool FC wanted as they got the houses cheaper. If you look at anfield and county road they have been neglected for years but Liverpool FC and Everton FC have made billions and their players are well off but the people in the areas have had nothing in return. And they are the ones who suffer each match day.
It's because the people of the city have been raised to be victims. It's all the "government's or the monarchy's fault" that Liverpool looks like a mess. They should have plenty of role models, as the city itself has had great successes in music and football. But the people have stagnated.
Yes Billy.. interesting vid, when you coming to Scunthorpe 😉
Unfortunately most areas in north west towns have been left to go to ruin, I was in Blackpool the other day and it's mental how bad it is there nowadays.
Labour don't care either. The whole political class hate the people.
Seriously is this a wind-up? This area looks amazing and so empty. Where are all the flower shrines on the streets for all the stabbed dead kids as you have in London? No traffic jams & ample parking and no crowds of thousands of 3rd world people and without the constant violent attacks & shootings. This area looks sedate & where old white men like" Lee" can sit out on the street smoke and have a drink without being killed. Absolutely heaven.
06:16 That building has just sold at auction for £143,000 - can you believe that,
Sad to see..I lived in Stonehill years ago aged 15 and used and sold from there. Lower Breck used to be okay and a sense of community but that’s gone and it’s dead. Generally people who could get out did. Shame on the council for the way parts of city are look worse than during the heroin epidemic of the 80s.
Bill you know as well as I do Liverpool FC own them streets. There will be a big deal coming soon,
Lol
I lived in Anfield for donkeys years, I lived in granton road, the community was boss, they forced us out to knocked all our houses down to make the ground bigger, wouldn’t mind our street was opposite Sam dods they destroyed the community ye know, it’s never been the same, makes me sad watching this video, we kept it nice, everyone had nice houses and all the mums would sit on the front while all the kids would play, sad to see it like this
A trip down memory lane Bagnall and lower breck for me.
The council dont want the headace of trying to sort it out. They allow the places to become so run down until the numbers cant be balanced with their own investment..then can then bundle it all up in to packages and sell them off for £1 to "Regeneration Charities" part of the deal is normally the regeneration charity has to provide a local community space once its complete. They have beem doing it for years. Some of it has been positive from what I can remember. But seems not all is effective. I was working for a short time for the city council planning department. l seen it first hand.
Depressing place.
Bought up on St Domingo Vale. Moved away from the city 23 years ago when I was 20.
Still get back to see the fambo and to get to the game nown again. It’s never been the most affluent of places but fuck me it’s is bad as it’s ever been.
Love my roots but I’d never move back I’m sad to say
It looks similar to Baltimore or Philadelphia in America sounds the same as well with loads if shouting in the streets an plod sirens
Sounds about right
Used to score in anfield back in the 90s, the old school boys and girls are the best to talk to Bill, there's no many of us left mate and that's were u get all the truth, the one's now think us lot are still yella, but truth is we wer doin this, when they were still shittin yella, forgot more than these lot nowadays know, enjoy these walkabouts bill, Stanley park don't look bad though, it still needs a bit of work, but could b worse, liked thatn , hope Joe and Jud, (Terry) r good, put some water on y head Terry, this ⛅ will make it grow, ha ha, jus buzzin wi ya mate, hope you good mate, ✌️👌.
Billy I've seen bad noticed not much rubbish but a lot of run down buildings 💚🇮🇪