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But despite the song originally being about Salford, it was a Merseyside club that MacGowan was head over heels for. <\/p>\n<p><b> READ MORE: Man City set to discover fate over 115 charges after Pep Guardiola&apos;s contract expires <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> READ MORE: Joey Barton slammed for classing brother&apos;s racist murder of Anthony Walker as &apos;a scrap&apos; <\/b><\/p>\n<p>MacGowan was once asked when he visited Liverpool what his favourite thing about the place was, before comically replying: \u201cEverton\u201d. The singer was then asked what his favourite memory of Liverpool was, replying with an even better answer: \u201cMichael Thomas, Anfield, 1989.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas\u2019 moment came for Arsenal as he scored the Gunners\u2019 second goal in a 2-0 win at Anfield on the final day of the 1988\/89 season \u2013 seeing Arsenal crowned First Division champions at the expense of Liverpool, who were pipped to the title on goals scored following Thomas\u2019 goal in the final seconds of the game which ended the North London clubs\u2019 18 year wait for a title.<\/p>\n<p><b> <i>What\u2019s your favourite Shane MacGowan memory? Let us know in the comments section.<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31566080.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Michael-Thomas-of-Arsenal-and-Bruce-Grobbelaar-of-Liverpool.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31260958.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Screenshot-2023-08-10-at-145758JPG.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>As celebrated of a moment as it was for Arsenal fans, the goal and Thomas also are also fondly remembered by Everton who saw their arch-rivals lose out of the league title in the final seconds of the season against the team who would beat them to it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article23217706.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_SDC_MDG_-Fairytale-of-New-York_11764JPG.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>While etched into history for his goal for Arsenal on that day, just two years later Thomas signed for Liverpool for \u00a31.5million, he played 163 times and won the FA Cup and League Cup during a seven year stay at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/shane-macgowan-everton-liverpool-pogues-31566205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan was a huge Everton fan and made his colours known as he once took<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Pogues&#039; 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