Paul McCartney at Liverpool Sound (100)
He added: “You’d think we’d be rabid fans but we weren’t. I think we had been those kind of guys who didn’t really like sport at school. And, when we were in the band, we were on tour all the time so we never became mad sports fans. We were sports wimps and proud of it.”
It didn’t prevent them from choosing ex-Liverpool centre forward Albert Stubbins as one of the figures used on the legendary Sgt Pepper album cover. The idea was for the band to choose their heroes to stand around them “but this being the Beatles this was only taken half seriously,” said Sir Paul.
“I think John eventually came up with Albert Stubbins. I know Dixie Dean was also mentioned.We really didn’t know much about them.”
Despite his Everton allegiance, though, Sir Paul’s visit to Anfield for the historic Liverpool Sound concert last month was a life highlight.
“When we got to Anfield, it was like ‘Wow, this is the hallowed ground’ – one of the hallowed grounds, anyway.”
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