06 Jun 2026 21:27:49.
Having a little peruse through the old interweb tonight and came across a discussion about the song You'll Never Walk Alone. Obviously sung by our Scouse friends on a weekly basis. Celtic and Dortmund have also adopted it.

The article went on to suggest that the song was sung at Old Trafford in 1958 after Munich.

Which would have been before Gerry and his Pacemakers covered it.

It's all anecdotal and hard to verify. I never heard this before, any merit to it?

{Ed001's Note - it is 100% true. It is believed to be the first time the song was sung within a football ground.}

1.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 00:45:27
Cheers ed, I did think if anyone would know it would be you.

doesn't negate the fact that it's Liverpool's anthem. Just thought it was a decent bit of trivia if true.

Funnily enough, I text a couple of mates who are Liverpool fans and they quite upset by it, said it was a load of old pony.

2.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 07:32:28
I read a long time ago that it was something sung at Old Trafford before Liverpool took it on. It is now symbolic at Anfield and Celtic. I don't believe United hated it as much in the 70s as they do now, but when it was rammed down our throats by the press as wonderful and fantastic, sending fear through the opponents, when Liverpool had their very successful period in the 70s and 80s, it started to really rankle us, particularly around the end of the 80s. It was a popular wedding song at the time.

That's how I saw it anyway.

I said on here many years ago, when writing a piece about how to get the crowd going pre-game, that we needed a good song that got everyone going. 2, 4, 6, 8 United are great went back to the 70s, I think. Tom Robinson Band, or something like that. What's funny is that I was in Liverpool at a club a couple of months ago and they played the Country Roads song and everyone sang along. My wife told me do not dare sing the United words!

3.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 20:17:42
Pretty sure Gerry (Marsden) did more than 'cover' it - he wrote it!!

{Ed001's Note - no he didn't. It was from the musical Carousel, written by Gilbert and Sullivan I think.}

4.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 04:54:34
Correct Ed! I remember my musical loving, Man United supporting grandfather often shouting at the TV when they mentioned that it was adopted by the Liverpool fans after Gerry wrote it!

{Ed001's Note - no need to be offensive! If I have to edit that out again, in reference to any fanbase, it will mean a ban. Especially disrespectful to address me that way on my site.}

5.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 09:37:38
Fair enough. I take the rollicking on the chin.

6.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 10:19:00
Still don't like Liverpool but!

{Ed001's Note - that's fine, I wouldn't expect you to.}

7.) 08 Jun 2026
08 Jun 2026 11:42:11
Hi Ed001, great site and great insight from you and all the ed's.

Just a quick heads up, it was written by Rodgers and Hammerstein, the musical certainly was Carousel, featured on Broadway 1945, quite a few years before Gerry Marsden covered it in 1963.

{Ed001's Note - yes, you are correct, sorry, musicals is not my area of expertise at all. In fact I really don't like them, but I should have remembered the writers. So many times it has come up as a quiz question, I can't believe I forgot. Can I blame old age?}