Perhaps thatвЂ™s the songвЂ™s ultimate magic вЂ“ that it transcends its status as arguably the most famous terrace anthem in the world and offers solace and solidarity to anyone faced with adversity. But it shows everything, these people not only work but they have such a good spirit.вЂќ вЂњI was sent a video of people in the hospital just outside the intensive care area and when they started singing YouвЂ™ll Never Walk Alone I started crying immediately,вЂќ he said. In 2009, to mark 20 years since the tragedy, Marsden himself led an emotional version of the song at Anfield during the memorial concert.Д«ack in March 2020, shortly after the pandemic forced the UK into lockdown, Klopp spoke about hearing NHS workers on the frontline singing the song while on duty.

This is a city that refused to back down in the face of establishment cover-ups and calls to вЂњmove onвЂќ. After the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, when 96 football fans lost their lives, the songвЂ™s lyrics offered comfort, but also determination вЂ“ вЂњwalk on through the wind,вЂќ it urges, вЂњwalk on through the rain вЂ¦ and youвЂ™ll never walk aloneвЂќ. You can easily argue that YouвЂ™ll Never Walk Alone is what provides the link from Shankly to Dalglish to BenГtez to Klopp, a kind of musical bootroom outlining the Liverpool way: that a teamвЂ™s success, no matter how swashbuckling the style, is not simply a result of signing outstanding talent, but rather fostering a harmonious spirit of togetherness that runs through the club, from the players and manager through the kit room, canteen staff, fans and wider community.Д«ut it has a deeper meaning, too. The song has attained mythical status: when Liverpool found themselves 3-0 down at half time against AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final вЂ“ as close to a lost cause as a football match gets вЂ“ the fans serenaded IstanbulвЂ™s AtatГјrk Olympic Stadium with an especially stirring version. During away matches, itвЂ™s brought out to drag the team over the line when victory is within touching distance. No wonder other teams have adopted it, including Celtic, Feyenoord and вЂ“ funnily enough вЂ“ KloppвЂ™s two former German clubs Borussia Dortmund and Mainz.

To hear it in the ground is to witness a 12th man warming up on the touchlines: spine-tingling for the home side, a wave of intimidation for the opposition.

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