“YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE” AT BORUSSIA DORTMUND

Munich – When Gerry Marsden pulled “You’ll Never Walk Alone” out of his Merseybeat bag of hits in 1963, the Gerry and the Pacemakers frontman was probably looking no further than a top-ten entry in the UK charts.Little did he know the football masses at Borussia Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park would later adopt the 1960s pop classic as their own.

Born on the Mersey

It all started at Liverpool FC’s Anfield Stadium where, every weekend come rain or shine, the club’s resident DJ would get the feet stomping, scarves swaying and tonsils singing by reeling off the top ten tracks of the day, from the Beatles to Wink Martindale and everything in-between.

Originally a popular theatre piece, written by Rogers and Hammerstein for the 1945 playCarousel,“You’ll Never Walk Alone” was already a fan favourite when Marsden’s rewrite went to number one on 29 October 1963 – and it still holds a firm place in Liverpool hearts to this very day.


“YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE” AT BORUSSIA DORTMUND