50 Men Who Made LFC: Gerry Marsden
The lead singer of popular 1960s Merseybeat group Gerry and the Pacemakers, Marsden's third number one hit single, 'You'll Never Walk Alone', has become famous throughout the world as the undisputed anthem of Liverpool Football Club.
A lifelong Liverpool fan who was born in Toxteth, Marsden’s vocals have been heard at Anfield at almost every single home game since the song was adopted by the Kop in 1963.
When played over the Anfield tannoy system just prior to kick-off, his spine-tingling rendition of a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic is the cue for the fans on the Kop to let the team know they are with them every step of the way.
It’s a song that has come to symbolise so much down the years and at the FA Cup final in 1989 a highly emotional Marsden performed it at Wembley in honour of those supporters who had lost their lives at Hillsborough the previous month.
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