Not saying this is right - it's all I could find on the subject though.
Who sang you'll never walk alone first liverpool or celtic?
Liverpool Football Club
There is overwhelming evidence that Liverpool Football Club supporters were the
first to sing this song en masse. The song was famously covered by Liverpool
group 'Gerry and the Pacemakers' in 1963. At this time, supporters standing on
the Spion Kop terrace at Anfield began singing popular chart songs of the day.
The mood was precisely captured on camera by a BBC Panorama camera crew in
1964. One year later, when Liverpool met Leeds United in the F.A. Cup final, the
travelling Kop sang the same song and match commentator Kenneth
Wolstenholme commended the "Liverpool signature tune". Liverpudlians have
been singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' since 1963. Fully 44 years.
Celtic sang it on one or two occasions during the 1970s, along with several other
British clubs, specifically during crucial cup games. Then nothing worthy of note
until 1989, when they hosted Liverpool in a fundraiser for the victims of the
Hillsborough disaster. Both sets of fans sang it together as a symbol of unity and
support. Only in the years to follow - as both clubs repeatedly came together in a
series of friendly matches - did Celtic begin to sing it with any degree of
frequency, otherwise they have no legitimate claim to the song, nor is there any
credible evidence seriously linking them to it. Liverpool can adduce written
materials and video evidence.
Manchester United supporter Jane Hardwick asserted in 2004 that she, together
with friends from the New Mills Operatic Society, decided to sing the song at "one
of the games" following the Munich Air Disaster as her own personal tribute,
before spontaneously being joined "by thousands of fans" around her. This
would predate Gerry Marsden's faster-paced cover version by five years, if true.
However, as one Liverpool supporter scoffed:
"Anyone who has watched/listened to Carousel will tell you that the composition
and performance of the musical version with the popular Gerry Marsden version
sounds completely different."
Put another way, Hardwick may have been an aspiring opera singer, but it's hard
to imagine the Old Trafford faithful belting out an operatic version of 'You'll Never
Walk Alone'. Moreover, nothing is recorded on film or in print media of this most
emotional of moments. Her claim remains unsupported and, given the bitter
rivalry between clubs, deserves no serious attention.
And so in conclusion, Liverpool were the first to adopt this song and are by far the
most consistent singers. No other club comes close.
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