The concert will feature Nessun Dorma and You'll Never Walk Alone before the traditional patriotic climax.

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If you're struck by the apparent incongruity of these choices, consider the track DJ John Peel played after the Heysel Stadium deaths: You'll Never Walk Alone.

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United season ticket holder and journalist Paul Vallely suggests, in the ultimate show of sympathy, the club's fans could sing Liverpool's famous anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone".

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The supporters of English club Liverpool traditionally sing the anthem "You'll never walk alone" -- and from now on it can apply to at least one Italian fan.

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The coffin was carried into the church to the Liverpool anthem You'll Never Walk Alone and left to the Z Cars theme, which plays every time Everton players run on to the pitch at Goodison Park.

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Perhaps showing how bad things have been in recent times, Gerry Marsden, of Gerry and the Pacemakers, led a rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone on the pitch right before the game started to give the fans a boost.

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