You'll never walk alone

Nicely done Liverpool. Three Nil away from home to PSV Eindhoven.

The Reds played very well. Hostile, fluent and determined. Raphael Benitez justifiably proud of his Mid-Field General, Captain and Leader Steven Gerrard. My view is that whilst there are sterner tests ahead, the momentum may be with Liverpool. Semi Finals, here we come then.

The fans, of course, were ecstatic. Listening to Liverpool fans takes me right back to my adolescence and how I remember that particular chanting, so familiar of the old Kop.

Once, on a Cup Final day in 1965, I can see myself now watching Roger Hunt and Ian St John defeating Don Revie's Leeds Utd. Billy Bremner a picture of Scots hostility. The fans going bonkers and chanting "Ee aye addio we've won the cup"

See here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ee_Aye_Addio and interestingly, for roots in British folk culture here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farmer_in_the_Dell

Over the years Reds fans have adopted another tune too. Everyone knows this song, made famous in the movie Carousel. "You'll never walk alone" is one of the most powerful sports anthem of all.

Of course this is how I felt after talking to Pip on the Internet last night. A day fraught with angst and worry. A day of feeling lonely and disconnected and not really knowing what to say or do.. Overwhelming tiredness had engulfed us both. We chatted crazily into the night, cheating sleep. At once, crazy and meaningful and, at other times, mad and stupid. Always loving. Always affirming. Always trying.

The words of that distant 50's musical never had more meaning for me

JVIP