<P> According to former player Tommy Smith , lead vocalist Gerry Marsden presented Liverpool manager Bill Shankly with a recording of his forthcoming cover single during a pre-season coach trip in the summer of 1963 . `` Shanks was in awe of what he heard ... Football writers from the local newspapers were travelling with our party and , thirsty for a story of any kind between games , filed copy back to their editors to the effect that we had adopted Gerry Marsden 's forthcoming single as the club song . '' The squad was subsequently invited to perform the track with the band on The Ed Sullivan Show with Marsden stating , `` Bill came up to me . He said , ' Gerry my son , I have given you a football team and you have given us a song ' . '' </P>
<P> According to former player Tommy Smith , lead vocalist Gerry Marsden presented Liverpool manager Bill Shankly with a recording of his forthcoming cover single during a pre-season coach trip in the summer of 1963 . `` Shanks was in awe of what he heard ... Football writers from the local newspapers were travelling with our party and , thirsty for a story of any kind between games , filed copy back to their editors to the effect that we had adopted Gerry Marsden 's forthcoming single as the club song . '' The squad was subsequently invited to perform the track with the band on The Ed Sullivan Show with Marsden stating , `` Bill came up to me . He said , ' Gerry my son , I have given you a football team and you have given us a song ' . '' </P>
when did liverpool adopt you 'll never walk alone
when did liverpool adopt you 'll never walk alone
1963
1963