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Football chants

Every fanbase thinks their chants are the best, but they all have the same (surprising) origins. Some are based on hymns, such as “Cwm Rhondda” spawning “You’re not singing anymore.” Others are based on classical music, like Elgar’s “Land of hope and glory.” But my favourite example of stolen creativity: “You’ll never walk alone” comes from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel, and is now used by Liverpool, Celtic and Borussia Dortmund.

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