--You Will Never Walk Alone--

"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Carousel.

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In the musical, in the second act, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the female protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, has killed himself after a failed robbery. It is reprised in the final scene to encourage a graduation class of which Louise (their daughter) is a member. Billy attends this ceremony during his return to earth and inspires them with his words of encouragement to assure them of his love.

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The song is also sung at football clubs around the world, where it is performed by a massed chorus of supporters on matchday; this tradition began at Liverpool F.C in the early 1960s and later spread to several other clubs.

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YNWA

--Newcastle need to solve 'huge problems'--

Alan Shearer has insisted there must be a collective blame for Newcastle's relegation - and he has pointed the finger at himself as well as owner Mike Ashley. Shearer, who will not decide his future until later this week, is adamant the ''huge problems'' need to be sorted out.

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Alan Shearer has insisted there must be a collective blame for Newcastle's relegation from the Premier League - and he has pointed the finger at himself as well as owner Mike Ashley.

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Shearer, who will not decide his future until meeting with Ashley later this week, is adamant ''huge problems'' at the club need to be sorted out if the Magpies are to make a quickfire return to the top flight.

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A 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa courtesy of an own goal from Damien Duff put the final nail into Newcastle's coffin.

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But Shearer, brought in for the final eight games of the campaign, believes Newcastle were ''not good enough'' over the course of a 38-game campaign and deserved to be relegated after 16 years among the elite.

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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=649413&sec=england&cc=4716