LOSING DIOGO LEAVES US A VOID WE CAN NEVER FILL

Pain of Jota's passing will always be here

- JEREMY CROSS

IT REMAINS one of the most famous mantras in football.

And it will face the ultimate test of what it stands for in the coming weeks and months of the new season.

The anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone' has never felt so pertinent, given the simply horrendous circumstances all those people associated with Liverpool FC are now in.

Liverpool are no strangers to tragedy, of course.

The Hillsborough Disaster of 1989, when 97 supporters went to an FA Cup semifinal and never made it home, remains one of the most defining moments in not only sporting but this country's history.