Guest mkowl Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 In memory of the 96 people who went to a game of football and never made it home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latemodelchild Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Could have happened to anyone who attended matches back then. They were different times and it was a different attitude. The authorities looked on fans as lower classes and we were treated as such. A terrible tragedy that never should have happened. The 96 people who went to a football match and never returned will never be forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 They will never be forgotten and rightly so, it would be nice if the Bradford fire disaster and the Heysel Stadium disaster was at the forefront as well. For some reason, they seem to be pushed into the shadows. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianb1 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 38 minutes ago, Mycroft said: They will never be forgotten and rightly so, it would be nice if the Bradford fire disaster and the Heysel Stadium disaster was at the forefront as well. For some reason, they seem to be pushed into the shadows. This 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardo Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Terrible day for all concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Mycroft said: They will never be forgotten and rightly so, it would be nice if the Bradford fire disaster and the Heysel Stadium disaster was at the forefront as well. For some reason, they seem to be pushed into the shadows. Funny that heysell in particular never gets mentioned though isn’t it? Wonder why that is?. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Mycroft said: They will never be forgotten and rightly so, it would be nice if the Bradford fire disaster and the Heysel Stadium disaster was at the forefront as well. For some reason, they seem to be pushed into the shadows. 31 minutes ago, Plonk said: Funny that heysell in particular never gets mentioned though isn’t it? Wonder why that is?. What with today being the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, people are taking a moment to remember the 96 football fans who went to watch a game of football and never came home on this day 30 years ago. Why Bradford and Heysel need bringing up at this point, I'm really not sure. R.I.P. is pretty much all that needs to be said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robowl4life Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 RIP to the 96 terrible tragedy. However, it’s clear that it’s a very sensitive subject as it’s our club involved and seems to get overshadowed with the events what happened. And it does get people’s backs up and understandably so, without going into the various reasons. Myself included sometimes. But let’s not let this thread spiral into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Claw Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 33 minutes ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: Why Bradford and Heysel need bringing up at this point, I'm really not sure. R.I.P. is pretty much all that needs to be said. they did too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Just now, The Claw said: they did too Who did what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birley Owl 1867 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Heysel is remembered and marked every year. As is valley parade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Let's not turn this into some weird Liverpool bashing thread. At the end of the day, 96 people lost their lives. That's the important bit, not petty point scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GY-owl.4 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Bradford and heysal have their own respective anniversaries. If folk want to talk about them more feel free, start a Fred about them, especially on their anniversaries. . But today is 15 April. Show some respect. Today is all about Hillsborough. And the impact it has on different folk. Obviously to some folk it won't be one of their favourite stadiums. That's understandable. But as swfc supporters we should never have any shame about our awesome ground. to me, hillsborough, regardless of its history due to incompetence, is a brilliant football stadium. It was back in the day and it is now. And with our new manager we are just 1 promotion away from it getting another upgrade. An upgrade to drag it into modern day to stand alongside other iconic English stadiums, as it deserves to. Stand proud of ur club. And it's stadium. I do and there is nowt wrong with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WatfordOwl Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I remember sitting up in the attic room at our house at the time and hearing the ambulance sirens screaming across the city. R.I.P to all that lost their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jack Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 It could have been any football fan. One of the lowest days as a football fan. A tragedy that should have been avoided. Never forgotten and the pain to the families must still hurt massively. R.I.P. 96. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 6 hours ago, SiJ said: Let's not turn this into some weird Liverpool bashing thread. At the end of the day, 96 people lost their lives. That's the important bit, not petty point scoring. Totally agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecap Owl Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I was at the ground on this date 10 years ago... can't believe another 10 years has gone by... Like others have said - you go to a football match to have fun... regardless of who you support we are all family... I feel sad for the fans of Liverpool - we have all lost 97 members of our football family - putting fans in cages was barbaric - we didn't learn that soon enough unfortunately - You'll Never Walk Alone RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshallovercome Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 The images of people getting crushed that day will live with me forever, such a terrible tragedy. Still can't get my head around why quick release gates weren't fitted as mandatory......anyways... RIP the 96. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaOwl Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 The bitter twist of irony and fate. For those of you that yearned for this grisly anniversary to be erased from the record books, from this year forward April 15th will always be synonymous with another global event. RIP 96! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mkowl Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Peter Beardsley at both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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