Hillsborough

[Liverpel]

It's number 4 in Ireland now.

[Liverpel]

It's number 4 in Ireland now.

#3 now.

[Mostar]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XptQk--tNsQ"]Michael Ngoo pays respect to victims of Hillsborough Disaster vs Chelsea - YouTube[/ame]

[Mostar]

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

the fact he got booked is a joke.. something about that lad i've always liked, he's just added another reason to that. Nice finish to boot.

[SB]

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[timmokay]

Carol Ann Duffy is Poet Laureate – a coveted title awarded to a handful of poetry’s most celebrated and talented names. A graduate of Liverpool University, Carol Ann offered the ECHO this poem to mark the momentous events of Wednesday. We are proud to publish it today.

THE Cathedral bell, tolled, could never tell;

nor the Liver Birds, mute in their stone spell;

or the Mersey, though seagulls wailed, cursed, overhead,

in no language for the slandered dead...

not the raw, red throat of the Kop, keening,

or the cops’ words, censored of meaning;

not the clock, slow handclapping the coroner’s deadline,

or the memo to Thatcher, or the tabloid headline...

but fathers told of their daughters; the names of sons

on the lips of their mothers like prayers; lost ones

honoured for bitter years by orphan, cousin, wife -

not a matter of football, but of life.

Over this great city, light after long dark;

truth, the sweet silver song of the lark.



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That is beautiful, bought more tears, as did the accounts posted on here.

YNWA

[AnfieldForever]

YNWA currently #1 on the iTunes chart

[RichC]

brings a tear to my eye when I hear it

[dom9]

Having had time to reflect on this a bit more now, I am left feeling with a slightly sour taste with a lot of the coverage this week and people falling over themselves to categorically report and publicise The Truth.

Cameron and Milliband were right to apologise as they did. But the fact that repeatedly pointed to 'new evidence' left me feeling uncomfortable. The evidence is not new. It has always been there, and all governments have been complicit in leaving it there. Let's not forget that it was the petition which led to the evidence being reviewed. If it was not for that petition, signed by over 140,000 people, Cameron's government and any future government of Milliband's would have been just as complicit in continuing the cover up as their predecessors.

Then we come to the newspapers and wider media. Why have they stood and watched the protests for 23 years without feeling the need to dig deeper and uncover the truth? They have the resources and the contacts to do this. They chose not. Every single one of them turned a blind eye for 23 years. Now, there is a story, it is (rightly) front page news and they are competing to report the story in as positive light as possible.

[Fredo]

Well said Dom.

[Neil Young]

Having had time to reflect on this a bit more now, I am left feeling with a slightly sour taste with a lot of the coverage this week and people falling over themselves to categorically report and publicise The Truth.

Cameron and Milliband were right to apologise as they did. But the fact that repeatedly pointed to 'new evidence' left me feeling uncomfortable. The evidence is not new. It has always been there, and all governments have been complicit in leaving it there. Let's not forget that it was the petition which led to the evidence being reviewed. If it was not for that petition, signed by over 140,000 people, Cameron's government and any future government of Milliband's would have been just as complicit in continuing the cover up as their predecessors.

Then we come to the newspapers and wider media. Why have they stood and watched the protests for 23 years without feeling the need to dig deeper and uncover the truth? They have the resources and the contacts to do this. They chose not. Every single one of them turned a blind eye for 23 years. Now, there is a story, it is (rightly) front page news and they are competing to report the story in as positive light as possible.

I agree with the comments about "new evidence". The evidence isn't new but it is newly in the public domain. Conflating the two allows people and institutions responsible to deflect blame, it muddies the truth.

I know what you mean about the coverage although I don't agree. Yes, politicians and media could have done more but, with some obvious exceptions at the heart of the campaign, we could all have done more. I think it's better to focus on the real wrongdoers.

[McDermotX]

Report: Arsenal fans will sing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' at afternoon game
Last updated Sat 15 Sep 2012


Arsenal fans will sing Liverpool anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone" this afternoon during the team's fixture against Southampton, according to the @EPLStuff Twitter account.

Arsenal fans will sing "You'll Never Walk Alone" at 3:06 PM (during Arsenal-Southampton) in memory of the 96 Hillsborough victims.
From @EPLStuff on Twitter: (17 minutes ago)

[Assassin]

Thats a nice touch from the Arsenal fans

[McDermotX]

Thats a nice touch from the Arsenal fans

Well, its ITV running a story from a tweet, which is hardly re-assuring as likely to happen (although I hope its true), but I think this week has shown that there are thousands upon thousands of fans at other clubs (even our rivals) that are 100% everything that The Real Truth represents.
Arsenal fans wanting some sort of tribute, Sunderland flying flags at half-mast, Man Utd fans asking questions about whether they should be doing something for the upcoming game etc etc.....plus the litany of articles and editorials this week.

People just acting as decent people, football rivalries be damned.