Hillsborough
by Steve
25 years on from such an awful tragedy and it still feels impossible to fully comprehend or articulate anything about the event. 96 people going to a football match and not returning is terrible enough. That they were failed by those who should have kept them safe, is worse. That the day would be followed by lies and cover-ups from those in authority is unbearable. I guess all we can hope now is that the families, friends and loved ones of those who died, along with those who survived that day, will finally see some sort of justice from the current independent inquest. And that hopefully that will bring them at least some degree of peace.
We must never forget.
If you want to read more about this, and you should, then please take a look at Steven‘s posts on the subject, here and here.
Wait until next year 
Effective, economic and poignant words here, Steve. Thank you for the links.
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Thank you. I was having real trouble trying to come up with something that had the right balance between fact and feeling. Then I read your pieces and thought I’d be better off linking to them, you got it spot on.
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As a statesider, I was not familiar with this story. One of the cable networks put together a really good documentary about it and I watched last night. Apparently, the show can’t air in the UK due to the legal proceedings. I doubt it tells you anything you don’t know, but my goodness. What a tragic story. The situation at the game looked horrible, and the subsequent cover-up looked like it just rubbed salt in the wound.
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A really tragic story. It is just one example in the UK of how ordinary people have been failed because of instutionalised corruption and incompetence – police, press and politicians all happy to work together to protect their own interests. It is shocking that it has taken 25 years for the cover-ups and smears to be properly addressed.
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A really good post. I remember being at the front of the Leppings Lane end of Hillsborough with my team a few seasons ago, while now seated, we were, of course all standing – away fans always do. But even though our future as a club was hanging on a thread, and defeat would probably lead to oblivion, my thoughts as I stood there before the game kept returning the 96 Liverpool who had died where I was standing.
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Thank you. I’ve never been, but I can well imagine that it is an odd feeling standing in the Leppings Lane end. Thanks for stopping by!
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