SJM - Minutes silence vs Liverpool

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

AK, Yes they were trying to buy those tickets but they were going to get in with or without them, this was a big part of the problem. People should not have died at a foofball match but to say that liverpool fans were inocent of any blame is wrong.

It was an end with known problems. There had been similar incidents there in two semis in the previous decade or so. Nobody had died though, so nobody saw it as a problem that needed sorting out.

Also it is a fact (they've counted the numbers in the end) that the end itself was not overfilled. Therefore the idea that the crush was caused because there were hundreds/thousands of ticketless Liverpool fans in the end is just completely false.


The actions of Liverpool fans in Istanbul though have been hugely damaging, and a probably a big part in the "no smoke without fire" mentality a lot of fans display these days with regards to what happened at Hillsborough.

[Schards#2]

AK, Yes they were trying to buy those tickets but they were going to get in with or without them, this was a big part of the problem. People should not have died at a foofball match but to say that liverpool fans were inocent of any blame is wrong.

It was an end with known problems. There had been similar incidents there in two semis in the previous decade or so. Nobody had died though, so nobody saw it as a problem that needed sorting out.

Also it is a fact (they've counted the numbers in the end) that the end itself was not overfilled. Therefore the idea that the crush was caused because there were hundreds/thousands of ticketless Liverpool fans in the end is just completely false.

The actions of Liverpool fans in Istanbul though have been hugely damaging, and a probably a big part in the "no smoke without fire" mentality a lot of fans display these days with regards to what happened at Hillsborough.

I think that is pretty much settled opinion now.

But the scousers contention that no fans turned up drunk/late/ticketless (regardless of the fact that this was not the cause of the tragedy) is riseable.

[floyd__streete]

We paused for a moment to respect the passing of 96 people in tragic circumstances. Would it not have been appropriate for Liverpool fans to keep their deep joy at the passing of another human being - albeit in entirely more peaceful circumstances - to themselves and not revel in it? You stay classy, Liverpool fans.

[melonhead]

that was fine, and predictable.

what isnt fine is the re enactment of the hillsborough crush during the conga down to the front
brainless

[P!ssed Off]

that was fine, and predictable.

what isnt fine is the re enactment of the hillsborough crush during the conga down to the front
brainless

I've set up a an Independent Panel to investigate what occurred in the away end of Madejski Stadium on 13th April 2013.
Initial findings categorically prove that the order to 'do the conga' was given by none other than...

surprise, surprise,
South Yorkshire Police

[soggy biscuit]

AK, Yes they were trying to buy those tickets but they were going to get in with or without them, this was a big part of the problem. People should not have died at a foofball match but to say that liverpool fans were inocent of any blame is wrong.

It was an end with known problems. There had been similar incidents there in two semis in the previous decade or so. Nobody had died though, so nobody saw it as a problem that needed sorting out.

Also it is a fact (they've counted the numbers in the end) that the end itself was not overfilled. Therefore the idea that the crush was caused because there were hundreds/thousands of ticketless Liverpool fans in the end is just completely false..

That can't be right going by the amount of scousers that say they were in the Leppings lane end there must have been tens of thousands. A bit like how the entire population of Berkshire was on the Southbank to see Friday score against Tranmere from fully 200 yards

[St. Brynjar]

AK, Yes they were trying to buy those tickets but they were going to get in with or without them, this was a big part of the problem. People should not have died at a foofball match but to say that liverpool fans were inocent of any blame is wrong.

It was an end with known problems. There had been similar incidents there in two semis in the previous decade or so. Nobody had died though, so nobody saw it as a problem that needed sorting out.

Also it is a fact (they've counted the numbers in the end) that the end itself was not overfilled. Therefore the idea that the crush was caused because there were hundreds/thousands of ticketless Liverpool fans in the end is just completely false..

That can't be right going by the amount of scousers that say they were in the Leppings lane end there must have been tens of thousands. A bit like how the entire population of Berkshire was on the Southbank to see Friday score against Tranmere from fully 200 yards

I remember being there on the terraces, only a few years before I was born. What a day!

[soggy biscuit]

Look forward to the day I am an old pensioner tucked up under a blanket telling my newly born great grandchild about the day they were definitely on the Southbank to see Friday score against Tranmere

[No Fixed Abode]

In hindsight, when Shankley said "Football isn't a matter of life and death, it's more important than that" - makes that phrase look very silly now.

[Wimb]

From TTE's twitter feed.

Liverpool fans showing utterly no class today. Anti Thatcher songs and banners, flares going off, other general explosions. Stay classy....

Here's a selection of replies...

8thAPRIL13DEAD ‏@ched78 13 Apr
“@TheTilehurstEnd: Liverpool fans showing utterly no class today. Anti Thatcher songs and banners, flares . Stay classy...”

HAHA TORY C**T

*****
Michael ‏@MichaelPaul_91 13 Apr
@TheTilehurstEnd and your fans observing a minutes silence and then chanting 'always the victim'. you still want to talk about class?
*****

@TheTilehurstEnd @Shaun_Payne_7 At least lfc generate an atmosphere, you're the wettest most sanitised crowd ever can't wait for relegation
*****

neil hughes ‏@YozNeil 13 Apr
@thetilehurstend @jaymckenna87 we had shit lashed at us for 24 years,city got shafted since she got in,why should we respect the sl*t

*****
SHES oxf*rd DEAD!!! ‏@oxf*rd 14 Apr
@TheTilehurstEnd here lid, call Pete price about it. No-ones arsed ya southern tit. MAGGIE MAGGIE MAGGIE

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Andy Logan ‏@Logie_Baird
@TheTilehurstEnd Thought it was dead classy when you sang 'always the victims' after a minutes' silence for 96 of our victims. Glass houses.

*****
Jay Handley ‏@Jamijo71 13 Apr
If @jeff4066 & @TheTilehurstEnd are anything to go by, then all #Reading fans are Tory loving, Thatcher mourning gobshites.
*****
JUSTICE ‏@PlugInMartin 13 Apr
Every single Liverpool fan there is mocking Thatcher. And it's oxf*rd boss. @jeff4066 @TheTilehurstEnd
*****

TBF we there were a few more measured replies but still...

[melonhead]

wasnt thictim songs after them being tits for an hour, not right after the minutes silence?

[Colin Cheeselog]

wasnt thictim songs after them being tits for an hour, not right after the minutes silence?

The truth is laregly irrelevant to Liverpool fans.

[Tommy Youlden's Ears]

wasnt thictim songs after them being tits for an hour, not right after the minutes silence?

Indeed.

[No Fixed Abode]

Liverpool fans in being very touchy and amending the facts to suit them shocker.

[Royal Lady]

Some RFC fans retorted with the "always the victims " song AFTER they were singing about Thatcher. #stillclassyLFC