15 years ago today

[echo]

For those who don't know;

At 3:06PM on April 15th 1989, a football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, played at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillborough Stadium, was called off due to overcrowding in the Leppings Lane end of the stadium. In the crush 96 people were killed.

I shaln't go into exactly what happened, google it if you're interested, but at 3:06 spare a thought for those who lost their lives, and their friends and families.



Also, you should all boycott The Sun for their appauling bullshit headlines after the disaster..

On the Tuesday following the disaster, Kelvin MacKenzie, then editor of The Sun, a British tabloid newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch, used the front page headline, THE TRUTH, in huge letters. Under that were three smaller headlines: 'Some fans picked pockets of victims'; 'Some fans urinated on the brave cops'; 'Some fans beat up PC giving kiss of life'.

The story accompanying this work of fiction claimed that 'drunken Liverpool fans viciously attacked rescue workers as they tried to revive victims' and 'police officers, firemen and ambulance crew were punched, kicked and urinated upon'. A quote, 'attributed' to an unnamed policeman, claimed that a dead girl had been abused and that Liverpool fans 'were openly urinating on us and the bodies of the dead'.............




Following the Sun's report, that newspaper was boycotted by most newsagents in Liverpool, with many refusing to stock the tabloid and large numbers of readers cancelling orders and even refusing to buy from shops which did stock the newspaper. More than a decade after the Hillsborough disaster, there are still many independent newsagents in Liverpool which do not stock The Sun.​

Those who died:

John Alfred Anderson (62)
Colin Mark Ashcroft (19)
James Gary Aspinall (18)
Kester Roger Marcus Ball (16)
Gerard Bernard Patrick Baron (67)
Simon Bell (17)
Barry Sidney Bennett (26)
David John Benson (22)
David William Birtle (22)
Tony Bland (22)
Paul David Brady (21)
Andrew Mark Brookes (26)
Carl Brown (18)
David Steven Brown (25)
Henry Thomas Burke (47)
Peter Andrew Burkett (24)
Paul William Carlile (19)
Raymond Thomas Chapman (50)
Gary Christopher Church (19)
Joseph Clark (29)
Paul Clark (18)
Gary Collins (22)
Stephen Paul Copoc (20)
Tracey Elizabeth Cox (23)
James Philip Delaney (19)
Christopher Barry Devonside (18)
Christopher Edwards (29)
Vincent Michael Fitzsimmons (34)
Thomas Steven Fox (21)
Jon-Paul Gilhooley (10)
Barry Glover (27)
Ian Thomas Glover (20)
Derrick George Godwin (24)
Roy Harry Hamilton (34)
Philip Hammond (14)
Eric Hankin (33)
Gary Harrison (27)
Stephen Francis Harrison (31)
Peter Andrew Harrison (15)
David Hawley (39)
James Robert Hennessy (29)
Paul Anthony Hewitson (26)
Carl Darren Hewitt (17)
Nicholas Michael Hewitt (16)
Sarah Louise Hicks (19)
Victoria Jane Hicks (15)
Gordon Rodney Horn (20)
Arthur Horrocks (41)
Thomas Howard (39)
Thomas Anthony Howard (14)
Eric George Hughes (42)
Alan Johnston (29)
Christine Anne Jones (27)
Gary Philip Jones (18)
Richard Jones (25)
Nicholas Peter Joynes (27)
Anthony Peter Kelly (29)
Michael David Kelly (38)
Carl David Lewis (18)
David William Mather (19)
Brian Christopher Mathews (38)
Francis Joseph McAllister (27)
John McBrien (18)
Marion Hazel McCabe (21)
Joseph Daniel McCarthy (21)
Peter McDonnell (21)
Alan McGlone (28)
Keith McGrath (17)
Paul Brian Murray (14)
Lee Nicol (14)
Stephen Francis O'Neill (17)
Jonathon Owens (18)
William Roy Pemberton (23)
Carl William Rimmer (21)
David George Rimmer (38)
Graham John Roberts (24)
Steven Joseph Robinson (17)
Henry Charles Rogers (17)
Colin Andrew Hugh William Sefton (23)
Inger Shah (38)
Paula Ann Smith (26)
Adam Edward Spearritt (14)
Philip John Steele (15)
David Leonard Thomas (23)
Patrik John Thompson (35)
Peter Reuben Thompson (30)
Stuart Paul William Thompson (17)
Peter Francis Tootle (21)
Christopher James Traynor (26)
Martin Kevin Traynor (16)
Kevin Tyrrell (15)
Colin Wafer (19)
Ian David Whelan (19)
Martin Kenneth Wild (29)
Kevin Daniel Williams (15)
Graham John Wright (17)

 

[leggy]

I never realised they were all so young. Tragic.

 

[Whipped]

I still remember watching that on telly round my next door neighbours house. Nasty state of affairs.

 

[Tom]

A real tragedy. I don't specifically remember the event, more the aftermath, but I do have clear memories of the fire at bradford's ground:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/11/newsid_2523000/2523561.stm

 

[throdgrain]

Bloke id met through work lost both his daughters in that

 

[Stimpy]

I was at the game with my uncle & cousin, I was only 9 at the time, luckly we where in the upper stand and so not part of the crush, sympathies to anyone that lost someone, this may seem light hearted but I'm glad I don't have a very good memory I don't really remember that much about it.

 

[mank!]

Truly tragic, RIP.

 

[Xtro]

I'm from Hillsborough. Family house is 2 mins away from the SWFC ground.

Yep it was tough, spare a thought for the trauma some of the cops went through too.

 

[TdC]

I remember this on the telly, even here in holland.

 

[xane]

Also, you should all boycott The Sun for their appauling bullshit headlines after the disaster..

Unfortunately I've been "boycotting" all newspapers since before Hillsborough, for general bullshit really.

I remember this happening on the news, I also remember Heysel Stadium where a similar thing happened. Tragically it was hooliganism through the 1980s that caused clubs to put up the metal fences around the pitch, and thus lead to Hillsborough, as the fans were trapped and crushed by them.

 

[Gray]

I remember watching the reconstruction of it on TV, with Ricky Tomlinson. Was a sad story. I do recall going into Liverpool sometime last year, and all the walls where plastered with the "Boycott the Sun" posters. Tha was the first i knew about the sun being against the liverpool fans.

also seen that bradford fire while on a first aid course.. that was sad too

 

[Gumbo]

The real shame was that most of the people killed were legitimate ticket holding fans, whilst the reason they were killed was the overwhelming numbers of ticketless 'fans' arriving late and attempting to force their way in.

Flame away.