NFT: 25 Years Later: The Hillsborough Disaster

A lot of the casualties were kids...That was horrible

long moment of silence just now at Fulham-Norwich

thanks for the head's up.

96.

25 years to the date (April 15, which is Tuesday). Watching that is going to be really sad

an Everton shirt...both clubs in that city (Liverpool and Everton) were dramatically affected by this...Liverpool much more so, but that's a city where reds and blues always live in the same families

My careless mistake. The time was set today to match the time the Liverpool match stopped.

That photo was from a tribute Everton did in 2012 following the release of the investigation panel's report. The song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", played at that tribute and later recorded by the Justice Collective (Sir Paul McCartney and others) featured this photo on the cover and reached #1 in Britain that Christmas.

As an Everton fan it's always nice to see folks rise above their competitive differences to find common cause.

the semi-final replay and then beat Everton 3-2 in a Merseyside final at Wembley that year.

There used to be a highlight tape from the BBC (Highlights of the '80's or some such thing) that has BBC coverage and commentary from the day--and coverage of the final as well. I highly recommend it if it's been transformed to a DVD. (And you can see David Pleat's reaction to winning a relegation battle in about '83 as well. He is a commentator on today's Swansea-Chelsea match. An unforgettable voice.)

and Liverpool were the team. I remember the Hillsborough disaster well; just awful, nightmarish day. That, the Bradford City stadium fire and the Heysel stadium disaster were just dreadful incidents from the 80's that are impossible to forget. I'll never forget the day after Hillsborough, some fucking rag tabloid running front page picture of victims, blue-faced dying against barriers. Rupert murdoch owned, no doubt

refer to, but The Sun definitely received most of the hate. (might find an
old episode of "Cracker" (the Hagrid one) that tells the tale.