ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

[Khalekan]

On May 29 1985, 39 football fans died when a wall collapsed at the Heysel stadium in Belgium. What should have been one of the greatest nights in the club's history turned into a nightmare.

Instead of leaving Brussels having seen our team lift a fifth European Cup, Liverpool supporters travelled back to England having witnessed the deaths of 38 Italians and one Belgian.

Liverpool had objected to the choice of ground to stage the final well before the friendly banter outside the stadium began to turn nasty inside. Aside from the fact that the stadium appeared to be crumbling, Liverpool's main concern was that there was to be a neutral section of the ground set aside for football fans from Belgium. The club argued that only Liverpool and Juventus should be allocated tickets. Setting aside a neutral area would only lead to both sets of fans being able to buy tickets off Belgium touts thus creating a dangerous mixed area. As history has since proved, this neutral area was soon filled with Italian supporters.

As tempers became frayed inside the ground about an hour before kick off, both sets of fans baited each other through a segregating fence made from chicken wire. After a sustained period of missiles being thrown by both sets of supporters, some Liverpool fans charged at their Italian counterparts and, as chaos took over, Juventus fans fled only for a wall blocking their escape to collapse on top of them. Thirty-nine football supporters died where they fell.

I know we were talking about the obscene 9/11 photo-op, but I need time to digest this article.

Not only did the "wall collapse", but Liverpool supporters "witnessed" the deaths of 38 Italians and a Belgian. How terrible for them on what should have been "one of the greatest nights in the club's history". The whole third paragraph reads like a disclaimer. Once the author of the article establishes that, you know, both sets of fans were at it, the "Liverpool fans charged at their Italian counterparts (you know, the ones who were at it aswell)and, as chaos took over, Juventus fans fled only for a wall blocking their escape to collapse on top of them."

Of course, it was the chaos that did it. The mental backflips this article performed to dodge even the least shred of culpability is astounding.

You notice in the two references to people dying they say "football fans" died....they don't say Juventus fans died.

Ergo it might have been any fan in the stadium that died.

Another ham fisted attempt at subtle transference which fails miserably outside the world of their cult followers.

 

[bluestevon]

Wonder if their gonna go and lay a wreath right on the spot that gerrard slipped on his arse before the season starts, that was a disaster of the funniest kind

 

[larrygobfiend]

Kin state of Brendan's grid. He's deffo gone to the same dentist/cosmetic surgeon as Rylan Clarke. He must really think he's something to be tarting himself up like that at his age.

 

[Boxcar Ira]

Unusual to see Dalglish in the company of two special agents; he's usually in the company of gangsters.

I always imagine him being flanked by two carers as he shambles down the road in his slippers and dressing gown, mumbling incoherently to himself

 

[Jacob]

there's only one there not smiling.

why do they feel the need to parade their shirts at every opportunity?

how is having a liverpool shirt going to help the firefighters, are there any "selfless deeds" LFC conduct where they don't have a whole host of press waiting there snapping pics left, right and centre. everything is a PR stunt with them.

Hes one of the NYFD firefighters.

 

[Ihaters]

The only thing that makes it wrong is the 2014 tour bit.
Just a Liverpool show of respect would be well received, and the thought is actually a nice one, but slap the words 2014 tour on it and its like the start of a grim tour of disaster areas. That's the Boston bombings done, where next on the tour? Ground Zero, Nagasaki, Thailand, Stoke?

Hahaha ffs I was only joking, it wasn't actually advice.

 

[Jacob]

John Smith was the one who started the 'it was the NF and Chelsea' excuses off after Heysel.

Id forgotten that. In retrospect maybe he started the LFC damage limitation/smokescreen machine then...the precursor of the "if we don't talk about it, it didn't happen" of now.

 

[davek]

Trying to gain a foothold in a foreign market. What sort of creepy macabre mind comes up with the strategy of laying wreaths at sites of terror attacks?

Of course the strategy is to use Hillsborough: 'look, we suffered loss and we can relate to you. You can relate to us too and maybe even support us and buy our merchandise crap and maybe in time subscribe to our tv channel for televised games'.

It's totally outrageous.

 

[Jacko93]

Trying to gain a foothold in a foreign market. What sort of creepy macabre mind comes up with the strategy of laying wreaths at sites of terror attacks?

Of course the strategy is to use Hillsborough: 'look, we suffered loss and we can relate to you. You can relate to us too and maybe even support us and buy our merchandise crap and maybe in time subscribe to our tv channel for televised games. YNWA'.

It's totally outrageous.

You forgot the YNWA at the end................

 

[davek]

You forgot the YNWA at the end................

YNWA is now almost interchangeable with RIP.

 

[Jacko93]

YNWA is now almost interchangeable with RIP.

YNRIP?

 

[Prevenger17]

The only thing that makes it wrong is the 2014 tour bit.
Just a Liverpool show of respect would be well received, and the thought is actually a nice one, but slap the words 2014 tour on it and its like the start of a grim tour of disaster areas. That's the Boston bombings done, where next on the tour? Ground Zero, Nagasaki, Thailand, Stoke?

 

[Pat's Van]

hahahah

 

[peteblue]

Hes one of the NYFD firefighters.

He's the only one who is not trying to sell a shirt........

 

[roydo]

100th anniversary of WW1 starting on Monday.

They going to love that one.