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

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ToffeeDan said:
Open Letter to Digital Editor, Liverpool Echo

Maria

It truly is hard to imagine a less germane, more unreasonable, and utterly subjective account relating to football than this total pile of rubbish from Dave (I'm an Evertonian) Prentice. No matter his apparent allegiance (and marital connection to the club).

Firstly - the article references the racism towards Tristan Benjamin (Notts County) and Clyde Best (West Ham) - by the way I was in the ground when he scored that goal against Everton - and not Cyrille Regis. The article was both disrespectful to Everton fans (at a time when all football grounds hosted racist chanting) and just as disrespectful to the memory of Mr Regis. I am (rightly) proud of Everton's contribution tomorrow when we host Regis' famous Albion. Whilst your Liverpool FC readership is treated to his exploits and goals in games against Liverpool - a ground no less racist than any other in the 70s and early 80s - we Evertonians are fed a diet of opprobrium

Is there no end to your paper's pandering and simpering to the Red readership that - aside from celebrating the naming of a baby YNWA in Norway (yep, you couldn't make it up) you have to open old, negative Everton based wounds to (put the) boot (in).

It's high time you took a proper look at the quality of your output - because, until you do, that hollow promise to cover Everton properly will remain just that.

Copied to Digital Editor Trinity Newspapers.
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Did you write this Dan?
 
Why would you call your sprog YNWA? How do you even pronounce it?

Of course he's Norwegian. Of course he is.
Penno said:
The Red Echo at it again. This time it's Tributes to Cyrille Regis. There are two stories running at the moment, "Why all Everton fans will pay tribute to Cyrille Regis..." and "Why Cyrille Regis will always be remembered at Anfield.."

Here is a synopsis of the Everton story:-

Everton were bad racists

Here is a synopsis of the Liverpool story:-

Cyrille Regis scored at Anfield once.

Here is a quote from the Everton story, recounting a tale from Clyde Best (not sure what he's got to do with Cyrille Regis) "It was at Goodison Park and he wrote: “Eventually the repetitive drone of monkey chants got me angry. It got so bad and I said: ‘I’m tired of this c**p.’ So I picked the ball up from halfway and I’m on a solo run."

Here is the only mention of racism in the Liverpool story "Regis was a trailblazer for black footballers during less enlightened times, having shot to prominence..."

Here are the links

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...ews/everton-fans-pay-tribute-cyrille-14172727
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...s/cyrille-regis-always-place-history-14159698

I'm not trying to sweep under the carpet the problems of racism during that era but I promise you it was not just Everton's problem in this city.

If I were cynical I'd say it was a big coincidence that this come out at the time that Holgates makes accusations.
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Liverpool had a racist playing for them. Tommy Smith. He was really disgusting about black people. I don't know if he was on a team with any black players but G-d knows how they put up with him.
 
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rylojr said:
Nicely put, sir.

If there's a response do bang it up on here.

I wouldn't hold your breath, mind....
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Pleased to report you can breath easier - I have had an immediate, initial response

(will await the considered response however)

Dear Mr Miller, I was not in the office today so have only just read the article you refer to. I will read it again, speak to David on Monday and the get back to you with a considered response. Yours, Maria
 

ToffeeDan said:
Open Letter to Digital Editor, Liverpool Echo

Maria

It truly is hard to imagine a less germane, more unreasonable, and utterly subjective account relating to football than this total pile of rubbish from Dave (I'm an Evertonian) Prentice. No matter his apparent allegiance (and marital connection to the club).

Firstly - the article references the racism towards Tristan Benjamin (Notts County) and Clyde Best (West Ham) - by the way I was in the ground when he scored that goal against Everton - and not Cyrille Regis. The article was both disrespectful to Everton fans (at a time when all football grounds hosted racist chanting) and just as disrespectful to the memory of Mr Regis. I am (rightly) proud of Everton's contribution tomorrow when we host Regis' famous Albion. Whilst your Liverpool FC readership is treated to his exploits and goals in games against Liverpool - a ground no less racist than any other in the 70s and early 80s - we Evertonians are fed a diet of opprobrium

Is there no end to your paper's pandering and simpering to the Red readership that - aside from celebrating the naming of a baby YNWA in Norway (yep, you couldn't make it up) you have to open old, negative Everton based wounds to (put the) boot (in).

It's high time you took a proper look at the quality of your output - because, until you do, that hollow promise to cover Everton properly will remain just that.

Copied to Digital Editor Trinity Newspapers.
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Nice one mate
 
royalbalou said:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/norwegian-liverpool-fan-names-daughter-14176597

You couldn't make it up
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29 year old Kent... They spelt his name wrong, pronounced very similar though. Why have they got 96 on the back of the shirt as well? Not trying to be a tit about it, but I do genuinely have the opinion that a lot of these Liverpool fans use the sad deaths at Hillsborough as a way to make them seem like they're a massive fan by referring to it.
 

goodisonopheliac said:
There are perfectly non-stupid Liverpool-related names you could give your kid. Stevie, for instance. It can be a girls' name.
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Indeed, my last dog was called Tia (which is Aunt in Spanish and in her case because she was a sable GSD and the same colour as Tia Maria). Imagine my disgust when that Norwegian Guest House owner (who lives outside The Pit) said his daughter was called Tia because it stood for this is This is A.. (better Tip - this is Pit - I thought)

toffeejack said:
29 year old Kent... They spelt his name wrong, pronounced very similar though. Why have they got 96 on the back of the shirt as well? Not trying to be a tit about it, but I do genuinely have the opinion that a lot of these Liverpool fans use the sad deaths at Hillsborough as a way to make them seem like they're a massive fan by referring to it.
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29 eh? Makes him a few months old at the time.. "I remember the war..." (as some folks in their 70s might say)

My missus said he's probably trying to get a free trip to Anfield out of it. And yes, a few years ago none of them had the 96 shirt thing.. it's now a competition.
 

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