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40,000 fans and I know the truth

I don't think the SYP deliberately allowed fans to die but they didn't do enough to help them live. They had assumed the fans were at fault and were incapable of realising the gravity of the situation. And I'd guess that was in no part due to institutional contempt of football fans and in particular, Liverpool fans (this was only 4 years after Heysel). Football fans were treated as drunk hooligans, including children. If you know anything about Liverpool you will know that families are split down the middle between supporting Everton and Liverpool FC - blue and red coexist pretty harmoniously. However, in 1992 a friend said that she thought that Hillsborough would not have happened if Everton had been playing Notts Forest that afternoon. Same city, same families, different colour. What would have been different? But it's an opinion that goes some way to explaining how you could cover this up. By the way LJ Stuart-Smith, the reason why so many fans were late was that there were hold-ups on the roads. If a cover up on this scale can go on with 40,000 witnesses, it makes you really wonder what can go on with individuals.

21-Sep-2012

1:21 pm