The players fixed games together
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There were no Italian players in English football then, mate
After 32 years the unlawful deaths of 96 people are reduced to two words. 
British âjusticeâ never changes.
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Never forgotten
JFT 97
Weâll be having a site wide minutes silence today @3pm
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Remembering the 97. I would implore the usual suspects to conduct themselves with dignity, even if it is just for one day and to show respect.
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The Liverpool Legends v Louth Legends game at Oriel Park has changed kick off time to 3.07pm today 
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Weatherwise it was similar to today iirc. As a kid it didnât really sink in how bad it actually was. With Heysel you could see fighting or in Bradford the raging fire. The cover up has been discussed but it still boils down to not being able to open up a few gates to ease the crush. Bad enough losing loved ones but then having the government and police saying it was their own fault must be difficult to accept. Sad thing is thereâs a government in place nearly 25 years later who would behave in the exact same way.
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Thanks for sharing your memories
Was the Grand National also on that day?
It very much was a similar day weather wise. I remember playing football in my back garden like I did most Saturdays and my dad was sowing vegetables or plants. He had his old transistor radio beside him to listen to the football that Saturday.
I wasnât really listening to his radio, I would generally imagine that the distant sounds were the crowd encouraging me to do half volleys. I could see my fathers demeanour change as the afternoon wore on. Soon he was heading inside with a worried look on him, âsomething serious is after happening at the FA cup semi final a lot of Liverpool supporters have been hurtâ.
Watching the live shots of the people climbing and being pulled up to the relative safety of the seating section above and the general awful mayhem in the terrace below always stayed with me.
I know now that it was a direct consequence of years of Tatcher. The sport of the working class became a noose to her âprogressâ.
The cover up was and remains appalling.
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Leppings Lane was an accident waiting to happen. Spurs v Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1981 Cup semi was close to a disaster too. Spurs had the Leppings Lane end that day. We were just across from the Leppings Lane End in the stand and I can still recall looking in at the overcrowding there. It was terrifying just looking at it. There was a serious crush and a few hundred Spurs fans were taken out and watched the game from the side of the pitch. Thankfully no fatalities.
Leeds v Coventry in the 1987 semi final was another near disaster. Leeds fans were in the Leppings Lane end that day.
The Grand National was the previous Saturday, the 8th of April. Little Polveir won it, accompanied for most of the way by a loose horse. Liverpool beat Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 in an early game, 11:30am kick off or some such. Liverpool and Everton players always said the first fixture they looked for when the fixtures came out the previous summer was the one on Grand National day, because if you had a home fixture, youâd be done by lunchtime and out and into a taxi to Aintree before 2pm.
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Thank you all
A beautifully observed TFK moment