Hillsborough - The Sounds Of Sadness

[10ClarionSt]

As I've said before on here, my wife and myself went to Anfield on Monday April 17th 1989, to place some flowers in the goal mouth at the Kopp End. We were one of the first to do so. I'm a Utd fan, my wife is City, (Good combination!) but we felt we had to do this as we watched the tragedy unfold on television. I'll never forget the sounds inside the ground; the shuffling of feet on the shale track; the rustling of the cellophane holding peoples' floral tributes; the sobbing and the crying of people on the terracing. I still hear all that. As a Utd fan, I've never had the venom or bitterness towards any fans from any club. I get the rivalry. I get the banter. I get the mickey taking but I've never understood how some people can be so bad towards other fans. It's football. Thats all. The shuffling. The rustling. The sobbing. Unforgettable. But to all you Liverpool fans I say this from my wife and myself: We share your sadness and we always will. RIP The 96.

[rowanwitch]

I wish Dave(Redman41) was here to read that on his behalf thank you for posting this. It means a lot.

[Mamyalynne]

People turn grief into anger and that can be very harmful, I've never felt venom despite my Nephew being in the thick of it that day and seeing his face contorted on the front pages the day after - thankfully neither has he.

He came home, so many didn't.

[Peter Pedant]

was it the day innocence died?

if people are paid to help but dont - we now expect them to lie for 20 years about their lack of activity and use govt money to do it .....

[Arksided]

I'm a United Supporter, but never can understand the behaviour of some fans... but that was such a tragedy, I've never felt the incling to be in such a manner as to dimiss passed events.

[wolf63]

I remember my mum arriving at my house and the first thing that she said was that 6 or 7 people had died. That number of deaths seemed horrendous.

As the day unfolded the situation just got worse.

[Peter Pedant]

o god the families have been locked into this for twenty years

some self aware judge ( wow! ) said a miscarriage of justice affects three generations ....

[Peter Pedant]

thirty
sozza