96 Reasons

96 Reasons
By Brian Reece
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The Hillsborough Disaster…on the 15th April 1989 96 Liverpool supporters travelled to a match and never returned, never had English football witness such an horrific event unfold in front of millions of people watching on television, but it was even worse for the thousands of people at the ground who were helpless to avoid such carnage on an unimaginably terrifying scale.

This event change the lives of thousands, changed English football forever, brought a city a club and its fans together to form an unbreakable bond and started a campaign that would still remain today.

We live in a democratic society which is supposed to offer truth and justice, unfortunately this has not been extended to the brave families of the 96 Liverpool supporters who lost their lives at Hillsborough.

Is it so difficult to give them the justice they and the 96 deserve, the government should have ordered a public inquiry into the events of Hillsborough but simply lacked the bottle to do so, the South Yorkshire Police should be held accountable and Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield should be on trial for Manslaughter at the very least.

One campaign that has worked tremendously well, and is a tribute the Families of the 96 is the boycott of The Sun newspaper, it is hard to imagine the level of pain and heartache the families must of gone through reading Kelvin MacKenzie’s gutter journalism in The Sun newspaper, reports of Liverpool fans robbing and urinating on the dead is about as low as a human can get given his privileged position in life which is to report facts, It is also noted that he was told to apologise by the Press Complaints Commission publicly to the 96 family members, a full page apology was printed in The Sun, but MacKenzie’s utter contempt for the people of Liverpool and for professional journalism were clearly evident when he attended another free business lunch set up by a law firm in Newcastle, he claimed that he “didn’t mean a word of it” this sums up the disgusting excuses for a human that is Kelvin MacKenzie.

There have been many emotional memorial services and legal attempts to get justice for the families of the 96, all of which have proven unsuccessful to date but with the release of papers that where held by the then Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher justice may just be round the corner, someone has to be made accountable for this tragic event in history, we as Liverpool fans have a responsibility to support the families of the 96, we can all play our part by helping them, there is the HFSG which can be found on the LFC web site and if you have a twitter account then follow @HJC Official to show your support for justice.

Also one of the main ways you can show your support is to follow the Don’t buy The Sun campaign, here is 96 Reasons why you should not buy The Sun and support it

John Alfred Anderson (62)
Colin Mark Ashcroft (19)
James Gary Aspinall (18)
Kester Roger Marcus Ball (16)
Gerard Bernard Patrick Baron (67)
Simon Bell (17)
Barry Sidney Bennett (26)
David John Benson (22)
David William Birtle (22)
Tony Bland (22)
Paul David Brady (21)
Andrew Mark Brookes (26)
Carl Brown (18)
David Steven Brown (25)
Henry Thomas Burke (47)
Peter Andrew Burkett (24)
Paul William Carlile (19)
Raymond Thomas Chapman (50)
Gary Christopher Church (19)
Joseph Clark (29)
Paul Clark (18)
Gary Collins (22)
Stephen Paul Copoc (20)
Tracey Elizabeth Cox (23)
James Philip Delaney (19)
Christopher Barry Devonside (18)
Christopher Edwards (29)
Vincent Michael Fitzsimmons (34)
Thomas Steven Fox (21)
Jon-Paul Gilhooley (10)
Barry Glover (27)
Ian Thomas Glover (20)
Derrick George Godwin (24)
Roy Harry Hamilton (34)
Philip Hammond (14)
Eric Hankin (33)
Gary Harrison (27)
Stephen Francis Harrison (31)
Peter Andrew Harrison (15)
David Hawley (39)
James Robert Hennessy (29)
Paul Anthony Hewitson (26)
Carl Darren Hewitt (17)
Nicholas Michael Hewitt (16)
Sarah Louise Hicks (19)
Victoria Jane Hicks (15)
Gordon Rodney Horn (20)
Arthur Horrocks (41)
Thomas Howard (39)
Thomas Anthony Howard (14)
Eric George Hughes (42)
Alan Johnston (29)
Christine Anne Jones (27)
Gary Philip Jones (18)
Richard Jones (25)
Nicholas Peter Joynes (27)
Anthony Peter Kelly (29)
Michael David Kelly (38)
Carl David Lewis (18)
David William Mather (19)
Brian Christopher Mathews (38)
Francis Joseph McAllister (27)
John McBrien (18)
Marion Hazel McCabe (21)
Joseph Daniel McCarthy (21)
Peter McDonnell (21)
Alan McGlone (28)
Keith McGrath (17)
Paul Brian Murray (14)
Lee Nicol (14)
Stephen Francis O’Neill (17)
Jonathon Owens (18)
William Roy Pemberton (23)
Carl William Rimmer (21)
David George Rimmer (38)
Graham John Roberts (24)
Steven Joseph Robinson (17)
Henry Charles Rogers (17)
Colin Andrew Hugh William Sefton (23)
Inger Shah (38)
Paula Ann Smith (26)
Adam Edward Spearritt (14)
Philip John Steele (15)
David Leonard Thomas (23)
Patrik John Thompson (35)
Peter Reuben Thompson (30)
Stuart Paul William Thompson (17)
Peter Francis Tootle (21)
Christopher James Traynor (26)
Martin Kevin Traynor (16)
Kevin Tyrrell (15)
Colin Wafer (19)
Ian David Whelan (19)
Martin Kenneth Wild (29)
Kevin Daniel Williams (15)
Graham John Wright (17)