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Archive for the ‘Hillsborough’ CategoryTuesday May 21Posted by: Antoine Zammit No Comments »
VIDEO : Hillsborough BBC Panorama DocumentaryFor those who couldn’t watch the BBC documentary tonight here is a recorded copy. Thanks to Mostar for recording this.
Tuesday May 14Posted by: Guest Writer No Comments »
Hillsborough 1989 – A Wider View (part one)This is the first of a series of blog entries named :
Hillsborough – A Wider View
In this first entry, we look at the wider scope of the fallout from the events at Hillsborough in very brief terms.
More detail and a look at individual errors will follow in future entries.
HILLSBOROUGH - what an evocative word, or is it?
If you’re a citizen of Britain or indeed a football fan, we would strongly suggest that it should be. Why?
On Saturday 15th April 1989, the worst ever British sporting disaster occurred, & many have taken to pen and paper, recording their thoughts, but here we ask:“What should that simple phrase, Hillsborough, April 1989, mean to a British citizen?”In short, it should bear witness to a tragic injustice of our ‘green & pleasant land’, to wear the scars of British hypocrisy & never be hidden away.
Because that dark scheme leaves a stain that seeps into many prongs of our Society, from young to old, from poor to rich, & from those of privilege to those who scrap for everything they have in life.All are touched by the events of Hillsborough, but especially by their aftermath; whether in ignorance or the criminally tragic truth.
Abundant are the names of those hypocrites, many living today & those now dead, but it is in what they did & yet what they claimed to represent, that we should never forget.
Policemen, doctors, nurses, politicians, teachers, parents, football supporters, journalists, tradesmen & executives of many sorts, have all been very powerfully touched by those 96 innocent deaths.An extraordinary account of events is for an eternity inscribed, in the Hillsborough Independent Panel’s Report.The 395-page chronicle of responsibility is not easy for any honourable person to contemplate, nor should it be; if we are to honestly remember, respect and provide justice for those who died and those who survived but are forever physically and/or emotionally scarred.
The Panel’s Report was published on Wednesday, 12th September 2012 (Wednesday’s child is full of woe), & in our view permanently changed our relationship with the British “Establishment”, because institutions now undeniably have blood on their hands, as well as those forever tarnished for publishing lies.It is an horrendous fact that if we wrote this to point the finger of blame, we would only currently fail to do so, because who exactly takes responsibility for the deaths of The 96 cannot be identified right now; precisely the reason why we have a number of investigations proceeding, & of course the crucial High Court judgement exposing very serious corruption at the heart of this nation’s judicature.
Which is why this is so much more than a sporting disaster. It should be remembered for a very long time in our history, reminding us of what takes place when a ‘modern’ democracy seeks to quell, yes, even crush its citizens’ voice.It has been established that Policemen lied & their Force(s) colluded, that the English FA denied people their human rights for monetary profit, that people in various organisations failed to ensure grounds being used were basically safe, that coroners & medics essentially lied to hide accountability, that judges conspired to subdue the truth, & politicians connived to hinder innocent victims. 
Consider now more closely, which ‘professions’ made such mendacious schemes, to trample & silence the voices of dignified memorial:
First we have to understand that such lying smears only compounded Police force failure & Ambulance service incompetence, which are now established facts.It began with an MP & Policemen’s lies, probably within minutes of the tragedy’s first victim, & once the tangled web of lies and deceit began, many would implicate themselves in its deceit and by doing so also tarnish the reputations of many innocent people and indeed a whole city.To make matters worse, journalists & press agencies bought into the lies, many without question. This only served to spread the lies not just to those alive at the time but to a whole generation who followed.Indeed, one utterly discredited agency clung to its bigoted insults, which to this day is hated.
What followed these initial lies only makes for very uncomfortable cognition, that senior Police officers could lie to protect those they saw as their own, that well respected UK coroners (themselves responsible for very serious tasks) could take part in deception, which would only brutalise & smear innocent people, denying them true justice.These are the very people we as citizens put our trust in to protect us. To uphold the law, & to ensure that there is justice when there is wrongdoing.On Hillsborough, they failed.To date not a single person has been held accountable for the deaths of 96 innocent people at Hillsborough. That is not merely unjust – it is a national disgrace.What about the football authorities though ? This happened prior to the Premier League and it happened in an English FA organised competition – their prestigious cup tournament : The FA Cup.
So where have the English FA been in all of this? This potentially corrupted Body have said absolutely nothing of note, since the HIP published that damning Report, except a half-hearted apology that doesn’t even come close to recognizing the terrible, double injustice done, nor in any way attempt to lift the very heavy burden carried by the victims’ families, & to many more who survived Hillsborough. It is this glaring abuse by a Governing Body which proves that it isn’t fit for purpose. Indeed as in many organisations instead of the guilty being shipped out, sacked and/or prosecuted many have been promoted or are still in other positions of influence within either the English game or abroad. Hillsborough is a massive stain on not just Football but also the English Justice System, Democracy and indeed on basic human decency. Justice is coming. But it is over 24 years too late for some.  JFT96
Monday Apr 15Posted by: Antoine Zammit 1 Comment »
Bill Kenwright’s Speech at Hillsborough Memorial [video]For those who missed it or those who want to watch it again, here is the brilliant speech by Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright at this year’s Hillsborough Memorial.
Monday Apr 15Posted by: Antoine Zammit Comments Off
Never shall we forget The Hillsborough memorial at Anfield April 15th is a day when talking about football is irrelevant. We remember the 96 who went to a game and never returned. RIP John Alfred Anderson (62)
Friday Apr 12Posted by: Antoine Zammit Comments Off
Broken Winged Angel – New Hillsborough single – Now on iTunes Hillsborough Memorial The single written by young Millie Courtney is now available on iTunes, all proceeds go to the Hillsborough Charities. Please download from https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/broken-winged-angels-single/id634971592
Monday Apr 8Posted by: Antoine Zammit Comments Off
Romanian LFC Supporter walks for the 96I received the following from the 23 Foundation.  Emil Neacșu Dear all, we are working with Emil (details below) who is walking from Sheffield to Liverpool from the 10th of April to the 15th of April 2013 in aid of the Hillsborough victims. Emil has come all the way from Romania to do this which is a fantastic gesture from a Liverpool fan of 44 years. Please can you help us to spread the word so that we can raise as much as possible in aid of the 96. Hello, my name is Emanuel (Emil for friends) Neacșu and I am a Liverpool fan. I am 44 years old and I discovered the most beautiful football team in 1976. I the recent years, thanks to internet and facebook, I discovered that I can be part of the big family called Liverpool. I am an official fan and I contribute as much as I can to the club. But I think also at the tragedy that occurred in April 1989. I found out days later about the Hillsborough disaster – I was living in communist Romania and the access to international news was limited. Year after year I kept in mind the tragedy and I met people who spoke about that. I discovered that 3 of the victims were my age, 21. In 2011 I managed to organise a church prayer at the Anglican Church in Bucharest in the memory of the 96, with the help of some friends. Last year I did a 96 km walk in Romania, also for the victims of Hillsborough. This year I will come in Liverpool for WHU match and after that I will try to make a 96 miles walk between Sheffield and Liverpool. On 15th of April I will be back on Anfield for the Hillsborough victims ceremony. I am working with the 23 Foundation charity and hope that you can sponsor me, or simply make a donation to the charity in aid of the Hillsborough victims. To donate, please contact mike@jamiecarragher.org
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