By: dave brockington
IIRC, there was a minor crush in the Leppings Lane end in 1998 as well. Nobody was seriously hurt, but the warning signs were there.
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What a prick Kelvin MacKenzie is. Really, what a waste of oxygen, a Thatcher toesucker and proven liar. But note that when he drives a company into the ground, he gets another high paying job straight...
View ArticleBy: sam240
In England, a “Kop” refers to a section of the stands that houses a team’s most vocal supporters or fans. It can also refer to the supporters who sit or stand in that section.
View ArticleBy: DivGuy
I think another important piece of context for the cover-up is the class and regional politics of England in the late 80s. Liverpool was the last real hold-out against Thatcher and neoliberalism, they...
View ArticleBy: elm
Thanks! I don’t know if that info will ever prove relevant for me again, but it’s good to know regardless.
View ArticleBy: Anonymous
Kop, as used for terraces, comes from the Second Boer War Battle of Spion Kop, and the small, steep hill (Spion Kop) that featured in the battle. Many terraces in the early 1900s resembled the hill. I...
View ArticleBy: J. Otto Pohl
Yes, because no Liverpool fan ever engaged in violence ever. Is this the new official Orthodox Leftist line? That Football hooligans who assault people and vandalize property are the in the same...
View ArticleBy: Barry Freed
I’m restraining myself here as best as I can from just telling you to fuck off again and leave it at that but really, have you read the report? Or at least read any of the many news stories reporting...
View ArticleBy: J. Otto Pohl
1996 is not history. But, I have no comment on the report itself. As for the claim that some Liverpool Football Hooligans engaged in vicious assaults and destruction of property in 00s in London being...
View ArticleBy: Mike’s Blog Round Up
[...] Lawyers, Guns and Money: Seeking justice for the Hillsborough 96 (against politicians and the police). [...]
View ArticleBy: Philip Hale
J.Otto Pohl Its a strange and angry mental state that you live in. Clearly you weren’t at the ground in 1989, are not English and have no understanding of the events that you are commenting on. The...
View ArticleBy: 'stina
I’d think that the Great White fire in 2003 could have been analogous, but that was clearly venue more than anything else. And not the coverup. But certainly 100 dead bodies en masse for stupid,...
View ArticleBy: elm
Thanks! I don’t know if that info will ever prove relevant for me again, but it’s good to know regardless.
View ArticleBy: Anonymous
Kop, as used for terraces, comes from the Second Boer War Battle of Spion Kop, and the small, steep hill (Spion Kop) that featured in the battle. Many terraces in the early 1900s resembled the hill. I...
View ArticleBy: J. Otto Pohl
Yes, because no Liverpool fan ever engaged in violence ever. Is this the new official Orthodox Leftist line? That Football hooligans who assault people and vandalize property are the in the same...
View ArticleBy: Barry Freed
I’m restraining myself here as best as I can from just telling you to fuck off again and leave it at that but really, have you read the report? Or at least read any of the many news stories reporting...
View ArticleBy: J. Otto Pohl
1996 is not history. But, I have no comment on the report itself. As for the claim that some Liverpool Football Hooligans engaged in vicious assaults and destruction of property in 00s in London being...
View ArticleBy: Mike’s Blog Round Up
[…] Lawyers, Guns and Money: Seeking justice for the Hillsborough 96 (against politicians and the police). […]
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