Hillsborough

Cherry

By celticman

Sat, 13 Apr 2024
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6 comments
 

Be damned your Maxwell and Murdochs

Poodle politicians and Tory scum

On a private-public leash

Hauled o’er the Lepping Lane

The smashed road of David Duckenfield’s lies

With no space for tired eyes

That can no longer weep.

 

Be damned your Maxwell and Murdochs

Who refuse the miraculous

Shoeless bodies in flight

Human hair bright as barley

Trod into the ground

Their faces have never been  clearer

An un-childed look

Dissolved into a roar

What’s the score?

 

Be damned your Maxwell and Murdochs

Despair, exhaustion and thunderous panic

Swallowed by the big beasts of denial

Carried to their common fate

Mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers

Compassion of the Kop

Your voice finds a place in our hearts

In your barefoot home

You’ll never walk alone.

Certificate PG
Poem
Rant

Comments

Submitted by Turlough on

The causative inept police force, the horror of the event and a government intent on a cover up. It all stinks.

I've read a lot about this. In previous semi-finals at Hillsborough fans from Tottenham and Leeds had felt that they were going to be crushed to death in the Leppings Lane stand. Miraculously they weren't but it remained a disaster left waiting to happen. Nobody listened to their complaints.

The psycological effects on the disaster on the Forest fans who looked on from the other end of the stadium weren't considered until very recently. 

But the effect on most people that I know in Britain, who were nowhere near Sheffield when this took place, is that they can never trust the police or the media. 

Turlough

Submitted by celticman on

The media cover-up and stitch up of the victims was, as we expected, trying to contain the story and dehumanise the victims. Lessons from the mining strike. 

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

said with passion and skill - thank you celticman

 

Submitted by celticman on

thankyou insert. 

 

Submitted by marandina on

Wow - had to check and the Hillsborough disaster dates back to 1989. I have crossed countless Scousers who tell me that The Sun is effectively black-listed in Liverpool and nobody but nobody buys the newspaper even today because of the way this was reported. These were difficult times for footie and at least all-seater stadiums came from it which, IMHO, are a big improvement on standing. I came close to being crushed to death against metal barriers a few times on the Holte End as a kid following crowd surges. Surprised that there's a movement to bring back standing areas..

 

Submitted by celticman on

Celtic have a standing area, occupied by the Green Brigade. Rangers are looking to emulate it with a standing area for the Union Bears. It's about creating an atmosphere. I used to go into the Jungle at Celtic Park. That's where the nutters went. Crazy stuff, but taken as given. Hillsborough, like the Ibrox Disaster, was what happens after experiences like yours didn't happen and were ignored. Brushed aside and covered up. That still happens too as we all know.