Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Hillsborough

There are many injustices in football but none greater than this.

No-one has ever been brought to justice for what happened 20 years ago today. Of all the articles written recently I reckon this one published in the Observer last month gives you a sense of the huge number of people affected and an insight into the cover up following the disaster.

Bear in mind this could have happened to any of us. The fans involved were doing nothing more than attending a football match. 96 of them never came home.

More shocking than the incident itself, is the actions taken by the authorities in the aftermath to bury the truth.

Families and friends who should have been grieving and mourning have spent the last 20 years unsuccesfully fighting to get justice for their loved ones.

If you feel as I do, then please take a moment to visit the Hillsborough Justice Campaign website and consider helping out.