Hillsborough: Twenty Year Remembrance

[liverbird]

Nobody's perfect! Well, except Frank Lampard, obviously ;)

I keeed, I keeed :D

If you are selling eel pies!:D

(as in "who ate all the ....")

[el-capitano]

The Facts About The Hillsborough Tragedy

To dispel his myths, here are the facts:

1. “The immediate cause of the gross overcrowding and hence the disaster was the failure, when gate C was opened, to cut off access to the central pens which were already overfull,” — The Interim Taylor Report, paragraph 265.

2. “Planning apart, however, it should have been clear in the control room where there was a view of the pens and of the crowd at the turnstiles that the tunnel had to be closed. If orders had been given to that effect when gate C was opened, the fans could have been directed to the empty areas of the wings and this disaster could still have been avoided. Failure to give that order was a blunder of the first magnitude,” — The Interim Taylor Report, paragraph 231.

3. “I have already found that there was not an abnormally large number of fans without tickets on this occasion. With one or two exceptions, the police witnesses themselves did not subscribe to the ‘conspiracy’ theory (of a large number
of late-arriving ticketless supporters). I am satisfied that the large concentration at Leppings Lane from 2.30 pm to 2.50 pm did not arrive as a result of any concerted plan. There were, I accept, small groups without tickets who were willing to exploit any adventitious chance of getting into the ground. They, together with the minority who had drunk too much, certainly aggravated the problem faced by the police. But that main problem was simply one of large numbers packed into the small area outside the turnstiles,” The Interim Taylor Report, paragraph 208.

4. “The police witnesses who most impressed me did not consider the number of ticketless fans to be inordinately large. This accords with two other sources of evidence,” The Interim Taylor Report, paragraph 200.

5. “Sheffield Wednesday FC’s own admission count system showed the terrace did not exceed its 10,100 capacity (for the Leppings Lane end). As part of their analysis, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) counted the number of [Liverpool] supporters entering the ground, including those through the turnstiles, through Gate C and even those who climbed over the turnstiles. They gave three admission figures based on their analysis. Their first figure was 9,267, their ‘best estimate’ was 9,734, and their third figure was a ‘maximum estimate’ of 10,124. The HSE report stated it was unlikely that the terrace exceeded 10,124 and that total admissions were approximately equal to the designated capacity of 10,100 people. Taylor surmised there was no substance to the allegation that ticketless fans caused the Disaster,” The Hillsborough Football Disaster: Context And Consequences, page 17. Also watch video evidence of the fans walking through the turnstiles and walking into the tunnel.

6. The Taylor Report exonerated the Liverpool fans of any culpability. “The main reason for the disaster was the failure of police control,” The Interim Taylor Report, paragraph 278.

7. Leppings Lane stand was deemed unsuitable in 1981 after 38 Spurs fans suffered crush related injuries. Sheffield Wednesday never carried out the work required. In addition to the 1981 incident, crushes also occurred at Hillsborough in 1987 and 1988. In fact Liverpool played Nottingham Forest in the same stage of the tournament one year prior at the same ground where Liverpool fans were crushed. Liverpool filed an official complaint prior to the 1989 FA-Cup semi final to air their concerns about safety.


http://www.epltalk.com/steven-cohen-blames-liverpool-fans-for-hillsborough-disaster/5915

[newterp]

I hate to keep bringing up the douche bag, media whore Cohen, but there is an official statement from the club.

Reds Condemn Hillsborough Radio Lies (http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N164483090521-1657.htm)

I think it's so huge that the club came out with a statement.

and not to stop being an ass - Cohen started his program yesterday on WSD with an "oooohhh look, now we are infamous, look LFC has made a statement". He immediately tried to turn the story around and claim that he hoped LFC would check into the death threats (none were ever made), the anti-semtic comments (again none were ever made) and the emails of hate (he claims he has them but wont produce them) against him.

[Grinners89]

I think it's so huge that the club came out with a statement.

and not to stop being an ass - Cohen started his program yesterday on WSD with an "oooohhh look, now we are infamous, look LFC has made a statement". He immediately tried to turn the story around and claim that he hoped LFC would check into the death threats (none were ever made), the anti-semtic comments (again none were ever made) and the emails of hate (he claims he has them but wont produce them) against him.

Good work by the club for putting a foot on it.

[Grinners89]

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Legends Raise Funds For Families (http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N164497090524-0853.htm)
Jamie Carragher, Bruce Grobbelaar and Alan Kennedy were amongst the guests as the Merseyside branch of the Official Liverpool Supporters Club staged a special European night for the Hillsborough Families Support Group.

Theme of the event was our five European Cup wins and a fantastic night was had by all.

Most importantly a lot of funds were raised for the Hillsborough Families Support Group campaign.

Callaghan spoke about our first triumph in 1977, Thompson reminisced about Wembley 1978, Alan Kennedy recalled his 1981 goal against Real Madrid in Paris. Bruce Grobbelaar spoke about the glory that was Rome in 1984 and Jamie Carragher talked about that incredible 2005 final against AC Milan in Istanbul.

Supporters also enjoyed a stand-up bingo and a hot-pot supper.

Jenni Hicks and Margaret Aspinall were present from the Hillsborough Families Support Group and the Kop icons gave their time free of charge.

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/images5/grobbelaar_meeting_220509.jpg

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/images5/supporters_meeting_220509.jpg

[liverbird]

I guess Hillsborough is back to being history on these boards but I felt this letter on the official site needed some front page recognition:

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N164520090529-1138.htm\

96 fans of our fellow Liverpool fans went to an FA Cup semi-final over 20 years ago and never came home. Steve Cohen is discovering how intrinsic the 96 and Hillsborough are to Liverpool. The 96 are as much part of the DNA of Liverpool Football Club as the five European Cups and 18 League Championships. They were ours, that's the bond. And that's why we guard their memory and their reputation so closely, wherever their memory is impugned. They are with us every day, every game.

They are dead and they cannot answer for themselves, but we can and we will. Fight the lies. We answer for them, we fight for them because they cannot, because they are dead. But they are us. Liverpool. We may have been 3-0 down, but Stevie G has put in the first, Vladi has knocked in the second and Xabi is standing over the ball on the penalty spot.

[newterp]

wow great letter - and again I reiterate - Steve Cohen is scum of the earth. His head is stuck up his ass, and yet, like many deluded cretins, when the truth is shown to him, he blatantly disregards it in order to protect his "opinions" because to ever admit fault, defeat or remorse would damage his rush limbaugh sized ego.

[usscouse]

An excellent letter by someone who understands.

One of the most upsetting things to me is some of his listeners/supporters saying that he's right and just Liverpool fans are trying to abuse his "1st amendment rights" (Jeesus, doncha love this catchall rhetoric?) whe he states his opinions. That we're just trying to close the only US radio chat show because of 'our' problems.

I'll say it again: It's not about an opinion. It's about the truth.....and a sick mind!

[Twenty26Six]

I guess Hillsborough is back to being history on these boards

Having a bad day?

If someone is subscribed to the initial Hillsborough thread, they'll see it when it updates. Besides, if someone isn't perusing the History and NSR boards, they're just being lazy.

I'll merge this with the appropriate thread.

[liverbird]

Oh great and powerful Wizard, I apologize. Your AnalRetentiveness:D

[Twenty26Six]

Oh great and powerful Wizard, I apologize. Your AnalRetentiveness:D

Actually, I'm more OCD and AR. ;)

[usscouse]

Working in the Garden this morning, wonderful day in the Northwest. Got sort of nostalgic while pruning this:...

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c116/1scouse/LiverpoolRemembers.jpg
Liverpool Remembers.

I think I posted this last year but it doesn't hurt to show it once again.

[Samarkand]

I guess Hillsborough is back to being history on these boards but I felt this letter on the official site needed some front page recognition:

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N164520090529-1138.htm\From a source. The original article before editing.


"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." A quote attributed to Winston Churchill and one that Liverpool fans can recognize the wisdom in, certainly since April 16th 1989, the day after Hillsborough. Anyone with even a passing knowledge of Hillsborough knows that lies have been threaded through the sad and terrible history, popping up at every turn. The South Yorkshire police, the press, the time of death; all lies. Lies to protect, lies to sell, lies to cover up. Unfortunately, Liverpool fans have become too good at recognizing lies and the motivations behind them. We've seen too many of them, too often. And, like weeds and litter, they never go away; there's always someone to tell the next one.

96 fans of our fellow Liverpool fans went to an FA Cup semi-final over twenty years ago and never came home. Over the years, the outrage at the lack of justice and the lack of official responsibility has festered. These were our fans and any one of us could just as easily have been at the Leppings Lane end of Hillsborough that fateful day, opportunity permitting. They were ours, that's the bond. And that's why we guard their memory and their reputation so closely. They are us. So if someone wants to lie about Hillsborough and the 96 and us Liverpool fans, then caveat emptor! Just remember that even Chairman Mao nodded at the strength of the Anfield Red Army. Ask Shanks.

That Red Army has being doing some mobilizing and organizing lately. There's a hate merchant in the USA called Steve Cohen, transplanted from London since 1982. A Chelsea fan. Steve has done quite well for himself, hosting Fox Football Fone In, a show on the main football cable channel, Fox Soccer Channel (owned by Rupert Murdoch). Think of 606, but on TV. He also has a show on Sirius/XM, satellite radio called World Soccer Daily, where he talks football every day. Through the years on both, it has been obvious to even the casual listener that Steve Cohen has a hatred of all things Liverpool. He despises the club, its fans and its history. In many respects, he's obsessed with us. But about three years ago, Cohen amped up the hate. He went after Hillsborough and the 96. He blamed Liverpool fans for the deaths and conflated Hillsborough with Heysel on Fox. Complaints rang down from outraged fans and a week later, he apologized. Crucially, he never apologized to the 96, their families or Liverpool fans. His apology was qualified saying that he had said things in the heat of conversation that shouldn't have been said and for that he apologized. If you were offended. There was every reason to believe that the apology was coerced by Fox as Cohen couldn't spit the words out fast enough and move on. And so it went. Cohen would make an anti-Liverpool statement on his radio show, walk it back when called on it and continue. Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat. That's what hate merchants do. Stir up the crowd when they can and when called on it, cry, "Who me, ref?"

As the 20th Anniversary of Hillsborough approached, Cohen saw a way to increase his visibility and garner some free publicity. Go after the 96. Again. Blame Liverpool fans for the deaths of Liverpool fans. Again. Lie, invent make, stuff up. Again. “People showing up without ticket, hell bent in getting into somewhere where they shouldn’t be going because they don’t have tickets, is the root cause of [the Hillsborough Disaster]." But don't stop there, compound the lies. “I’m yet to read anybody write in this weekend’s Sunday papers in England, where they’re all doing big commemorations about the 96, and why we should never forget and how it’s changed the game, nobody discusses the 6-8,000 who showed up without tickets and my argument has always been, if those people don’t show up, this never happens." Like certain elements of the press, blame Merseyside. Lie and blame Merseyside. Rinse and repeat. And so Cohen went on a diatribe against Hillsborough, the 96 and all things Liverpool.

Cometh the time, cometh the man. Or rather cometh the men. The Liverpool fans across North America. Mel Abshier of the Dallas branch engaged Cohen asking for the truth to be told. Cohen sees the truth as a fungible commodity. Mel was told that these were Cohen's opinions and he could disagree with those opinions all he wanted. How can a lie be an opinion? The LFCNY (the official supporters' club in New York) wondered the same thing. How can Cohen so blatantly lie, call it an opinion and expect that no one would notice? Or care? Mel organized the North American branches, unified into a single complaint. The LFCNY also decided to act using some of its media contacts. Suddenly there were two parallel campaigns fighting the lies. Fighting the lies. Liverpool fans know about fighting lies.

Cohen couldn't be stopped from lying, the US Reds realized, but they could target Cohen advertisers and let them know what was being said in their name, with their money. That they were supporting someone who was knowingly and repeatedly telling lies. Cohen's right to lie is covered by the 1st Amendment. As an LFCNY press release said, "The 1st Amendment gives Steve Cohen broad rights to say what he wishes in the public square without government interference or censorship. No, you can't shout 'fire' in a crowded movie theatre, but yes, if you are the KKK, you can march up and down 5th Avenue. The Government has no right to tell Steve Cohen that he cannot talk about Hillsborough; they cannot force him to tell the truth about Hillsborough; they cannot fine him for knowingly lying about Hillsborough. So Cohen's lies stand or fall on whether sponsors would want to support someone who knowingly lies. The boycott campaign of the LFCNY is based on the belief that when the sponsors know that he has been lying about a large section of their marketbase, insulting 96 dead fans, they will not support him."

Mel Abshier put in yeoman's work digging down to find the email addresses of the sponsors and starting an email campaign. The LFCNY did the same and suddenly the sponsors were being deluged with emails of complaint from two different campaigns. 442 had no problem dropping him. As they said, why would they want to be associated with him? Fado Pubs, a chain of Irish pubs across the USA, denied him access for outside broadcasts and local advertising. 365-inc. (World Soccer Shop) who are a big replica shirt supplier in the USA, were appalled. Some of their deals with Cohen were a little more intricate, but they pulled advertising across the board and told Fox how annoyed they were. Who Are Ya Designs, a t-shirt maker refused to re-up their expiring contract. Are you watching Chairman Mao?

The campaigns continued unabated and then, stunned disbelief. A tape of Cohen's show from the 22nd of February '09 turned up. He accused Liverpool fans of milking the Hillsborough tragedy, conflated Heysel and Hillsborough, amongst other gems. "They are not the victims [of Hillsborough], they are the perpetrators......they are the most despicable people." Cohen went on to tell his audience that the Hillsborough Justice Campaign were completely "corrupt and ridiculous." Liverpool fans were just as guilty as the South Yorkshire police. Liverpool fans are "the scum of the earth". Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat.

Cohen went on to issue another one of his famous 'apologies' which interestingly did not include words such as "96", "Hillsborough", "Liverpool", or "dead". We queried if Cohen understood the definition of apology. Then after his apology, Cohen went on to talk about the campaign against him. We were denounced as "thugs", "terrorists" and "worse that the Taliban". And he was the one calling Liverpool fans "murderers"? He does seem to have a basic problem with the English language bytimes.

The aim of the campaign is to get Steve Cohen off the air. We want him gone from Fox, gone from Sirius/XM. Gone. We continue to email sponsors and we have yet more arrows in our quiver. Other companies are being targeted, other companies are being contacted, other Premier League clubs are being asked to denounce him. The association of Celtic Supporters Clubs in North America has joined our campaign, but, then again they would, wouldn't they? That's who they are. Liverpool FC have issued a statement condemning Cohen and there are more to come. This campaign wants to make Steve Cohen toxic to all advertisers, sponsors and media. We are continuing our outreach to blogs, using facebook and Twitter. We are winning, but the battle is far from over. We need all the help we can get from every Red everywhere in the world.

The 96 are as much part of the DNA of Liverpool Football Club as the 5 European Cups and 18 League Championships. Those 96 are us. They are with us every day, every game. But they are dead and they cannot answer for themselves. But we can and we will. The Red Army will. Fight the lies. We may have been 3-0 down, but Stevie G has put in the first, Vladi has knocked in the second and Xabi is standing over the ball on the penalty spot. This game will not be going to penalties or even extra time, we won't need the double save from Jerzey. We're going to win.

Steve Cohen is discovering how intrinsic the 96 and Hillsborough are to Liverpool. We answer for them, we fight for them because they cannot, because they are dead. But they are us. Liverpool.

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In this life or the next Cohen will get his now won't he?

[usscouse]

Excellent article. I don't think these people will give up until Cohen's gone, done, toast, off the air.

Of course, he'll be the innocent one in this hounded by lying scousers.....Of course!

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In Defeat Our Grief Was Lifted As Normality Returned (Kind Of) (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article6402971.ece)
No one at Anfield expected Liverpool to lose 2-0 that night 20 years ago. So when Michael Thomas scored, there was an audible gasp on the Kop. Then, just before the point where you would expect rage and recrimination, a soft voice somewhere behind said: “Worse things happen. We know.”

And we did. Six weeks earlier, at Hillsborough, we had learnt what it was like really to lose at a football match and in the 41 days since then funerals and tears had overshadowed normal life. Most people I knew believed that the season should have ended at 3.06pm on April 15. Everything after that felt meaningless. Going to the match was painful. It felt like an endless wake. But still we went. It was almost a reflex action.

The first game after Hillsborough was a friendly against Celtic. Parkhead wept with us and the support from Glasgow was overwhelming. It was profoundly moving and an incredible show of unity. It set the tone for the next few weeks. However, football was not meant to be about shared grief.

When competitive matches began again, Liverpool played eight times in 23 days. Of these games, four were particularly draining for fragile emotions. The replayed semi-final against Nottingham Forest was difficult for everyone involved. Forest were required to visit Anfield, too. The two matches against Everton – at Goodison and Wembley – were tearful events.

Yet here we were, seconds from the end of the season, about to do a second Double and, wham, Thomas pops up to create the Fever Pitch moment. Nick Hornby’s book elevated the goal to an iconic moment of ineffable joy for Arsenal fans. Yet, in a bizarre way, it broke the misery for Liverpool supporters, even if Hornby’s book does not recognise it. It was the moment when the fog of misery lifted a little. For weeks, the lurking sob brought no shame. But it would be unseemly to cry over a defeat in the circumstances. So, things began to return to normal: you win games, you lose games. That’s football. Next season will arrive soon. Life goes on. At least for most of us.

The pubs buzzed afterwards, in a way they had not for weeks. The pain and anger over Hillsborough remain to this day but that night, in defeat, it was clear football had endured and would become fun again. Because worse things happen than losing.

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10,000 Set For London To Attend Hillsborough Justice March (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2009/06/10/10-000-set-for-london-to-attend-hillsborough-justice-march-100252-23835226/)
FINAL preparations are being put in place for a mass march to Parliament demanding justice for those who died at Hillsborough.

More than 25,000 signatures have been gathered on a petition to be handed into for the Prime Minister on June 20.

Around 10,000 people are expected to join the march that will lead campaigners through the streets of London.

Fans from clubs across the country have promised to join Liverpool FC fans calling for someone to be held accountable for the tragedy which claimed 96 lives.

In recent weeks, the families of Kevin Williams, 15, and Graham Roberts, 24, have taken to the streets of Liverpool campaigning for even more signatures.

On June 20, people are asked to meet at Temple Place East at 1pm for a 2pm start which takes in Victoria Embankment, Horse Guard Avenue before six people are allowed into No 10 Downing Street to hand over the petition.

At the end of the march, a mini rally will be held when relatives of those who died may address the crowd.

Organisers are arranging cheap transport to London and banners are being made by marchers.

Today, campaigners said they hoped the recent Cabinet resignations or reshuffles involving Andy Burnham and Jacqui Smith would not derail the government’s vow to release the hidden Hillsborough files.

Mr Burnham, who was heckled at the recent memorial service at Anfield, was instrumental behind Westminster’s promise to disclose the secret documents.

That message was echoed by the now departed Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, but with both politicians in new jobs, Hillsborough families are anxious that the determination to find answers for the 96 still remains.

Reds fan and march organiser Barry Thompson, said: “The people in these jobs will have different aims and goals.

“Alan Johnson is the new Home Secretary and we want these promises to be honoured.

“It’s about time that somebody put their hand up and took responsibility.

To keep up to date with information about the march, visit www.m4j.co.uk

I am posting the following article, because it wouldn't be proper for our club to expect respect for a disaster yet some don't respect a disaster that happens at a rival club.

Shankly Group Promise Probe Over Munich Songs (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2009/06/10/shankly-group-promise-probe-over-munich-songs-100252-23834964/)
A LIVERPOOL FC fans group today vowed to investigate after Reds supporters apparently mocked the Munich disaster at an end-of-season party.

Footage has emerged from the Olympia venue of a room full of supporters singing derogatory references about the 1958 air crash which killed 23 people – many of them Busby Babes.

The clip, now posted on the internet, shows fans at the Spirit of Shankly (SOS) union party repeatedly shouting Munich in the chorus to a song called Horse With No Name.

The crowd appeared to be egged on by a singer performing on stage.

Today Spirit of Shankly condemned the behaviour and stressed the singer was not authorised to appear on the night.

The night had included singers and bands like The Troubadours, The Maybes and former Cast frontman John Power. Also onthe bill was Rafa and Steven Gerrard impersonator Darren Farley who became an internet hit and appeared on TV sports shows.

The party was held on the evening of the final league game at Anfield against Spurs.

But Spirit of Shankly said the singer who instigated the Munich references was an unauthorised performer and was not part of the running order.

The union has vowed to tighten procedures and take strict steps to prevent a repeat incident happening at future social SOS events.

A spokesman for the Spirit of Shankly said: “We are aware that video footage has been posted on the internet from the SOS End of season party on 24th May 2009.

“ This footage shows an unscheduled performance which the SOS Events Committee had no prior knowledge of.

“The Events Committee will endeavour to increase back-stage security for future events to ensure impromptu performances like this do not happen again. We are sincerely sorry for anybody who has been offended by this footage, and we do not condone such behaviour.”

Earlier in the evening Liverpool legends Jamie Carragher and Sami Hyypia appeared at the SOS gathering to honour the Finn’s departure from the club.

The union has become more prominent in recent years and members have been particularly vocal about the Anfield regime of US owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

A Horse With No Name was written by the band America and became their most successful single.

Insults have often been traded between Liverpool fans and their rivals with Reds claiming their opponents bait them with songs mocking the 96 who died at Hillsborough.

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Help Restore Hillsborough Garden (http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N164733090612-1131.htm)
Liverpool fans were today urged to play their part in helping restore the Hillsborough Memorial Garden in Port Sunlight after mindless vandals damaged the commemorative area last weekend.

Memorial stones were thrown across the garden in the Merseyside village and decorative balustrades were smashed during the attack by a gang of youths in the early hours of Sunday morning.

"Everybody I've spoken to in the village is deeply upset by this," said Lionel Bolland of the Port Sunlight Village Trust.

"I can't believe how anybody could act in such a base way and can't find the words to describe how despicable this act is.

"Someone was looking at the smashed stones lying on the ground and said to me that they might as well be the 96 who lost their lives in Hillsborough lying there.

"It's going to cost a lot of money to restore, because the monument features natural stone.

"We need to make sure that it's carefully and sensitively restored."

Distressed villagers are now appealing to supporters to help them raise the minimum cost of £20,000 needed to cover the insurance excess and repair and restore the monument.

Port Sunlight resident Kerri Dobbins told Liverpoolfc.tv: "I was so distressed by the whole thing that I felt the need to do something to help.

"The pain the Hillsborough families are feeling because of this damage must be horrendous.

"Although I'm a Stockport County supporter, I remember the day of Hillsborough vividly. It's ingrained on my mind.

"I watched the events unfold live on television and was distraught by the press photographs that arrived the following day. They've constantly been in my mind for the last 20 years.

"We want to put right the wrongs that have been done to the garden and restore it."

Leaflets will be distributed around Merseyside in hotels and railway stations urging fans to donate to the cause.

Mr Dobbins added: "We need to raise a minimum of £20,000 to cover the insurance excess, but we're hoping to raise over and above that so we can install CCTV security in the area, which the insurance won't pay for, as well as tidy up the other areas of the garden.

"Any remaining funds will be donated to the Hillsborough Family Support Group."

Fans can currently donate by cheque, which should be made out The Hillsborough Memorial Restoration Fund and sent to -

VK Dobbins
c/o Port Sunlight Village Trust
23 King Georges Drive
Port Sunlight
Wirral
CH62 5DX

A bank account is expected to be opened on Monday to allow fans to directly transfer funds to the appeal.

The memorial area was built by Unilever shortly after the stadium disaster 20 years ago and is situated near the Grade II listed Lady Lever Art Gallery.

Port Sunlight Village Trust is a registered charity (1074713).

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/images5/garden.jpg
Damage Done To Hillsborough Memorial Garden

Teenager Arrested In Connection With Damage To Hillsborough Memorial Garden (http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/4435691.UPDATED__Teenager_arrested_in_connection_with_damage_to_Hillsborough_Memorial_garden_in_Port_Sunlight/)

Above link has more information. It also has before/after pictures of the Memorial Garden. It is a quite beautiful garden. I hope they can restore it back to what it was, maybe even nicer. It is a great tribute to the 96 and the families.

[City Dave]

Heck, I appreciate them trying to raise money. But they should make the kid/kids that did that pay for it all. Or their families. They caught one of them. Garnish his wages until it's paid off. If he doesn't have a job now, he better get one.