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lawros left foot

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Jun 11, 2011
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I hope the tw@ in the swc who shouted at the beginning of the silence is very pleased with themselves, and well done whoever told him to shut up
 






Acker79

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I was at the other end, but it sounded like he was shouting at the Charlton fans for trying to applaud during the silence.
 


Stat Brother

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I'm pleased the applause got aborted pretty quick.

If a minutes silence has been requested, you stay silent for a minute.

It's not rocket science.
 






surrey jim

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Aug 2, 2005
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I thought he was trying to start a chant of 'justice for the 96'
 




Stumpy Tim

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He tried to start a "Justice for the 96" chant. Completely the wrong time during a period of reflection for those of us who remember it. My brother was explaining what happened at Hillsborough to his 12 year old son just before the game and I'm not sure the lad really comprehended it. A minutes silence was right, not an applause and most certainly NOT a f*cking chant
 




lawros left foot

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To be fair he was singing"Justice for the 96" but a silence should be silent,it gives you a clue in the name
 










Gazwag

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Today was about remembering those who went to a football match and didn't make it home again, tomorrow is about those fans getting the justice they deserve.
 


HAILSHAM SEAGULL

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To be fair he was singing"Justice for the 96" but a silence should be silent,it gives you a clue in the name

Sorry, but where do you get "To be fair" from.
Yes we all agree with justice for the 96, but 28000 people were observing a minutes silence in memory of the poor 96 souls.
To start a chant during that minute, was damn right rude IMHO
 




Guinness Boy

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I thought he was trying to start a chant of 'justice for the 96'

Should only have ever come at the end. The next game we played after Hillsborough was at home to Swindon. There was an impeccably observed silence followed by the North Stand breaking in to a spontaneous You'll Never Walk Alone. It brought goosebumps and tears. Today one whopper couldn't keep off his phone and several appear to not know the difference between silence, applause and protest. In some respects we really haven't evolved as a species in 25 years.
 


Stat Brother

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He tried to start a "Justice for the 96" chant. Completely the wrong time during a period of reflection for those of us who remember it. My brother was explaining what happened at Hillsborough to his 12 year old son just before the game and I'm not sure the lad really comprehended it. A minutes silence was right, not an applause and most certainly NOT a f*cking chant
We had 'that' conversation going home in the car.

It did make me realise just how far football has come in 25 years.
I don't think Jnr could get his head round the need for spiked fences at a football match.
 


lawros left foot

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Jun 11, 2011
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Worthing
Sorry, but where do you get "To be fair" from.
Yes we all agree with justice for the 96, but 28000 people were observing a minutes silence in memory of the poor 96 souls.
To start a chant during that minute, was damn right rude IMHO

Sorry, just an expression, what I meant was that at least it wasn't anti- scouse abuse or something equally moronic
 








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Why don't all English football clubs remember the poor souls in the Bradford Fire?

You have a point. I think the difference is that at Hillsborough the police tried to blame the victims and attempted to pervert the course of justice but altering witness statement accounts. This heaping more misery into a tragedy. But for those lies people would just remember a terrible disaster but now there is a whole lot more around it. If the police had just said "we got a few things wrong", held their hands up instead of telling disgraceful lies (not one policeman - an entire police force) then things would be remembered in a different way. Bradford didnt have that issue.
 


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