Liverpool fans and the Sun

[Mo Gosfield]

Yes, they were at it again yesterday, holding up anti Sun posters at Wembley. Haven't we all had a gut full of this now?
Hillsborough was a disaster..the Sun's coverage did leave something to be desired and the police did make mistakes. But ffs won't they ever move on?
You don't hear Juve fans raising the subject of Heysel every five minutes, when nearly 40 Italians were crushed to death by the actions of rampaging, out of control Liverpool fans.
Why don't some of the thousands of boozed-up ticketless Liverpool fans who turned up late at Hillsborough that day and started a riot outside to force the police to open the gates, come forward and share some of the blame?
Fat chance!
I'm just bored with it now. Like all genuine football fans we will never forget Hillsborough. We just don't want it rammed down our throats every five minutes.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

No one NO ONE does self pity like a scouser. Its the LAW.

 

[Medwayseagull]

I support anyone who is anti - Sun newspaper - pathetic excuse for a daily rag.

 

[Commander]

Agreed. I went for a pint in my local as I live on the Jubilee line a few stops from Wembley and they were everywhere. Why do they have to put posters up in pubs in London? Are they too thick to realise that as soon as they leave the pub the posters will just get taken down and put in the bin?

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Come on Mo get off the fence and let us know where you stand on this

 

[papajaff]

Yes I'm sure all those families and friends who lost their loved ones are bored of thinking of it!!!

 

[ROSM]

the Sun's coverage did leave something to be desired and the police did make mistakes.

master of the understatement

in other news, Lord Haw Haw was a bit misguided and Mussolini was easily led.

Perhaps they feel the need to keep saying it because every time this subject comes up people tend to gloss over the real details of the day. The comments about thousands of liverpool fans turning up ticketless and drunk has proven to be a massive exaggeration. The Taylor inquiry covered that in painful, minute detail.

The story run by the Sun of people urinating on dead bodies and picking pockets was proven not to even be slightly accurate.

The police managed to hmm hmm 'lose' all the cctv from the control box which would have clearly shown the view and information that Duckenfield had at the time he made the choices he did. That's not a mistake, that's downright criminal conspiracy.

So for every person that learns a bit more about the day and the events then the masses from Self pity City will feel they've done their job.

 

[ropey9]

Wow, off you go down to the Goldstone retail park and get yourself a sofa. Hang on that was 15 years ago time to forget about it.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

master of the understatement

in other news, Lord Haw Haw was a bit misguided and Mussolini was easily led.

Perhaps they feel the need to keep saying it because every time this subject comes up people tend to gloss over the real details of the day. The comments about thousands of liverpool fans turning up ticketless and drunk has proven to be a massive exaggeration. The Taylor inquiry covered that in painful, minute detail.

The story run by the Sun of people urinating on dead bodies and picking pockets was proven not to even be slightly accurate.

The police managed to hmm hmm 'lose' all the cctv from the control box which would have clearly shown the view and information that Duckenfield had at the time he made the choices he did. That's not a mistake, that's downright criminal conspiracy.

So for every person that learns a bit more about the day and the events then the masses from Self pity City will feel they've done their job.

100% spot on. I wouldn't buy the Sun and I have no connection with Scouseland.

 

[Stat Brother]

Moaning put upon scousers, with an axe to grind, shocker.

 

[Bwian]

Yes, they were at it again yesterday, holding up anti Sun posters at Wembley. Haven't we all had a gut full of this now?
Hillsborough was a disaster..the Sun's coverage did leave something to be desired and the police did make mistakes. But ffs won't they ever move on?
You don't hear Juve fans raising the subject of Heysel every five minutes, when nearly 40 Italians were crushed to death by the actions of rampaging, out of control Liverpool fans.
Why don't some of the thousands of boozed-up ticketless Liverpool fans who turned up late at Hillsborough that day and started a riot outside to force the police to open the gates, come forward and share some of the blame?
Fat chance!
I'm just bored with it now. Like all genuine football fans we will never forget Hillsborough. We just don't want it rammed down our throats every five minutes.

Do you know what happened at Hillsborough and Heysel? I'm inclined to believe your knowledge extends no further than what you've read in The Sun.

 

[ROSM]

Moaning put upon scousers, with an axe to grind, shocker.

but when you see the errors they are constantly correcting, is it any surprise?

It's much worse than the annoyance we feel whenever somebody says 'it's your own fault you were homeless as you sold your ground with nowhere to go' or the fury on here over the ITFC banner at the weekend. We feel we have to correct mistruths and so do they, the difference being that many more people believe the rubbish written and said about Hillsborough and people died.

 

[SpidersLegs]

You talk bollocks mate. I don't remember the headlines about Liverpool fans rioting before the gates were opened. Must have happened in your own imaginary world you live in.

 

[Hamilton]

I was at wembley yesterday and the real passion for Justice for the 96, and revulsion at the Sun was clear to see. The Sun ran an entirely inaccurate report on what happened at Hillsborough. They fabricated a story. Can you believe that? The Sun?

And yesterday The Sun on Sunday was launched (replacing the news of the world for News International). The Murdoch empire does what it wants, when it wants and there is never any real comeback.

Any football fan worth their salt should support the LFC grievances against The Sun. Let's just hope that the day does not come when The Sun is printing gross inaccuracies against our club.

 

[Albumen]

Yes, they were at it again yesterday, holding up anti Sun posters at Wembley. Haven't we all had a gut full of this now?
Hillsborough was a disaster..the Sun's coverage did leave something to be desired and the police did make mistakes. But ffs won't they ever move on?
You don't hear Juve fans raising the subject of Heysel every five minutes, when nearly 40 Italians were crushed to death by the actions of rampaging, out of control Liverpool fans.
Why don't some of the thousands of boozed-up ticketless Liverpool fans who turned up late at Hillsborough that day and started a riot outside to force the police to open the gates, come forward and share some of the blame?
Fat chance!
I'm just bored with it now. Like all genuine football fans we will never forget Hillsborough. We just don't want it rammed down our throats every five minutes.

What a strange post.

THE TRUTH. If we lost 96 sons, fathers, daughters, mothers at the Amex and the Scum had this as their front page 4 days afterwards would you forgive them??
Jesus. It was the weekend of the new Sunday Sun. Pefect opportunity really.

Yes, there were mistakes by a lot of people, the Sun have no excuse - they just used football fans deaths to sell papers. Enjoy the read.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

People from Liverpool annoy the f*** out of me with their constant self-pity. On this subject however, they have every right to carry on their anti-Sun campaign. Absolutely shocking journalism

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

regardless of what I think of the Hillsborough/Sun situation, I can't help thinking the amount of coverage given by the TV companies to fans holding up posters with "The Sun" logo across the top would have resulted in more people being reminded to buy the new Sunday Sun than encouraging anyone to boycott it

 

[Simster]

People from Liverpool annoy the f*** out of me with their constant self-pity. On this subject however, they have every right to carry on their anti-Sun campaign. Absolutely shocking journalism

My thoughts exactly.

 

[leigull]

Have the Sun ever issued any sort of apology or retraction over this?

 

[Southern Scouse]

Having not lost any family members at Hillsborough I can sort of understand where the OP comes from. However, I of course cannot agree with it.
I have always thought that if you did something wrong you should apologise for it. The s*n, lied. Liverpool fans did not pilfer the pockets of the dead. Liverpool fans did not piss on the bodies of the dead.
I saw the owners of the NOTW on national TV apologising for phone tapping.
Why is it so hard for them to say sorry to the families of the 96? It will never change the attitude towards that wrag, but it might allow people to move on.