I’m a Tottenham Hotspur’s fan. But it doesn’t matter, every football fan, every human, everyone’s heart goes out to the people that lost their lives or injured on that day. They will never walk alone. ❤️
@carlh429 That's so true. I saw a video about it here on UA-cam. Tottenham - Wolves There were no pens back then so that's the only reason this fatal crush not happened already back then.
I watched this unfold on TV. It was absolutely horrific. The panic, people desperately trying to help each other. The narrator mentioned the clubs song 'You'll never walk alone' which is sung before every game. Never has a song been so apt. I always have a tear in my eye when I hear it. Daniel, I know this isn't a reaction channel but I think you would see for yourself the passion, memories and unity these fans have after all they've been through if you watch them sing it. I know there's a video of it on UA-cam.
King Kenny (Dalglish), Liverpool legend and manager at the time went to almost every funeral and those he couldn't were attended by players or other club representatives. The Families were supported by the club where possible. Kenny stepped down the following year. It must have been difficult for everyone but it took it's toll on Kenny
RIP the 97 I'm not a Liverpool fan, I am german and from Dortmund, it should be pretty easy to find out with which club my heart is. I have seen this live on tv and I will never forget the images I saw that day. No human no matter what, deserves such a death. Rest In Peace! YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE!
I feel Dortmund and Liverpool have some awesome bond as I've watched a few Dortmund games and was awestruck when I realised the fans had signs wth 96 on them and were singing ynwa 👍
Yes we do have some bonds over the years. People in Dortmund and Liverpool are very similar, hard working people with a big heart and honesty @@newtrimene8927
Oh, by the way, we still have fences in Germany, but since Hillsborough the fences are all gates and they open automatic when a certain amount of pressure is applied. They get tested before every season. Greets from Germany! @@newtrimene8927
Fair play for taking the time to learn about this mate💜I've known about this since my teens(20 years now🤔😔),and I'm not a fan of either club,or even football in particular really,but this is SUCH a heartbreaking story,it always has me tearing up 😪 Another aspect that he didn't touch on,was the press coverage afterwards (by the S*n in particular😑😡😡),where they not only blamed the Liverpool fans, but outright villyfied them,making up stories, including Liverpool fans SUPPOSEDLY going through the pockets of the victims,leading to a stereotype that still stands today, of Scousers being thieves....👀😡😡
I remember this, what was the most telling was the reform in policing games and the way future games where handled but at same time blaming the fans, this genuinely was footballs darkest day, 97 humans died for no reason, the one and only thing to come from this was the end to terraces at the top of the English game (slowly being stopped in the EFL aswell)
I don't think anyone in the UK believed it was the fault of the fans. We all were angry at the lack of care that was given on the day. RIP all the victims. Thanks for your words and compassion. 😢
Don't kid yourself. Lots of people believed it. The fact is that, given the reputation of Liverpool fans (and English fans in general) at the time, a narrative of "Drunk hooligans causing trouble" was entirely believable because it had happened so many times previously in the 1970's & 80's
Re the "Sun" newspaper. One of the big reasons the 'Sun' is hated is because they went with the headline - "THE TRUTH" on the front page and then printed the allegations that the police had made about drunk fans attacking cops, attacking ambulance crews, urinating on dead bodies, picking the pockets of the dead/dying etc.... There were other papers that also printed these allegations but they printed them as "Allegations", which is still pretty bad but Nowhere near as bad as printing them as fact. There was CCTV & BBC TV cameras trained on the pitch that day and none of them picked up any footage of fans behaving as alleged. Also, only ONE ambulance crew ever made it on to the pitch (which is a whole other matter!) that day and they never reported being attacked. In fact they later testified the exact opposite. So that is why the Sun newspaper is so despised in Liverpool and Merseyside in general. Also, the other papers printed retractions fairly soon afterwards but the Sun never apologised for something like 15-20 years or so. It really is disgusting when you think about it.
I am a Liverpool supporter, I was on a Golf Course in Australia when I heard about this, my instant thought was about football violence, how wrong was I!...........for almost 3 decades it was blamed on the fans............JUSTICE FOR THE 97!
You handled this topic with the respect and dignity it deserved. Hillsborough still strikes at the heart of every football fan. The thought of going to a match and not going home again. So sad.
I was at a Leeds United match when we heard that the match had been stopped we thought there was hooligans that had stopped it and they was cheering and it wasn't till we got home that we realised the enormity of what happened and I felt ashamed. R I P all the people who lost their lives and their family's who suffered so many years of lies and cover ups may they find peace at last ❤❤❤❤❤❤
This was one of those events where you know where you were that day and your memories of it. I was with my dad watching it happening on tv and it was the only time I saw my dad break down in tears along with the whole country. Its a terrible tragedy that should never of happened. RIP to the 97
Yeah, hope they learnt so not happen ever again, also that day I was still waiting 4 years to see the world, wish even if this happened again or like we go back to it we remove the fences ready as then it help not get so many trapped
One of those major life events that you can ask others ‘do you remember where you were when it happened” I watched it happen with my dad and brothers on the TV. Never forget.
My brother had tickets to the game and would’ve been in those pens,thankfully his car broke down on the motorway and him and his mates never made it 🙏🏼
96 Reasons - Hillsborough By Nik Pearce 2018 96 fans awoke that day travelled to Sheffield to see their heroes play 96 had tickets for Leppings Lane 96 never returned home again 96 people packed in, gasping for breath praying for life enduring death 96 names etched on a memorial plaque, next to an eternal flame 96 lives lost watching the beautiful game 96 families reduced to tears still fighting for justice after all these years 96 souls not left in peace yet 96 reasons to never forget
Every time i see footage from this disaster on TV or online i have a weird feeling come over me just knowing what was to come for those people who died. May they all rest in peace.
Big respect for your reaction man 👍 I’m a red and a scouser and what the government and police tried to do to cover up their own mistakes and tried to turn the blame to those heroes ( fans ) in a certain newspaper ( the rag ) was sickening but they messed with the wrong city. My dad was at the game and never went to another fa cup game after that day. Red or blue it doesn’t matter we are scousers first!!! Great video mate keep up the good work 👍
I'm a Forest fan and remember watching as this unfolded, every one who could helped out forest fans and Liverpool fans, then the police tried to blame Liverpool fans for every thing, such a sad day
Me, my dad and Mum who are huge Liverpool fans watched this live on tv like the hysel disaster too. Over here in Ireland during the 80’s we got to see on tv the majority of Liverpool matches. When in the fans came onto the pitch we thought it was just crowd trouble/pitch invasion, I remember being very angry at our own supporters cause it looked like it was going to be classic, then we saw a fan getting cpr and then the fans crushed, colour drew from our faces and then reports of people had died, it was truly shocking. This vid doesn’t highlight the complete stupidity and catalogue of disasters by the authorities involved, the previous year Liverpool played Forrest in a semi final fa cup with fans being stewarded with barriers down the streets, there was none of that this time, imagine putting Duckenfield in charge of his first ever football match in this fixture. The way the Liverpool fans were treated after the event was a disgrace even to this day, no doubt some muppet will post an idiotic message about this
Duckenfield should of been charged and we won't get started on The Sun newspaper that's a different enemy that showed its true colours after this happened.
Well done Daniel you are a sensitive and empathetic guy I still am traumatised by the day and won't pee on the Sun to put it out! Liverpool F C attended every funeral, and it broke Kenny Dalglish the manager. God bless YNWA
I'm Liverpool fan, I couldn't get tickets for the game. Even though I wasn't there people who knew me at the time would still vilify me as a Liverpool hooligan. Even some of my own family would have a go, saying "it's always Liverpool fans that cause problems".
Im a Liverpool fan and have been for 40yrs i was meant to be there that day but i had tonsillitis and couldnt go so i watched it with my dad on tv i was just shocked i dont think i ever cried so much as i did that day even my father a man city fan was crying 💔 justice for the 97 YNWA
12:30 - Re the "ticketless fans" story that was put out. There was a sports show on BBC every Saturday called "Grandstand" and they reported on Grandstand around 3:30pm or so that ticketless fans broke open a gate etc.... Then again that evening on the 6 o'clock news and again at 9pm. This story was IMMEDIATELY put out as the official cause. So.... The question to ask ourselves is - Even if that was true, how could anyone possibly know that was true within 30 minutes of the event occurring? Aren't you supposed to carry out an investigation into these type of accidents before establishing what happened? It was obvious this was the official line from the police in order to cover up the fact that it was their error that had led to multiple deaths. The reason this story was so readily believed at the time, was that football fans (not just Liverpool fans) in England were extremely badly behaved in the 1970's & 80's. There was regular violence, pitch invasions and fans turning up to big games without tickets was a common occurrence. "Crowd control" rather than "crowd safety", was the priority when it game to policing football matches. This was a tragedy that was YEARS in the making. Liverpool fans were the unlucky ones but in all honesty it could've been fans of almost any club at the time.
All sports stadiums must have seating now there are no standing areas. So they are safer. I always felt ever so sorry for the ambulance personel who could not get to the injured and who were turned back.
UK no longer have those cages in their stadiums and they've been seated still to today. There are discussions for safe-standing stadiums. Plans for these would remove the seats but still allocate the space for the ticket holder. A lot of fans do want to stand, but only with the knowledge that something like this can never happen again.
There were 93 counted on the day but it rose afterwards. One guy committed suicide through guilt for giving his ticket to a friend who was killed You can see why we sing You'll Never Walk Alone with such passion
This was a tragedy that was waiting to happen. The stadiums at that time were not suitable, the way the police policed games due to the real fear of crowd trouble at the time was heavy handed, the metal fences around the stands, everything. This could have happened at any stadium on any weekend back then. This day was just error after error a horrible mess. However, the way the authorities and the extent they went to to cover their mistakes up was disgraceful. RIP 97.
My Dad was at the match, in the upper tear and saved a lot of other fans by dragging them out of that pen! What the police and government did by backing them was totally unacceptable. No one has ever been prosecuted or punished for this. That is why Liverpool fans never sing to the national anthem. The Sun newspaper wrote an article about the incident saying that Fans were urinating on the police and stealing from the dead! No one who supports Liverpool has ever bought the Sun newspaper since. The families never gave up the fight for justice, it took so long! Steven Gerard’s cousin was the youngest to loose his life, he was just 10 years old! There are now 97 victims as one person had been in a coma since the disaster and died 2 years ago 😢😢😢
I remember seeing this live on TV. I was 15. I am 50 now, and it is the most horrific thing I hope I will ever see. Duckenfield should be haunted by his actions and his subsequent lies for eternity
Remember watching this, too young to understand at the time. There was a review into football safety after this. This brought in all seater stadiums and no cages, also gave guidance to how games should be managed and policed. All of this is still in place today. If you watch games in Europe, they still have cages keeping fans in. YNWA
The 2017 inquest changed all the death certificates to unlawful killings and yet nobody has ever been brought to justice. The tragedy on 15th April 1989 was horrific enough. But the lies and cover up from the police, media and right to the top of the government was inexcusable. This video barely scratches the surface of the horror of that day and the subsequent days, weeks, months and years to come. I was 14 at the time of Hillsborough. I have the words etched in my memory as I walked through the door that day. My mum and dad watching it unfold, my mum turned to me and said, something terrible is happening at the match. It was around 3:15 and we watched in terror at the pure chaos unravelling on screen. We were fortunate that we had no relations at the game. But all around us, news was coming in of friends and neighbours who were missing. There were no mobiles back then and people had no way of contacting their loved ones. The fans did more that day to save people’s lives than the emergency services. Without their quick actions, the death toll would have been much higher. And yet they were vilified in the press to try and cover up police negligence . Families of dead children asked how much alcohol their loved one had drank and if they had a valid ticket! LFC has and always will support the families, they have been amazing. I recommend people watch (Jimmy McGovern’s) Hillsborough drama or ITVs drama, Anne, for an accurate portrayal of what the family’s went through. JFT97 You’ll Never Walk Alone ❤
RIP. I'm not a football fan, and was a child when this disaster occurred. I went to uni in Sheffield and actually sat exams in the hall where they put the bodies, and have paid my respects at the memorial at Leppings Lane several times. One of the policemen who led Operation Resolve (later investigation into the events) also happens to be a family friend. So, yeah, in a strange way this feels very close to home and it is just so sad and tragic.
The reason it went from 96 to 97 was 1 supporter sustained life changing injuries on the day of the crush. They sadly, passed years later. It was heartbreaking. It still is. The police and media blamed the Liverpool supporters to take the blame away from the real cause. It took years to get justice. R.I.P the 97. Never forgotten. Y.N.W.A
Ì will never forget this day. The memories of the feelings of confusion and helplessness, followed by anger never leave. To this day the club does not play on April 15th, it is a day of rememberance. The players of both the Mens and Womens teams as well as the academy lay wreaths at the memorial and the club website devotes itself to rememberance. Fansites also remember and at 3:06pm (the time the match was stopped) there is a citywide silence with the bells of the cathederals chiming 97 times. Fans across the world pause and pray/remember at this time as well. Until recently there was a annual memorial service held at Anfield, but that was stopped after the inquests at the request of the families. There is a minutes silence/applause (depending on whom we are playing) and a mosaic before the closest home match to the 15th every April. RIP97YNWA
Let’s see you post your‘concern’ for Heysel on a article about Heysel instead of the actual reason why you love the chance to take a swipe at Liverpool fans, it’s beyond pathetic that you couldn’t care less about any disaster until Hillsborough is mentioned,sad Bastard
I watched the live BBC footage, I was 14 at the time. All football grounds were made all seater because of this disaster. A number of years later I attended a match at Sheffield Wednesday’s ground in the leppings lane end which by then was all seats no standing. Standing is coming back behind each block of seats is a bar with seat attached enabling people to stand or sit.
The removal of the fences and barriers is what made fans safe really not the seating, as a Liverpool fan there should be safe standing areas at Anfield even though the Hillsborough families are against it. Thats not what caused the deaths it was the fencing along with police incompetence but i can understand why the club won’t go ahead with it out of respect for the victims and their families.
I’m Sheffield Wednesday fan and season ticket holder at Hillsborough stadium luckily for me I was born well after this disaster but I got threw the lepping lane end every match day. But my grandad is a massive Liverpool fan and he told me about the disaster and I’ve seen documentary about it but it so sad that 96 fans died for something that many people do every weekend. I hope the family and friends of the victims are all ok R.I.P to Liverpool and the 97 But I’ve always wondered and if anyone has the answer I’d be so glad to have it Liverpool and Nottingham are both massive clubs but at the time Liverpool were the best team in England and probably had a bigger following than Nottingham so why did Liverpool not get given the bigger part of the stadium where the Nottingham fans were and put the Nottingham fans in the lepping lane end
Oh, by the way "The Sun" which is called "The Scum" in Liverpool is not being sold in the city up to this day. The day after the event there was a headline with "THE TRUTH" and all kinds of false claims against the fans, like being totally drunk, stealing money from dead people, urinating at the Police, sexual assault of victims and all kinds of stuff that turned out to be complete BS.
I was at the game working at the opposite end of the stadium but when the game was stopped went over the pitch to help and assist. I was interviewed by the West Midlands Police who undertook the investigation around a week after the game and then around 25 years later when another inquest was started was visited again and interviewed to ensure my statement hadn’t been changed in any way. To this day I still don’t know which of the victims from this tragedy I helped carry from the field to where all the lifeless bodies were underneath one of the stands. R.I.P
@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 I dunno if that's 100% true but I appreciate your opinion. The all seater stadiums are much safer though just a shame 97 people had to die for it.
@@sconaldo7 it is 100% true, they still have terraces in Germany even in their biggest stadia but I don't remember seeing 96 Germans die every Saturday. The difference is their government enforced regulations on stadium maintenance before a disaster struck meanwhile ours waited until 96 people died and then used terraces to absolve themselves of blame which you've proven has worked. In modern football matches the entire away end and usually whole home ends stand up in all seater venues which has way more potential to be dangerous than just letting them stand up in a purposely designed terracing with appropriate crush barriers.
@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 with seating though it confides the stadium with a capacity which terraces don't. Which can lead to over crowding. I'm not here for an argument.
@@sconaldo7 it was 100% true, it’s in the original report and that led to a ban to standing in stadiums. Only recently has standing been allowed again with safe standing seat rails. But as I said the original report placed huge blame on standing, whilst ignoring the policing and stewarding.
The manager on the day was Kenny Dalglish (ex-player), he went to every funeral and continued as the manager but it became too much for him. Him (and his wife) ensured the club supported all victims. The 97 will never be forgotten by this club. They will never walk alone. This is the link ua-cam.com/video/q8yTLHzeBXU/v-deo.html which shows the people of Liverpool, including Everton fans giving respect to the families of the 97 (after the final court case) who fought the British establishment, including Prime Ministers, Police, Politicians and media for over 25 years to prove their loved ones were not to blame. But still no one else has been blamed. YWNA (You Will Never Walk Alone)
They mentioned in there Duckenfield was inexperienced in policing this kind of event. The same two teams had reached the Semi final the previous year. It too was played at the same venue. There was no trouble and no problems. Surely there must have been a report on the way in which that event had been policed. If Duckenfield had followed the same plans from the previous year there was no need for there to be any problems. And yes 97 is the official number of fatalities. 766 injured. R.I.P. To the 97. YNW.A
Yes the same two teams played the year before,but to say that their were no problems is not true, I was a Liverpool fc season ticket holder in 1989 and had attended the 1988 semi-final the previous season which you mentioned and believe me it was very close to having tragic consequences with an almost identical number of mistakes including the police using the strange funneling techniques which I had never witnessed before or after in 20 years of supporting the Reds, when you see shepherds loading sheep into pens that is what the police were doing from about half a mile away! Leading into a bottle neck and identical crush outside the ground upon arrival, the local bumpkin South Yorkshire police were ill equipped in manpower and common sense and again opened the central pen and the fans told to enter without showing tickets ( I had my ticket with stub still attached afterwards) I was carried down the same central pen by the forward movement and could only see the tunnel in front of me and ended up being crushed up against the crash barrier that gave way the following year, fans were also climbing up into the seated area above in desperation only for a giant of a bloke getting me of the barrier I might not be her telling you what nearly happened in 1988,I like others escaped out of the central pen and into the corner pen which had plenty of room but I was so drained by events I sat down shaking and didn't take much notice in the match,the next season when the FA Cup threw the 2 teams together again I refused to attend even though I was a season ticket holder, God bless the 97 YNWA ❤
As a side note, it's amazing how the memory plays tricks on you. So many people in the comments saying they remember watching the game live on TV. It wasn't broadcast live on TV (not in the UK anyway) it was played at 3pm on a Saturday and it was supposed to be shown later that evening as part of "Match of the Day". So TV cameras were there but it was not on Live TV. I think what people are remembering is watching "Grandstand" and they interrupted the Horse racing or snooker (or whatever they were showing at 3 o'clock) to go over to John Motson at Hillsborough for some breaking news etc....
Duckenfield, the guy in charge that day who said the fans opened the gate, later admitted that he has ordered the gate to be opened and failed to give order to close the tunnel to pen 3&4. He was charged with manslaughter in 96 cases but was voted not guilty which is a shame to this day. He hadn't even looked at the place he was in charge of before this day, nor had he read the safty rules of the stadium.
Yeah, was really sad to hear of it, I am unsure if they kept the fences or not, yes they had the fences there to stop people going on field or throw stuff on the field and yes it prevented them escape So know I had a laugh not of the disaster but as when you had an ad, I then got an ad my side
From Morecambe northwest England 🏴 🔥YNWA97 🔥 as a true Liverpool supporter, sing start of every home game for the team and respect of the 97 🙏🙏🙏⚘️
I was actually sacked that day.I was shitting myself on the way home,but I walked in and my parents were watching this,my mum was crying.It was horrific.I never got the grief I was expecting xx
The entire thing was a cover up and even now those responsible remain protected. There is a lot more to this story than just this video can go into in 10 minutes
I really think it would have been better if you had watched any video on British disasters including Hillsborough and Bradford etc made and / or narrated by British voices, as the incorrect pronunciations of teams or fans names etc, in my opinion, lacks a sense of respect for victims of these events. I mean no offence, but it just doesn't feel right to me to hear American voice overs on stories such as this. 😥 I do appreciate the gravity of your response though and thank you for being respectful re this tragedy and travesty of the police actions.
RIP the 97.
As a liverpool supporter this was tragic and the cover up was just a disgrace.
I’m a Tottenham Hotspur’s fan. But it doesn’t matter, every football fan, every human, everyone’s heart goes out to the people that lost their lives or injured on that day. They will never walk alone. ❤️
Not much of a football fan, but I'd have to agree with ya, it's such a tragic thing and a waste of life
People often forget that one of the fans was a Spurs fan, who went to the game with his mates
It is rarely mentioned that Spurs fans experienced a serious crush at the same end of the ground in the 1981 semi final.
@carlh429 That's so true.
I saw a video about it here on UA-cam.
Tottenham - Wolves
There were no pens back then so that's the only reason this fatal crush not happened already back then.
I watched this live on TV and it was brutal. And to then blame the fans was just adding insult to injury. YNWA
RIP from Nottingham forest fan, rivalry aside, we will always Remember this tragic day✝️🙏
I watched this unfold on TV. It was absolutely horrific. The panic, people desperately trying to help each other.
The narrator mentioned the clubs song 'You'll never walk alone' which is sung before every game. Never has a song been so apt. I always have a tear in my eye when I hear it.
Daniel, I know this isn't a reaction channel but I think you would see for yourself the passion, memories and unity these fans have after all they've been through if you watch them sing it. I know there's a video of it on UA-cam.
King Kenny (Dalglish), Liverpool legend and manager at the time went to almost every funeral and those he couldn't were attended by players or other club representatives. The Families were supported by the club where possible. Kenny stepped down the following year. It must have been difficult for everyone but it took it's toll on Kenny
Yeah I remember very well …YNWA
RIP the 97
I'm not a Liverpool fan, I am german and from Dortmund, it should be pretty easy to find out with which club my heart is. I have seen this live on tv and I will never forget the images I saw that day. No human no matter what, deserves such a death. Rest In Peace! YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE!
I feel Dortmund and Liverpool have some awesome bond as I've watched a few Dortmund games and was awestruck when I realised the fans had signs wth 96 on them and were singing ynwa 👍
Yes we do have some bonds over the years. People in Dortmund and Liverpool are very similar, hard working people with a big heart and honesty @@newtrimene8927
Oh, by the way, we still have fences in Germany, but since Hillsborough the fences are all gates and they open automatic when a certain amount of pressure is applied. They get tested before every season. Greets from Germany! @@newtrimene8927
Fair play for taking the time to learn about this mate💜I've known about this since my teens(20 years now🤔😔),and I'm not a fan of either club,or even football in particular really,but this is SUCH a heartbreaking story,it always has me tearing up 😪
Another aspect that he didn't touch on,was the press coverage afterwards (by the S*n in particular😑😡😡),where they not only blamed the Liverpool fans, but outright villyfied them,making up stories, including Liverpool fans SUPPOSEDLY going through the pockets of the victims,leading to a stereotype that still stands today, of Scousers being thieves....👀😡😡
I remember this, what was the most telling was the reform in policing games and the way future games where handled but at same time blaming the fans, this genuinely was footballs darkest day, 97 humans died for no reason, the one and only thing to come from this was the end to terraces at the top of the English game (slowly being stopped in the EFL aswell)
I don't think anyone in the UK believed it was the fault of the fans. We all were angry at the lack of care that was given on the day. RIP all the victims. Thanks for your words and compassion. 😢
Don't kid yourself. Lots of people believed it.
The fact is that, given the reputation of Liverpool fans (and English fans in general) at the time, a narrative of "Drunk hooligans causing trouble" was entirely believable because it had happened so many times previously in the 1970's & 80's
Re the "Sun" newspaper.
One of the big reasons the 'Sun' is hated is because they went with the headline - "THE TRUTH" on the front page and then printed the allegations that the police had made about drunk fans attacking cops, attacking ambulance crews, urinating on dead bodies, picking the pockets of the dead/dying etc....
There were other papers that also printed these allegations but they printed them as "Allegations", which is still pretty bad but Nowhere near as bad as printing them as fact.
There was CCTV & BBC TV cameras trained on the pitch that day and none of them picked up any footage of fans behaving as alleged. Also, only ONE ambulance crew ever made it on to the pitch (which is a whole other matter!) that day and they never reported being attacked. In fact they later testified the exact opposite.
So that is why the Sun newspaper is so despised in Liverpool and Merseyside in general. Also, the other papers printed retractions fairly soon afterwards but the Sun never apologised for something like 15-20 years or so.
It really is disgusting when you think about it.
I am a Liverpool supporter, I was on a Golf Course in Australia when I heard about this, my instant thought was about football violence, how wrong was I!...........for almost 3 decades it was blamed on the fans............JUSTICE FOR THE 97!
I watched it as it was covered on TV , so long for justice for those poor families who lost their loved ones . YNWA
Horrible tragedy, heart go out to all those affected, YNWA
You handled this topic with the respect and dignity it deserved. Hillsborough still strikes at the heart of every football fan. The thought of going to a match and not going home again. So sad.
I remember watching this live on TV at the time it was heartbreaking to watch😢
I was at a Leeds United match when we heard that the match had been stopped we thought there was hooligans that had stopped it and they was cheering and it wasn't till we got home that we realised the enormity of what happened and I felt ashamed. R I P all the people who lost their lives and their family's who suffered so many years of lies and cover ups may they find peace at last ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Kenny Liverpool legend attended every funeral all 97 i believe correct if wrong.
🙏rip too you all . A day we will never forget
This was one of those events where you know where you were that day and your memories of it. I was with my dad watching it happening on tv and it was the only time I saw my dad break down in tears along with the whole country. Its a terrible tragedy that should never of happened. RIP to the 97
Yeah, hope they learnt so not happen ever again, also that day I was still waiting 4 years to see the world, wish even if this happened again or like we go back to it we remove the fences ready as then it help not get so many trapped
Very respectfully handled, Dan. Thank you
YNWA
One of those major life events that you can ask others ‘do you remember where you were when it happened” I watched it happen with my dad and brothers on the TV. Never forget.
Thank you for covering this with the respect it deserves. I remember watching this on the TV as it happened. Shocking and harrowing
My brother had tickets to the game and would’ve been in those pens,thankfully his car broke down on the motorway and him and his mates never made it 🙏🏼
96 Reasons - Hillsborough
By Nik Pearce 2018
96 fans awoke that day
travelled to Sheffield to see their heroes play
96 had tickets for Leppings Lane
96 never returned home again
96 people packed in, gasping for breath
praying for life enduring death
96 names etched on a memorial plaque, next to an eternal flame
96 lives lost watching the beautiful game
96 families reduced to tears
still fighting for justice after all these years
96 souls not left in peace yet
96 reasons to never forget
Every time i see footage from this disaster on TV or online i have a weird feeling come over me just knowing what was to come for those people who died. May they all rest in peace.
I’m a Liverpool supporter, I remember it very well …. 🙏. YNWA
Big respect for your reaction man 👍 I’m a red and a scouser and what the government and police tried to do to cover up their own mistakes and tried to turn the blame to those heroes ( fans ) in a certain newspaper ( the rag ) was sickening but they messed with the wrong city. My dad was at the game and never went to another fa cup game after that day. Red or blue it doesn’t matter we are scousers first!!! Great video mate keep up the good work 👍
It's a horrible and helpless feeling being in this situation watching people getting crushed to death and nothing you can do to help them..
Thank you Daniel,respect to you
I'm a Forest fan and remember watching as this unfolded, every one who could helped out forest fans and Liverpool fans, then the police tried to blame Liverpool fans for every thing, such a sad day
Me, my dad and Mum who are huge Liverpool fans watched this live on tv like the hysel disaster too. Over here in Ireland during the 80’s we got to see on tv the majority of Liverpool matches. When in the fans came onto the pitch we thought it was just crowd trouble/pitch invasion, I remember being very angry at our own supporters cause it looked like it was going to be classic, then we saw a fan getting cpr and then the fans crushed, colour drew from our faces and then reports of people had died, it was truly shocking. This vid doesn’t highlight the complete stupidity and catalogue of disasters by the authorities involved, the previous year Liverpool played Forrest in a semi final fa cup with fans being stewarded with barriers down the streets, there was none of that this time, imagine putting Duckenfield in charge of his first ever football match in this fixture. The way the Liverpool fans were treated after the event was a disgrace even to this day, no doubt some muppet will post an idiotic message about this
Duckenfield should of been charged and we won't get started on The Sun newspaper that's a different enemy that showed its true colours after this happened.
Well done Daniel you are a sensitive and empathetic guy
I still am traumatised by the day and won't pee on the Sun to put it out!
Liverpool F C attended every funeral, and it broke Kenny Dalglish the manager.
God bless YNWA
I'm Liverpool fan, I couldn't get tickets for the game. Even though I wasn't there people who knew me at the time would still vilify me as a Liverpool hooligan. Even some of my own family would have a go, saying "it's always Liverpool fans that cause problems".
I remember very clearly watching this live as a kid. A real tragedy
Im a Liverpool fan and have been for 40yrs i was meant to be there that day but i had tonsillitis and couldnt go so i watched it with my dad on tv i was just shocked i dont think i ever cried so much as i did that day even my father a man city fan was crying 💔 justice for the 97 YNWA
12:30 - Re the "ticketless fans" story that was put out.
There was a sports show on BBC every Saturday called "Grandstand" and they reported on Grandstand around 3:30pm or so that ticketless fans broke open a gate etc.... Then again that evening on the 6 o'clock news and again at 9pm. This story was IMMEDIATELY put out as the official cause.
So.... The question to ask ourselves is - Even if that was true, how could anyone possibly know that was true within 30 minutes of the event occurring? Aren't you supposed to carry out an investigation into these type of accidents before establishing what happened? It was obvious this was the official line from the police in order to cover up the fact that it was their error that had led to multiple deaths.
The reason this story was so readily believed at the time, was that football fans (not just Liverpool fans) in England were extremely badly behaved in the 1970's & 80's. There was regular violence, pitch invasions and fans turning up to big games without tickets was a common occurrence.
"Crowd control" rather than "crowd safety", was the priority when it game to policing football matches. This was a tragedy that was YEARS in the making. Liverpool fans were the unlucky ones but in all honesty it could've been fans of almost any club at the time.
All sports stadiums must have seating now there are no standing areas. So they are safer. I always felt ever so sorry for the ambulance personel who could not get to the injured and who were turned back.
UK no longer have those cages in their stadiums and they've been seated still to today. There are discussions for safe-standing stadiums. Plans for these would remove the seats but still allocate the space for the ticket holder. A lot of fans do want to stand, but only with the knowledge that something like this can never happen again.
There were 93 counted on the day but it rose afterwards. One guy committed suicide through guilt for giving his ticket to a friend who was killed
You can see why we sing You'll Never Walk Alone with such passion
Christ, didn't know that, can't imagine how that lad felt, complete and utter fkn tragedy
This was a tragedy that was waiting to happen. The stadiums at that time were not suitable, the way the police policed games due to the real fear of crowd trouble at the time was heavy handed, the metal fences around the stands, everything. This could have happened at any stadium on any weekend back then.
This day was just error after error a horrible mess. However, the way the authorities and the extent they went to to cover their mistakes up was disgraceful.
RIP 97.
My Dad was at the match, in the upper tear and saved a lot of other fans by dragging them out of that pen!
What the police and government did by backing them was totally unacceptable. No one has ever been prosecuted or punished for this. That is why Liverpool fans never sing to the national anthem. The Sun newspaper wrote an article about the incident saying that Fans were urinating on the police and stealing from the dead! No one who supports Liverpool has ever bought the Sun newspaper since.
The families never gave up the fight for justice, it took so long! Steven Gerard’s cousin was the youngest to loose his life, he was just 10 years old! There are now 97 victims as one person had been in a coma since the disaster and died 2 years ago 😢😢😢
I remember seeing this live on TV. I was 15. I am 50 now, and it is the most horrific thing I hope I will ever see. Duckenfield should be haunted by his actions and his subsequent lies for eternity
It was an absolute fustercluck, and remained so for over 30 years
Remember watching this, too young to understand at the time. There was a review into football safety after this. This brought in all seater stadiums and no cages, also gave guidance to how games should be managed and policed. All of this is still in place today. If you watch games in Europe, they still have cages keeping fans in. YNWA
The 2017 inquest changed all the death certificates to unlawful killings and yet nobody has ever been brought to justice. The tragedy on 15th April 1989 was horrific enough. But the lies and cover up from the police, media and right to the top of the government was inexcusable. This video barely scratches the surface of the horror of that day and the subsequent days, weeks, months and years to come.
I was 14 at the time of Hillsborough. I have the words etched in my memory as I walked through the door that day. My mum and dad watching it unfold, my mum turned to me and said, something terrible is happening at the match. It was around 3:15 and we watched in terror at the pure chaos unravelling on screen. We were fortunate that we had no relations at the game. But all around us, news was coming in of friends and neighbours who were missing. There were no mobiles back then and people had no way of contacting their loved ones. The fans did more that day to save people’s lives than the emergency services. Without their quick actions, the death toll would have been much higher.
And yet they were vilified in the press to try and cover up police negligence . Families of dead children asked how much alcohol their loved one had drank and if they had a valid ticket!
LFC has and always will support the families, they have been amazing. I recommend people watch (Jimmy McGovern’s) Hillsborough drama or ITVs drama, Anne, for an accurate portrayal of what the family’s went through.
JFT97
You’ll Never Walk Alone ❤
RIP. I'm not a football fan, and was a child when this disaster occurred. I went to uni in Sheffield and actually sat exams in the hall where they put the bodies, and have paid my respects at the memorial at Leppings Lane several times. One of the policemen who led Operation Resolve (later investigation into the events) also happens to be a family friend. So, yeah, in a strange way this feels very close to home and it is just so sad and tragic.
The reason it went from 96 to 97 was 1 supporter sustained life changing injuries on the day of the crush. They sadly, passed years later. It was heartbreaking. It still is. The police and media blamed the Liverpool supporters to take the blame away from the real cause. It took years to get justice. R.I.P the 97. Never forgotten. Y.N.W.A
To this day Liverpool fans refuse to buy Rupert Murdochs The Sun newspaper after they blamed the fans with false claims of what happened that day.
In my life, I have had 2 boyfriends that were there that day, and you never recover from something like that
Ì will never forget this day. The memories of the feelings of confusion and helplessness, followed by anger never leave.
To this day the club does not play on April 15th, it is a day of rememberance. The players of both the Mens and Womens teams as well as the academy lay wreaths at the memorial and the club website devotes itself to rememberance. Fansites also remember and at 3:06pm (the time the match was stopped) there is a citywide silence with the bells of the cathederals chiming 97 times. Fans across the world pause and pray/remember at this time as well.
Until recently there was a annual memorial service held at Anfield, but that was stopped after the inquests at the request of the families.
There is a minutes silence/applause (depending on whom we are playing) and a mosaic before the closest home match to the 15th every April.
RIP97YNWA
Let's never forget Heysel.
Let’s see you post your‘concern’ for Heysel on a article about Heysel instead of the actual reason why you love the chance to take a swipe at Liverpool fans, it’s beyond pathetic that you couldn’t care less about any disaster until Hillsborough is mentioned,sad Bastard
we always remember the 97 :(
I remember this, it was devastating to watch. Then to cover their own ass, they blame the fans, what the police did was disgusting. YNWA.
I watched the live BBC footage, I was 14 at the time. All football grounds were made all seater because of this disaster. A number of years later I attended a match at Sheffield Wednesday’s ground in the leppings lane end which by then was all seats no standing. Standing is coming back behind each block of seats is a bar with seat attached enabling people to stand or sit.
At the time a lot of football stadiums were standing only. After this tragedy all stadiums became seated only.
The removal of the fences and barriers is what made fans safe really not the seating, as a Liverpool fan there should be safe standing areas at Anfield even though the Hillsborough families are against it. Thats not what caused the deaths it was the fencing along with police incompetence but i can understand why the club won’t go ahead with it out of respect for the victims and their families.
I’m Sheffield Wednesday fan and season ticket holder at Hillsborough stadium luckily for me I was born well after this disaster but I got threw the lepping lane end every match day. But my grandad is a massive Liverpool fan and he told me about the disaster and I’ve seen documentary about it but it so sad that 96 fans died for something that many people do every weekend. I hope the family and friends of the victims are all ok
R.I.P to Liverpool and the 97
But I’ve always wondered and if anyone has the answer I’d be so glad to have it
Liverpool and Nottingham are both massive clubs but at the time Liverpool were the best team in England and probably had a bigger following than Nottingham so why did Liverpool not get given the bigger part of the stadium where the Nottingham fans were and put the Nottingham fans in the lepping lane end
Oh, by the way "The Sun" which is called "The Scum" in Liverpool is not being sold in the city up to this day. The day after the event there was a headline with "THE TRUTH" and all kinds of false claims against the fans, like being totally drunk, stealing money from dead people, urinating at the Police, sexual assault of victims and all kinds of stuff that turned out to be complete BS.
I was at the game working at the opposite end of the stadium but when the game was stopped went over the pitch to help and assist. I was interviewed by the West Midlands Police who undertook the investigation around a week after the game and then around 25 years later when another inquest was started was visited again and interviewed to ensure my statement hadn’t been changed in any way. To this day I still don’t know which of the victims from this tragedy I helped carry from the field to where all the lifeless bodies were underneath one of the stands. R.I.P
YNWA
RIP the 97
As I said in brew and banter the Bradford City fire and the Rangers disaster are also well known
Yes definitely worth looking at. Remember the watching the Bradford Fire very clearly.
My father-in-law was at Valley Parade that day.
This is why all seater stadiums were introduced
Only because they blamed standing terraces to detract blame from the Authorities poor handling and the dangerous fencing
@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 I dunno if that's 100% true but I appreciate your opinion. The all seater stadiums are much safer though just a shame 97 people had to die for it.
@@sconaldo7 it is 100% true, they still have terraces in Germany even in their biggest stadia but I don't remember seeing 96 Germans die every Saturday. The difference is their government enforced regulations on stadium maintenance before a disaster struck meanwhile ours waited until 96 people died and then used terraces to absolve themselves of blame which you've proven has worked. In modern football matches the entire away end and usually whole home ends stand up in all seater venues which has way more potential to be dangerous than just letting them stand up in a purposely designed terracing with appropriate crush barriers.
@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 with seating though it confides the stadium with a capacity which terraces don't. Which can lead to over crowding. I'm not here for an argument.
@@sconaldo7 it was 100% true, it’s in the original report and that led to a ban to standing in stadiums. Only recently has standing been allowed again with safe standing seat rails. But as I said the original report placed huge blame on standing, whilst ignoring the policing and stewarding.
We still have other clubs who hate us and their catchphrase is usually "Always the victims"...🤬
That's more due to Heysel
The manager on the day was Kenny Dalglish (ex-player), he went to every funeral and continued as the manager but it became too much for him. Him (and his wife) ensured the club supported all victims. The 97 will never be forgotten by this club. They will never walk alone. This is the link ua-cam.com/video/q8yTLHzeBXU/v-deo.html
which shows the people of Liverpool, including Everton fans giving respect to the families of the 97 (after the final court case) who fought the British establishment, including Prime Ministers, Police, Politicians and media for over 25 years to prove their loved ones were not to blame. But still no one else has been blamed. YWNA (You Will Never Walk Alone)
They mentioned in there Duckenfield was inexperienced in policing this kind of event. The same two teams had reached the Semi final the previous year. It too was played at the same venue. There was no trouble and no problems. Surely there must have been a report on the way in which that event had been policed. If Duckenfield had followed the same plans from the previous year there was no need for there to be any problems. And yes 97 is the official number of fatalities. 766 injured. R.I.P. To the 97. YNW.A
Yes the same two teams played the year before,but to say that their were no problems is not true, I was a Liverpool fc season ticket holder in 1989 and had attended the 1988 semi-final the previous season which you mentioned and believe me it was very close to having tragic consequences with an almost identical number of mistakes including the police using the strange funneling techniques which I had never witnessed before or after in 20 years of supporting the Reds, when you see shepherds loading sheep into pens that is what the police were doing from about half a mile away! Leading into a bottle neck and identical crush outside the ground upon arrival, the local bumpkin South Yorkshire police were ill equipped in manpower and common sense and again opened the central pen and the fans told to enter without showing tickets ( I had my ticket with stub still attached afterwards) I was carried down the same central pen by the forward movement and could only see the tunnel in front of me and ended up being crushed up against the crash barrier that gave way the following year, fans were also climbing up into the seated area above in desperation only for a giant of a bloke getting me of the barrier I might not be her telling you what nearly happened in 1988,I like others escaped out of the central pen and into the corner pen which had plenty of room but I was so drained by events I sat down shaking and didn't take much notice in the match,the next season when the FA Cup threw the 2 teams together again I refused to attend even though I was a season ticket holder, God bless the 97 YNWA ❤
As a side note, it's amazing how the memory plays tricks on you.
So many people in the comments saying they remember watching the game live on TV.
It wasn't broadcast live on TV (not in the UK anyway) it was played at 3pm on a Saturday and it was supposed to be shown later that evening as part of "Match of the Day". So TV cameras were there but it was not on Live TV.
I think what people are remembering is watching "Grandstand" and they interrupted the Horse racing or snooker (or whatever they were showing at 3 o'clock) to go over to John Motson at Hillsborough for some breaking news etc....
That’s what we remember…to all intents and purposes we did watch the disaster unfold live on tv. I will never forget it. YNWA97
@@Cleow33 No you didn't. That's my point
Duckenfield, the guy in charge that day who said the fans opened the gate, later admitted that he has ordered the gate to be opened and failed to give order to close the tunnel to pen 3&4. He was charged with manslaughter in 96 cases but was voted not guilty which is a shame to this day. He hadn't even looked at the place he was in charge of before this day, nor had he read the safty rules of the stadium.
Yeah, was really sad to hear of it, I am unsure if they kept the fences or not, yes they had the fences there to stop people going on field or throw stuff on the field and yes it prevented them escape
So know I had a laugh not of the disaster but as when you had an ad, I then got an ad my side
🔥YNWA97 🔥R.I.P ❤🙏
From Morecambe northwest England 🏴 🔥YNWA97 🔥 as a true Liverpool supporter, sing start of every home game for the team and respect of the 97 🙏🙏🙏⚘️
A rabbit hole u should never go down footage is too disturbing to watch
That about forest fans chanting about a pitch invasion didn't happen
This was so sad
I don't know what else to say.
Makes me cry
People without tickets have a lot to blame though
I was actually sacked that day.I was shitting myself on the way home,but I walked in and my parents were watching this,my mum was crying.It was horrific.I never got the grief I was expecting xx
Think it was 700 and odds that were injured
The entire thing was a cover up and even now those responsible remain protected. There is a lot more to this story than just this video can go into in 10 minutes
I really think it would have been better if you had watched any video on British disasters including Hillsborough and Bradford etc made and / or narrated by British voices, as the incorrect pronunciations of teams or fans names etc, in my opinion, lacks a sense of respect for victims of these events.
I mean no offence, but it just doesn't feel right to me to hear American voice overs on stories such as this. 😥
I do appreciate the gravity of your response though and thank you for being respectful re this tragedy and travesty of the police actions.
you are ciorrect, we embrace the suck now
Ynwa jft97