There has been a pattern for me in recent days. I’ve read a statement by a current/former football club director, then I’ve gone looking for corroboration, just in case the report is a sabotaged attempt to make the author appear foolish.
A statement was released by former Rangers chairman, Alastair Johnston yesterday, discussing the current SPL Commission looking into how his board administered football player contracts. I agree with him that any “capital punishment decision” should not be left to the SPL, but the SPL have no authority to impose capital punishment on a football club. The decision to terminate a football club can only be taken by the SFA (I am discounting the reckless behaviour of directors), and is perhaps a reason the SFA decided to delegate this inquiry to the league. It is interesting timing for Johnston to put this on the table.
Johnston’s main thrust is in connection with the SPL Commission, saying “the SFA wrote to us asking for more details about the public speculation concerning our financial and tax situation. The latter obviously referenced the impact of the EBT schemes as creating a potential taxation liability.
“The club responded accordingly and provided details, as it had done in previous years, by declaring player salaries, bonuses, benefits, etc., but also payments made to a Remuneration Trust. The SFA compliance officers must have known, both from the description and context of the reports, that such expenditures had some connection to player compensation.
“However, without any further investigation at the time, Rangers FC received its SFA license to compete in the 2011/2012 season. Rangers, therefore, were entitled to believe that they were not in breach of any SFA regulation requiring reporting of player compensation.”
Mr Johnston clearly implies that the SFA were in receipt of sufficient information to ascertain if Rangers correctly registered players (and considering the SFA president was on the board which sanctioned these decision was have to wonder), but the key point is missing from his testimony.
While disclosing this information to the SFA did Rangers reveal the existence of the alleged second contracts? For the purposes of the SPL Commission, it doesn’t really matter how much players were paid, or if they received this money through a Remuneration Trust, what matters is: were contracts submitted and players correctly registered? If not, then it doesn’t matter what else the club submitted to the SFA.
Sir David Murray, then Rangers owner, vehemently denied the existence of second contracts as recently as March this year, so it would appear unlikely that Rangers revealed these allegedly non-existent contracts at an earlier date.
Labouring this point slightly Johnston said: If the SFA now decide to adopt a more focused evaluation of the data they request from its members in order to be granted a license, they should ensure that the legislation upon which they rely for enforcement and the corresponding sanctions are more transparent and predictable.”
For clarity, the information the SFA requires in order to grant a club licence is not being changed in any way. The SFA and the SPL do, however, require clubs submit player contracts as part of the player registration process. It is not the club licence which is in doubt here, it is the registration of players, Mr Johnston, we have to wonder why you are trying to focus away from this matter.
Our own club was brought into the issue: “A lawyer representing Celtic recently was successful in having charges against that club dropped because of the inadequacy of the SFA’s prescribed rules, regulations, and sanctions. The same principle should apply here.”
Perhaps time is playing tricks on Mr Johnston’s memory. Paul McBride ensured a punishment imposed on Neil Lennon (not Celtic) was enforced in line with SFA rules. Johnston also meanders on the subjects of match fixing and financial doping, distancing his former club from both, but neither charge is of any consequence.
Despite his extensive diatribe on the subject, at no point does the former Rangers chairman deny the central allegation – that for over a decade Rangers gave dozens of players second contracts which were not registered with the SPL or SFA. Like Charles Green the previous day, he never suggested Rangers have been wrongly accused, he just complains about the club being accused.
There is a degree in Cognitive Bias in this matter if anyone is looking for material.
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PF AYR –
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St Stivs, terrifying that night, we had to climb in to the next pen, been to numerous games in england with Celtic and to watch Liverpool, an it never ceases to amaze me that the English police don’t know how to deal with large crowds.
Bma
awe_naw_no_annoni_oan_anaw_noo17:17 on12 September, 2012:
>>>>>>>
Really? I always thought she sounded like a granny.
But, happy returns nonetheless to the spring chicken.
: > )
Got this on TSFM site
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The Invisible Line says:
September 12, 2012 at 15:18
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Docs available for Hillsborough report
http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1213/hc05/0581/0581.pdf
Chris McLaughlin @BBCchrismclaug
#SPL have investigated claims that #Celtic may have had side contract with Juninho but say there is no case to answer.
St Stivs, terrifying that night, we had to climb in to the next pen, been to numerous games in england with Celtic and to watch Liverpool, an it never ceases to amaze me that the English police don’t know how to deal with large crowds.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
True,
Blackburn was a nightmare and their police were filth!!
Just home from work where every minute possible while driving between jobs was
spent listening to the Hillsborough debates prior to the Prime Ministers speech & after.
Fair play to the Tory leader his speech was delivered in an appropriate manner.
The tragedy could have happened to the supporters of any club with a large following.
The cover-up and collusion from the authorities is truly disgraceful.I count myself lucky
to have a number of friends from Liverpool,the solidarity shown by all scousers in the
fight against blatant injustice is commendable.The lies written by the Sun show the
damage done by the written press to change peoples perceptions of what the real truth
was and is.
Sadly far more than 96 people have lost their lives due to the tragedy.Many more have
succumbed to drink drugs and suicide.We all know the ticket to the match is paramount.
The random distribution of tickets amongst friends of tickets to different parts of the ground that day meant the difference between life & death.For some survivors that
was to much to live with.
If the tragic story of Hillsborough and the subsequent cover-up took place in a
banana republic you would think it could,nt happen here.
May the dead now rest in peace.
philvis..,
you’ve already told us you know and care little about it, your ignorance is not a good basis for your opinion to be taken seroiusly.
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
17:17 on
12 September, 2012
Happy 31st Birthday to Margaret Mc Gill.
Many Happy Returns
HAil Hail
Same here, many happy returns young Lady
that’s another wee candle on the cake still
you have still go a few to catch up with me
Lord willing and my Friend now needs a
Fire Extinguisher to put his candles out
Finished for the day. Taxi parked up. Couple of pints. Great to see Liverpool fans vindicated and the police exposed.
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
17:20 on
12 September, 2012
italiabhoy,
thats a great argument, your obviously well educated in the problems of the middle east pre and post war, why dont you enlighten us instead if making stupid statements
canalamar,
I suppose I could, but really what would be the point? The Middle East is one of these terrible subjects where people have utterly entrenched positions, and those on the Left in particular use the myriad problems to sharpen their dislike of the US/Britain/Israel/The West…
I can picture you getting your Chomsky/Galloway/Pilger – shaped ducks in a row, and I shudder…
Happy Birthday
Margaret McGill
canamalar – you’ve already told us you know and care little about it, your ignorance is not a good basis for your opinion to be taken seroiusly.
I think I’m a bit more realistic than you believing that the one-handed shoplifters of Arabia are sitting round their magic lanterns, sobbing to the tiny monkey they all keep on their shoulders that everything would be OK if only Philvis cared… (thumbsup)
What? CL sold out?
These games must be even more eagerly anticipated than certain division 3 games.
‘Pon my soul!
italiabhoy,
no more than expected, you’ll be surprised to know I believe Isreal has a right to exist, I am not entrenched in idology and every day is a school day as far as I’m concerned.
So give it a try, go on enlighten me
ItaliaBhoy – Last year I went to Iraq. Before Team America showed up, it was a happy place. They had flowery meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of chocolate, where the children danced and laughed and played with gumdrop smiles.
(thumbsup)
I think I’m a bit more realistic than you believing that the one-handed shoplifters of Arabia are sitting round their magic lanterns, sobbing to the tiny monkey they all keep on their shoulders that everything would be OK if only Philvis cared… (thumbsup)
!!!!!!!!!!
No, the sporty ones are travelling home from London with the rest of their Paralympics team.
HH
googybhoy ♥ Celtic
17:29 on
12 September, 2012
Finished for the day. Taxi parked up. Couple of pints. Great to see Liverpool fans vindicated and the police exposed.
Here-here googybhoy, about time too.
That particular match was played @
the wrong venue for a FA Cup Semi Final
& The Police on that particular day did panic
and opened up the Ground Gates into that
section of the Ground All will all be revealed in
due course. That’s also shocking that they
where saying that everyone was drunk on
that day
Finally & Hopefully Justice For The Liverpool 96.
canamalar – I believe Isreal has a right to exist
Does Isurreal have a right to melting clock faces? (thumbsup)
istanbulcelt – No, the sporty ones are travelling home from London with the rest of their Paralympics team.
:)
(thumbsup)
miki67
She likes older men .. maybe thats why ???
Hail Hail
philvis…,
as you know, the point was, you typify the western apathy which has allowed todays environment to develop, if every philvis had taken a wee bit more interest and questioned what was going on instead of accepting imperial dictat was for the best then it would probably have turned out different.
but you know that
Happy birthday Margaret Mc Gill.
Yer up to late at night for me to tell you later :)))
HAIL HAIL
Glendalystonsils likes a mr whippy with his lime green jelly
17:34 on
12 September, 2012
What? CL sold out?
These games must be even more eagerly anticipated than certain division 3 games.
‘Pon my soul!
I know Glendaily’s Tonsils
The CL the only show in Town
Not some D3 It’s every one else’s fault bar our own outfit matches
yeah, a hun media group spiel who are all dancing to a rubbish
propaganda agenda what a shower of over paid numpties that
don’t half talk a load of crap
Why is Sammi turning up at Lennoxtown heavily armed?
patrick crawley @pc39mso
@LawTop20 seen sammy at lennoxtown today, heavily strapped!
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philvis..,
Iraq would not have been a force, had the british kept their word to the kurds.
But I suppose there would have been other wars to advertise\sell arms that have been battle tested eh
akbw1888
17:37 on
12 September, 2012
Clearly the press and police also colluded to put forward a picture of drunken, ticketless, theiving fans.
Strangely no surprise to us all this.
Evening bhoys, still hot on the hun free mountain.
See our friend Chuck, and he really is our friend, with all his refusing to recognise the spl and the like, and his refusal to pay anything, maybe he should take a leaf out of these folks book, it worked for them. :>)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj7yaqBFCh0&feature=related part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkn6itUI4yA part 2
canamalar – Nonsense. Your average Middle Easterner would still be your average Middle Easterner. (thumbsup)
canamalar – Re: people crying about the Kurds all the time.
Their neighbours in the Middle East sure don’t seem to like them all that much.
Maybe they’re not the innocent, doe-eyed fauns Western lefties like to imagine they are. (thumbsup)
istanbulcelt
i see you are working in an office in Turkiye, do you have a work permit or Kimlik card ?
akbw1888
Talking of propaganda , what about this from STV website
The SPL statement read: “Oldco and Rangers FC, who are named in the issues contained in the notice of commission and alleged to have been in breach of SPL rules, will continue to have the right to appear and be represented at all hearings of the commission and to make such submissions as they think fit.
“Newco, as the current owner and operator of Rangers FC, although not alleged by the SPL to have committed any breach of SPL Rules, will also have the right to appear and be represented at all hearings of the commission and to make such submissions as it thinks fit.”
Desperately trying to make it look like just a change of owner , club still the same .
philvis…,
how do you work that out, your average middle easterner is as fanatical is the isreali’, yet you can excuse isreali crimes. Hypocracy is obviously a foundation of you philosophy.
it’s not the old ” i have a Turkish partner ” chesnut surely ?–)))))
Good evening folks.
Following the events today in Parliament regarding Hillsborough disaster please forgive me for sharing this rather long transcript of a Speech by MP Steve Rotherham on 17th October 2011. It gives a great insight to the injustice that the victims families have had to suffer. I think it’s worth a read.
“I rise to thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting tonight’s debate following the incredible response to the Government on-line petition which attracted 140,000 signatures in just a couple of weeks. It is because those people took the time to push the Government for the release of the Hillsborough documents – that today we are having the first ever Parliamentary debate resulting from an e-petition (although, after a fight for justice that has lasted 22 years – even this minor concession was called into question following last week’s shenanigans in this Chamber).
I would also like to thank colleagues for the fantastic response from nearly 100 MPs from 9 separate political parties who supported the application to the Backbench Business Committee.
This is a victory for democracy – a victory for people power, but it remains to be seen whether it will be a victory for the families. They have been let down so many times that they will not be surprised if there are those – that would prefer for this, to just simply go away.
For those that foolishly believe that this might be a potential outcome from tonight’s debate, let me make it absolutely clear from the start – this issue will never JUST ‘Go Away’ – NOT until there is Justice for the 96.
Mr Speaker – During this debate I will set out why I believe it is an important issue for this House to consider – (albeit, a bit late in the day) – and outline why it is essential to press the Government on its commitment to release ALL papers relating to the Hillsborough Disaster.
I believe that all sides of the House should agree to the terms of the motion – but if not – it is my intention to press the House to a vote. My hope is that common sense, and ultimately, justice, will prevail.
Mr Speaker, I want to begin by setting out the context to this disaster as there is a fundamental misunderstanding of what happened on 15th April 1989 – and in the dark days, weeks, years – and – ashamedly, decades that followed.
There have only been a few occasions in my life when I have been completely overwhelmed by the emotion of the event I was witnessing – the birth of my 3 wonderful children – the death of my beloved mum and loss of close friends and relatives.
However, there is one other event that will live with me for the rest of my life.
And that is the tragedy at Sheffield on that beautiful spring day 22 years, 6 months and 2 days ago.
Before 1989 Hillsborough was just the name of one of England’s famous old football grounds. But for the last 2 decades the word “Hillsborough” has evoked memories of Britain’s worst ever sporting disaster.
It was a day when I helplessly watched frantic scenes – as people that had travelled to see a football match, some, mere children, lay injured and dying as they were pulled from the terraces.
I was one of the lucky ones that day – and all of my close friends (and members of my family) returned home, although for one (our Lisa), it was touch and go whether she would survive. Thankfully she did.
This unfortunately was not the case for 96 men, women and children who were killed – and for hundreds of others injured and left permanently traumatised. The loss of 96 innocent lives was bad enough Mr Speaker, but the tragic nature of their deaths was exacerbated by what happened next. Instead of those at fault taking responsibility for their actions, a coordinated campaign began – to shift the blame – and look for scapegoats.
To this day – NOBODY has been held to account for Hillsborough.
Mr Speaker, a half day debate, though welcomed, is not long enough to go into all of the details of this gross 22 year injustice, so I will concentrate on the 3 main pillars of the accusations against Liverpool fans, namely that thousands;
• Turned up late and were ticketless
• Were drunk and aggressive
• And broke down a gate causing a catastrophic crush.
Is it any wonder that some people have doubtful and distorted views as to the exact cause of the Disaster, when misinformation began almost immediately after the players were led off the pitch at 3.06.
The BBC and ITV news that very afternoon misreported what had occurred – and it is important to understand the effect this had – as it formed the immediate public perception of Hillsborough.
To fully understand what I mean – people would need to suspend their predisposition to believe the Hillsborough myths – and to listen to tonight’s debate with an open mind – before jumping to conclusions.
But the faux pas committed in the immediate aftermath – when there was much uncertainty and a degree of confusion, pales into insignificance when you consider the malicious manner in the way some sections of the press reported things – and which still clouds thinking today.
At 3.15pm, Graham Kelly, the then Chief Executive of the Football Association, went to the police control box, where he was told by the (now) discredited Match Commander that Liverpool fans had rushed the gate into the ground, creating the fatal crush in the central pens. This was cowardice and deceit of the highest order as the fact was that no gate had been rushed – and Duckenfield (The Match Commander) himself had personally ordered the gate be opened. But this disgraceful lie set the tone for all that came later.
At 4.15pm, Kelly was interviewed by the BBC, and he told them the police had implied to him that the gate had been broken down by the fans to gain access. Notwithstanding the fact that there was absolutely no basis to these lies, Kelly – allowed himself to be embroiled in this treachery, although he SIMPLY may have wished this version of events to be true – as, by then, he had probably realized that the dysfunctional organization that he headed-up would quite rightly be criticized for their part in the unfolding disaster. Why didn’t the FA listen? I suppose we will never know!
However, AND without any evidence to back it up, these lies were reported by some news organizations – and the story was flashed around the World as fact – repeating the line that drunken Liverpool fans had forced the gates open.
Just a few days later, before people had even had time to arrange funerals for their loved ones, – the Sun newspaper infamously printed the banner headline entitled “The Truth” – on the personal instruction of editor Kelvin McKenzie.
It claimed that drunken fans had forced the gates open because they did not have match-tickets; that they had stolen from the corpses lying around the pitch; assaulted police officers and the emergency services; robbed cameras and other equipment from press photographers; and – urinated on police officers helping the victims. This was one of the cruelest blows – and it beggers belief that certain sections of the media still give airtime to this most despicable man, to vent his bile and mendacity.
Given what he said about the Prime Minister the other day, there may even be some Tories that NOW agree that the man is a pariah (as we on Merseyside know him to be). This is a man who preaches about free speech, but who dehumanized the deaths of 96 people for a cheap headline. What an absolute hypocrite!
Months later, the rag he edited admitted that the allegations it had made were totally false, – but the damage had been done.
To this day, the people of Merseyside don’t buy that newspaper.
But it has taken the Hackgate allegations with Murdock’s News International for people to at long last sit up and take notice of the claims we made 22 years ago – that there may be some truth to our allegations of collusion between the press, certain politicians and the Police.
Mr Speaker, the actual loss of life from Hillsborough will never be fully known. Yes we know that 96 people died as a direct result of injuries that they sustained at the stadium, but many have subsequently died – some tragically by committing suicide – and others – who have simply died of a broken heart at the loss of their loved one.
However, I have been careful not to base my account of events on emotion. In fact I have ensured that I have clear and referenced evidence to support all of my contentions.
Mr Speaker – It is claimed that truth is the first casualty of War – but the same can be said for Hillsborough. Misdirection, obfuscation and damned lies were all used as smokescreens to deflect attention away from the guilty.
Institutional complacency and gross negligence, coupled with an establishment cover-up, have added to the sense that this was an orchestrated campaign to shift the blame from those really responsible onto the shoulders of Liverpool fans.
There are many myths that have been perpetrated about the events of the 15th April 1989 – and perhaps the only way these will be addressed is once the Hillsborough Independent Panel – set-up by My Rt Hon friend the Member for Leigh – concludes its deliberations and reports back next year. That is why it is so important to give them all of the pieces of the jigsaw, so that they can complete a full and accurate picture of events.
So what are the facts about the Hillsborough disaster? For those that believe it was simply caused by fans turning up late – you are wrong – YOU ARE WRONG – in spite of a misprint on tickets requesting fans to turn up at 2.45pm and despite the fact that Liverpool fans only had 23 dilapidated turnstiles to enter the ground – (whilst Forrest fans had access through 60), half of the 10,100 supporters were already in the ground before 2.30pm – but there was congestion outside and it was obvious that with 5,000 supporters still to enter the ground at 2.30pm, there needed to be a delay in kick-off.
Anyone who has ever been to a match knows that there is always a higher entry rate as kick-off time approaches, – AND two years previous there had been a delayed kick-off to allow fans to get into the ground. But not this time, instead the response to the build up and congestion outside was to open a gate and allow fans onto the concourse – with disastrous consequences as there were no stewards or police inside to direct supporters into the half empty pens and away from the packed central pens.
Signage was poor and the design of the Leppins Lane meant that around 2,000 of this group made their way into the ground and headed straight for a tunnel (marked ‘Standing’) leading directly to pens 3 and 4.
This influx caused severe crushing and some fans began climbing over the lateral fences into the half empty pens on either side to escape.
It was later estimated that more than 3,000 supporters were admitted to the central pens – almost double the “safe” capacity.
At five minutes past three a crush barrier in pen 3 gave way, causing people to fall on top of each other. Cries to the Police for help were audible, but went unheard.
Mr Speaker, another falsehood was the claim that these were ticketless fans – but even officers at the turnstiles rejected this – and the HSE, who later analysed the evidence of all those that entered this end, concluded that the total numbers were between 9,373 and 10,124. The capacity was 10,100 and so the myth of ticketless fans can also be dispelled. AND just to confirm this – so as to leave no doubt – the report by Lord Justice Taylor stated there was no substance that ticketless fans caused the disaster.
Unfortunately this smear still impairs and prejudices the thinking of some who have heard the apocryphal tales of ticketless fans so many times – that they believe it to be true. Not only is it untrue, it’s total rubbish – the sort of nonsense bandied round by those desperate to protect their own skins.
And how about the outrageous claims by Bernard Ingham (who was Mrs Thatcher’s Press Secretary) – despite the fact that – at this stage – the death total was still rising – he stated the cause was drunken fans (or in his words), Hillsborough wouldn’t have happened; “if a mob, clearly tanked up, had not tried to force their way in”.
I know that there are people (maybe even some on the benches opposite) that actually believe this drivel, because they have been fed it for 2 decades, but I simply ask people to read the Taylor report.
ALCOHOL was absolutely rejected as the cause of the disaster. Once again it was a convenient excuse – an expedient opportunity to try to smear the fans and to abrogate responsibility.
Liverpool supporters were no better or worse than the fans of any other football club of the day – and I would say to fans of other teams, that they should be saying ‘There but for the grace of GOD go we’ because a similar tragedy could have befell anyone at that time (and it certainly could have happened to anyone at that particular stadium – which didn’t even have a valid safety certificate.)
The Taylor report concluded that “The great MAJORITY of fans were not drunk – OR EVEN the worst for drink”. However, Ingham’s view obviously influenced the Sheffield coroner who inexplicably took blood alcohol levels from every victim, which included Jon-Paul Gilhooley. Jon-Paul was 10 years of age. Just a child.
Drink wasn’t the cause, but was used to accuse and condemn – to impugn and reproach. It was a quite frankly – A CON.
The cause of the Hillsborough Disaster is there for all to see in the Taylor report, which concluded that the:
• police fundamentally lost control of the situation, and did not demonstrate the leadership expected of senior officers,
• that the failure to cut off access to pens 3 and 4 was a blunder of the first order
• that safety procedures were inadequate and the ground was badly maintained and dangerous,
• that fans were routinely treated with contempt by football,
• and that Liverpool fans had been the victims rather than the guilty party.
His reports, published in August 89 and January 90, dismissed the allegations against Liverpool supporters for the disaster.
Mr Speaker – 22 years on it is difficult to comprehend the enormity of the complete and utter breakdown of communication and inaction of those charged with our safety – and it’s impossible to understand at a human level why those within authority simply stood idly by whilst ordinary football fans (without any emergency – or medical training) organised themselves into stretcher bearing squads to ferry stricken fans on advertising hoardings ripped from around the pitch – and who tried to give CPR to the stricken. This wasn’t a war zone – no battle had been fought, but you wouldn’t have guessed it by the scenes on the pitch.
It was due to the Herculean efforts of ordinary fans (those same fans later besmirched by slanderous tabloid headlines) – that the death toll wasn’t even higher.
Mr Speaker on the 20th Anniversary of the disaster I put on record my thanks to the ordinary people of Sheffield that opened their doors (in the days before mobile phones) – to let fans call home to tell loved ones that they were safe – and tonight both the Leader and Chief Executive of Liverpool City Council send messages of support from the people of Liverpool to those in Sheffield that helped on that dreadful day.
I am proud to be a Liverpudlian Mr Speaker. In the 22 years that the families have fought their dignified campaign, I, and the rest of Britain have watched as my great city has come together.
Out of the darkness of the Hillsborough tragedy, an eternal flame of unity has emerged to mean that Liverpool is now synonymous with a unique kind of solidarity; whether red or blue, we are scousers all.
BUT – Mr Speaker, to those that attempt to perpetrate the myth that it was the fault of the fans, I will never tire of reminding them that it was the ordinary fans that were the real heroe’s on the day, not the villains. They reacted, whilst those in authority froze.
Mr Speaker, my granddad used to regal me with vivid accounts of the 2 World Wars he had fought in – and whilst he never glorified in war itself, he would explain to us his sense of loss for fallen comrades NEARLY half a century later. I didn’t really understand that when I was growing up – but I do now. It doesn’t matter how long it takes, we will NEVER stop fighting for justice for the 96.
A botched inquest, a flawed Enquiry, a farcical review of evidence and a system that worked against, instead of for, the families has left a bitter taste.
An unsympathetic Government, an unsatisfactory judicial process and an unforgiving press has led observers to believe that an organized conspiracy was acting against the best interests of natural justice. We need the Government to act – and we need this House to support the motion to ENSURE that there is no further backsliding on this issue.
Mr Speaker, – The Prime Minister quite rightly apologised for a previous Government’s mishandling of events when he responded to the findings of the SavilIe Report. Today I call on the Prime Minister to make a statement in this House and to APLOLOGISE for the mistakes that were made and the mishandling of this whole tragedy on behalf of previous Governments.
I would also ask him to join me in pushing for the disclosure of the Senior Police office and the Conservative MP who allegedly leaked the story to the press – and to press for a front page banner headline in the Sun newspaper admitting they lied in April 1989, just as Kenny Dalglish demanded 2 decades ago.
We in Liverpool refer collectively to those ‘lost’ at Hillsborough simply as the 96 – but each of the 96 was an individual, a father/sister/brother/daughter/son – an irreplaceable person loved by others and with their own unique life story.
‘The 96’ trips off the tongue far too easily. It is not until you read out each individual name on the Hillsborough memorial at Anfield that you realise just how long the list is.
Parliament has never even recorded their names in Hansard for posterity. Well tonight I can, at least, put one wrong right.
John Alfred Anderson (62)
Colin Mark Ashcroft (19)
James Gary Aspinall (18)
Kester Roger Marcus Ball (16)
Gerard Bernard Patrick Baron (67)
Simon Bell (17)
Barry Sidney Bennett (26)
David John Benson (22)
David William Birtle (22)
Tony Bland (22)
Paul David Brady (21)
Andrew Mark Brookes (26)
Carl Brown (18)
David Steven Brown (25)
Henry Thomas Burke (47)
Peter Andrew Burkett (24)
Paul William Carlile (19)
Raymond Thomas Chapman (50)
Gary Christopher Church (19)
Joseph Clark (29)
Paul Clark (18)
Gary Collins (22)
Stephen Paul Copoc (20)
Tracey Elizabeth Cox (23)
James Philip Delaney (19)
Christopher Barry Devonside (18)
Christopher Edwards (29)
Vincent Michael Fitzsimmons (34)
Thomas Steven Fox (21)
Jon-Paul Gilhooley (10)
Barry Glover (27)
Ian Thomas Glover (20)
Derrick George Godwin (24)
Roy Harry Hamilton (34)
Philip Hammond (14)
Eric Hankin (33)
Gary Harrison (27)
Stephen Francis Harrison (31)
Peter Andrew Harrison (15)
David Hawley (39)
James Robert Hennessy (29)
Paul Anthony Hewitson (26)
Carl Darren Hewitt (17)
Nicholas Michael Hewitt (16)
Sarah Louise Hicks (19)
Victoria Jane Hicks (15)
Gordon Rodney Horn (20)
Arthur Horrocks (41)
Thomas Howard (39)
Thomas Anthony Howard (14)
Eric George Hughes (42)
Alan Johnston (29)
Christine Anne Jones (27)
Gary Philip Jones (18)
Richard Jones (25)
Nicholas Peter Joynes (27)
Anthony Peter Kelly (29)
Michael David Kelly (38)
Carl David Lewis (18)
David William Mather (19)
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Rest in Peace. Justice for the 96.
googybhoy ♥ Celtic
17:45 on
12 September, 2012
akbw1888
17:37 on
12 September, 2012
Clearly the press and police also colluded to put forward a picture of drunken, ticketless, theiving fans.
Strangely no surprise to us all this.
Very true indeed, it was a cover up all along
they did panic that is for sure and they where
covering up their fatal/serious flaw by opening
up said section gates and then trying to pin
the blame on the Supporters but finally the
scales of justice has certainly balanced up
their act true justice will always prevail over
time the other sad thing about this matter is
that it’s taken 23 years for the truth to finally
be admitted also well done to the said families
affected and the panel set up for their patience
and finally getting this matter truly resolved
philvis…,
who exactly in the middle east dont like the kurds, it wouldnt be neighbours who have profited by partitioning there land per chance
Radio shortbread tonight has a panel of Jim Traynor Billy Dodds and Gordon Smith …. Oh well anything good on the telly?