Topic: I threw my mates' ashes over the Istanbul crowd (Read 4966 times)

Beef · « **on:** May 25, 2006, 06:16:29 PM »

IT WAS a match Ronnie Harrison and Clive Hartley would not have wanted to miss.

So Reds fan Karl Howard took his uncle Ronnie and friend Clive's ashes with him to Istanbul to witness their team win the Champions League in spectacular style.

Tucked away in his pocket, in two red envelopes, were his friends' ashes.

As Liverpool clinched victory in a nailbiting penalty shoot-out, an ecstatic Karl threw a handful of Ronnie and Clive's ashes into the air, showering celebrating fans.

Today, on the anniversary of the victory, Karl told the ECHO: "Never again will anyone see football like that, but for us the memory of our two mates being with us and sharing everything is just alittle bit special."

Karl, 30, of Kirkby, added: "No way were Ronnie and Clive missing the game. As Jamie Carragher started to run at the fans, up in the air went the ashes of our two mates and into the Istanbul night.

"Then they came down over all over ecstatic Reds fans. A stranger felt something on his hair and said: 'what's that?'. When we told him he was a bit uneasy with it at first, but his mates were choked and thought the gesture was brilliant."

Story Here

And some more stuff about the final last year, here.

dehawk666 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:18:37 PM »

Im sorry but EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Mottman · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:19:55 PM »

Quote from: Beef on May 25, 2006, 06:16:29 PM

IT WAS a match Ronnie Harrison and Clive Hartley would not have wanted to miss.

So Reds fan Karl Howard took his uncle Ronnie and friend Clive's ashes with him to Istanbul to witness their team win the Champions League in spectacular style.

Tucked away in his pocket, in two red envelopes, were his friends' ashes.

As Liverpool clinched victory in a nailbiting penalty shoot-out, an ecstatic Karl threw a handful of Ronnie and Clive's ashes into the air, showering celebrating fans.

Today, on the anniversary of the victory, Karl told the ECHO: "Never again will anyone see football like that, but for us the memory of our two mates being with us and sharing everything is just alittle bit special."

Karl, 30, of Kirkby, added: "No way were Ronnie and Clive missing the game. As Jamie Carragher started to run at the fans, up in the air went the ashes of our two mates and into the Istanbul night.

"Then they came down over all over ecstatic Reds fans. A stranger felt something on his hair and said: 'what's that?'. When we told him he was a bit uneasy with it at first, but his mates were choked and thought the gesture was brilliant."

Story Here

And some more stuff about the final last year, here.

Thats what makes Liverpool fans so special.

Liver Bird · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:22:45 PM »

I thought it was pretty disgusting to be honest.

dalehunter · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:31:51 PM »

A bit wrong that. Nice gesture but pouring ashes over people!! haha $:-\$

Al Bol · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:33:20 PM »

Quote from: dalehunter on May 25, 2006, 06:31:51 PM

A bit wrong that. Nice gesture but pouring ashes over people!! haha $:-\$

The Catholic Church do it every year.

Tomaldinho · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:33:52 PM »

"urgh i just got something in my mouth"

Thats rank but ah well, I've heard worse things

urchins · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:37:37 PM »

So what...i would not of been bothered if they were on me, at least he got what he wanted, in bringing them to witness the best day of our lives! Fair play to him!

dalehunter · « **Reply #8 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:37:47 PM »

Quote from: Al Bol on May 25, 2006, 06:33:20 PM

The Catholic Church do it every year.

Over people?? I wouldn't know i'm atheist.

james_f · « **Reply #9 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:38:09 PM »

Nice gesture, but i wouldn't be very happy if it got thrown on me. I could understand if they'd thrown them on the pitch or something, but not over the fans.

dalehunter · « **Reply #10 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:39:29 PM »

Quote from: james_f on May 25, 2006, 06:38:09 PM

Nice gesture, but i wouldn't be very happy if it got thrown on me. I could understand if they'd thrown them on the pitch or something, but not over the fans.

Touche

StevieG26 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:43:15 PM »

Quote from: Al Bol on May 25, 2006, 06:33:20 PM

The Catholic Church do it every year.

Don't think so mate. Not dead people's ashes all over people surely.

raptor · « **Reply #12 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:48:58 PM »

'Kinell, it's only a few ashes, not a corpse or anything. Hardly morbid or anything. Think it was a great idea myself.

Emlyn18 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:52:22 PM »

Quote from: james_f on May 25, 2006, 06:38:09 PM

Nice gesture, but i wouldn't be very happy if it got thrown on me. I could understand if they'd thrown them on the pitch or something, but not over the fans.

Bollox you just brush a bit of ash of you easy ffs. Fuck that, fair play to them. Nice gesture.

-HH- · « **Reply #14 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:55:24 PM »

Great gesture that, fuck off with all the whinging. I wouldn't have cared what hit me that night and if that's how they wanted to honour their mates then fair play to them. I'd love something like that to happen to my ashes when i'm gone.

Emlyn18 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:57:52 PM »

Quote from: -HH- on May 25, 2006, 06:55:24 PM

Great gesture that, fuck off with all the whinging. I wouldn't have cared what hit me that night and if that's how they wanted to honour their mates then fair play to them. I'd love something like that to happen to my ashes when i'm gone.

Fucking right. I cant believe some peolpe are moaning.

Drakey · « **Reply #16 on:** May 25, 2006, 06:58:18 PM »

I agree it would have been more suited on the pitch or left inside the stadium, but to throw it over fans isn't very pleasant.

King Richard IV · « **Reply #17 on:** May 25, 2006, 07:07:27 PM »

Over the pitch would probably have been better. But as someone said, at least it wasn't a corpse. Although I wouldn't mind seeing Weekend at Bernie's 3: One Night in Istanbul.

Pheeny · « **Reply #18 on:** May 25, 2006, 07:07:51 PM »

Quote from: -HH- on May 25, 2006, 06:55:24 PM

Great gesture that, fuck off with all the whinging. I wouldn't have cared what hit me that night and if that's how they wanted to honour their mates then fair play to them. I'd love something like that to happen to my ashes when i'm gone.

same here.

Rushian · « **Reply #19 on:** May 25, 2006, 07:47:55 PM »

Anyone else read it and think it was a wind up though? All that extra stuff about taking it on holiday etc

mjjason · « **Reply #20 on:** May 25, 2006, 07:58:30 PM »

Quote from: RedFerLife on May 25, 2006, 07:07:27 PM

Over the pitch would probably have been better. But as someone said, at least it wasn't a corpse. Although I wouldn't mind seeing Weekend at Bernie's 3: One Night in Istanbul.

The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society · « **Reply #21 on:** May 25, 2006, 07:58:38 PM »

I saw something in the echo recently very similar, a kopite who'd been going the match for 50 years died, his son wanted to sprinkle his fathers ashes on the kop as was requested in his will. He phoned the club up and they said it would be fine but obviously he would have to use some sort of plastic receprical as the urn wouldn't be allowed in the ground, in the end lad found an empty pepsi bottle, dried it out and put his fathers ashes in it. when he got to the ground the stewards wouldn't let him in the ground with it

comes to something when you can't take a bottle of pop the match

Tomaldinho · « **Reply #22 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:01:39 PM »

Quote from: The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society on May 25, 2006, 07:58:38 PM

comes to something when you can't take a bottle of pop the match

Brooks · « **Reply #23 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:24:46 PM »

It's a wind up..... Take their ashes to the match....well in. But to splat them on a bunch of strangers....nah, not taken it.

Jay_Mc · « **Reply #24 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:38:51 PM »

Quote from: Brooks on May 25, 2006, 08:24:46 PM

It's a wind up..... Take their ashes to the match....well in. But to splat them on a bunch of strangers....nah, not taken it.

Why would it be a wind up? To take the piss out of two dead people, who were your mates and you still speak to the family? Hardly the funniest thing ever is it

I think it's a good touch, plenty of people would like their ashes spread at Anfield, so why not at the place of one of the best nights in our history?

uneverwalkalone · « **Reply #25 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:42:26 PM »

Think its fucking sick to be honest and if someone threw a fellas ashes all over me their would be harsh words.

uneverwalkalone · « **Reply #26 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:43:07 PM »

Quote from: Jay_Mc on May 25, 2006, 08:38:51 PM

I think it's a good touch, plenty of people would like their ashes spread at Anfield, so why not at the place of one of the best nights in our history?

what?

all over people in the crowd, get to fuck mate.

Bronx Red · « **Reply #27 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:48:29 PM »

Ya i agree that over the ground would have been a nice touch (but im sure they would have prefered anfield) but over strangers

wheres the point

King Richard IV · « **Reply #28 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:48:45 PM »

They aren't talking barrel loads of ashes, they talking a small amount.

Jay_Mc · « **Reply #29 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:53:12 PM »

If you read the story properly, you will see he didn't throw them at someone he threw them up in the air. I doubt he meant for anyone to be covered, and it says only one person was funny about it, so I am guessin' no one else was arsed, they obviously knew how much it meant to the fella.

And as redferlife says it was a small amount, not the lot tipped over some fella's head

Paul Ando · « **Reply #30 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:55:45 PM »

Quote from: -HH- on May 25, 2006, 06:55:24 PM

Great gesture that, fuck off with all the whinging. I wouldn't have cared what hit me that night and if that's how they wanted to honour their mates then fair play to them. I'd love something like that to happen to my ashes when i'm gone.

Ditto. Great gesture.

Maple Leaf Red · « **Reply #31 on:** May 25, 2006, 08:59:15 PM »

Quote from: Al Bol on May 25, 2006, 06:33:20 PM

The Catholic Church do it every year.

Quote from: StevieG26 on May 25, 2006, 06:43:15 PM

Don't think so mate. Not dead people's ashes all over people surely.

Quote from: dalehunter on May 25, 2006, 06:37:47 PM

Over people?? I wouldn't know i'm atheist.

On Ash Wednesday they make the sign of the cross on the foreheads of the parishioners with the ashes of the palms from Palm Sunday.

It is a little sick to think that it is brunt up people that landed on people but at that point it would have been like getting cigarette ashes on someone. Much worse in your head than in reality I think. I understand the feeling behind taking the ashes though.

The Fletcher Memorial · « **Reply #32 on:** May 25, 2006, 09:00:58 PM »

۩ Imperator ۩ · « **Reply #33 on:** May 25, 2006, 09:05:14 PM »

Completely and utterly fucked up.

Filler. · « **Reply #34 on:** May 25, 2006, 09:20:43 PM »

Quote from: ۩ Imperator ۩ on May 25, 2006, 09:05:14 PM

Completely and utterly fucked up.

It was a handful of ashes.. a mere spattering... half a palmful, possibly just a pinch, and not the emptying of a large plastic green tub over people's heads yer poxy get.

Joshytoohotty · « **Reply #35 on:** May 25, 2006, 09:24:27 PM »

Quote from: urchins on May 25, 2006, 06:37:37 PM

So what...i would not of been bothered if they were on me, at least he got what he wanted, in bringing them to witness the best day of our lives! Fair play to him!

Agreed.

Emlyn18 · « **Reply #36 on:** May 25, 2006, 10:39:37 PM »

Quote from: ۩ Imperator ۩ on May 25, 2006, 09:05:14 PM

Completely and utterly fucked up.

How is it ffs?

dalehunter · « **Reply #37 on:** May 25, 2006, 10:40:14 PM »

Conclusion:

Nice gesture

Nice thought

Throw on the pitch

Not on fans

sirjames · « **Reply #38 on:** May 25, 2006, 10:46:43 PM »

we had just won the european cup i wouldnt care if some one through a tup of ashes over me

۩ Imperator ۩ · « **Reply #39 on:** May 25, 2006, 10:59:12 PM »

You've clearly not seen the Big Lebowski?

Much as I respect my fellow Liverpool supporters, I'm not keen on the idea of inhaling one.

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