Author Topic: What Was You Doing 20 Years Ago ? (Read 5802 times)

NickoH · « **on:** March 21, 2009, 10:14:38 pm »

I was planning my wedding in July.

A wedding I might never have seen.

But for the grace of the god..........

A son I may never had...........

A best friend I may not have meet..........

A friend I may not shared a drink with........

Whisper in a loved ones ear.........I love you.....and mean it.........please mean it.

rakey_lfc · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2009, 10:17:57 pm »

I would have been 3 years old.

Not a care in the world and completely oblvious to what was going on in the world.

Never forget....

conman · « **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2009, 10:20:39 pm »

i would have been 8, and probably looking forward to match of the day about now...
i guess somethings never change

florida red · « **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2009, 10:22:38 pm »

lots of drink n drugs ......................i think .

choi · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2009, 10:26:06 pm »

I would have been in my dads ballbag swimming around... or maybe i might not have been created in there yet

43 and counting! · « **Reply #5 on:** March 21, 2009, 10:29:37 pm »

was a stupid 23 year old. all I was concerned about was getting pissed, and LFC of course.

the day of the semi, was getting myself all worked up, and was gonna listen to it on BBC radio. this was before the days when every FA cup later round game was shown live. Put the headhones on, to hear the announcer say ''and the ambulances are racing across the pitch...''

threw the headphones off and screamed at the family to knock off the film they were watching and put Grandstand on.

everything after that is a blur. an absolutely unbelievable day. it'll stay with me till the day I die. not involved in any way with any of the victims, but I suffered badly from PTSD afterwards, as I'm sure thousands upon thousands more of us did as well. Only now looking back do I realise that.

this anniversary is actually bringing back quite a few memories for some strange reason. previous years have been a lot easier than this year. why is that?

do you remember every News programme in the immediate aftermath would end with YNWA?

that would really crack me up. I'd end up in the back garden, crying like a little baby.

ScouseBrad · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2009, 10:32:29 pm »

i was 5 and hitting on my mums mates....

PattoLFC · « **Reply #7 on:** March 21, 2009, 10:37:09 pm »

I was doing what ever people do before they are born

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #8 on:** March 21, 2009, 10:40:38 pm »

Errrrrr? What the fuck?

RedSandgrounder · « **Reply #9 on:** March 21, 2009, 10:42:00 pm »

Erm, what kind of food makes sperm? I'm going to guess and say milk... and if milk comes from cows and cows eat grass...

I'm going to go ahead and say I was grass in a cow field 20 years ago...

Just read the thread, realised it's not just for a laugh.

I wasn't born.

Beechy · « **Reply #10 on:** March 21, 2009, 10:50:04 pm »

I vividly remember it as I was watching Grandstand and they were saying somethinh major had happened and then the filming went to Sheffield. I was 15 turning 16 and knew people who had gone but thankfully were ok. The 80's was an amazing time for schoolkids being Red fans, we were spoilt really but you do have to feel that possibly this event was to affect us until recent times etc. But the 80's had other major football disasters with lives lost so there was a downside to the 80's. But the next few weeks I'm sure will allow us to reflect again and come together. Wear the stickers!

jaffod · « **Reply #11 on:** March 21, 2009, 11:18:24 pm »

It's inevitable at this time of year many of us look back and wonder how things may have turned out if we'd done things differently.Being in the Leppings Lane end the previous year set me in good stead, I knew not to go down that fucking tunnel.
My lad is 10 now, the same age as the youngest victim. I can't fucking bear to think of him in the same situation.
Hard to believe it's 20 years. R.I.P

RedMike-86- · « **Reply #12 on:** March 21, 2009, 11:21:56 pm »

I was as excited about LFC's season as I am now ... I didn't know what was to come of course.

On April 15th I didn't have, and didn't deserve a ticket, so me and my other red mate went to Plough Lane to watch Wimbledon play Tottenham ... the rest of my life has been different ever since.

YNWA

Red Cez · « **Reply #13 on:** March 21, 2009, 11:22:50 pm »

At school failing to apply myself, work well with others and realise my potential.

friendlyswift · « **Reply #14 on:** March 21, 2009, 11:24:23 pm »

Quote from: ♠Dirty Harry♠ on March 21, 2009, 10:40:38 pm

Errrrrr? What the fuck?

Fool.

Zeb · « **Reply #15 on:** March 21, 2009, 11:24:51 pm »

Just seen us hammer Luton and then Brentford. Looking forward to my 12th birthday.

RuairiK · « **Reply #16 on:** March 21, 2009, 11:42:33 pm »

I was 10....

I remember watching the game on RTE and not understanding what was going on. The weeks afterwards were terrible. YNWA took on a new meaning after that for me and many others i am sure.

damian · « **Reply #17 on:** March 21, 2009, 11:42:58 pm »

I was on the way back from town (Lincoln), my birthday is 14th April, was my 11th that year, and I'd been spending my birthday money. On the way back we had the radio on listening to the match, I remember exactly where I was when the news was breaking, driving along Dixon Street past the car sales place. At first we heard there was trouble in the crowd, then it started turning much worse than that. As soon as we got home the tv was put on, horrible, horrible scenes. I didn't realise until a few days ago that it was only 11 months earlier I'd been to see us beat Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 at Hillsborough, one of the few times I've been able to go to a match.

YNWA.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #18 on:** March 21, 2009, 11:53:32 pm »

I was about to go to a friend's 11th birthday party when Grandstand went over to the coverage. My mum was in a panic because we didn't know what stand my dad was in (turned out he was in one of the touchline stands). All a bit surreal, that evening we went round to my dad's mate's house who he's gone to the game with and I can remember they both gave me a big hug which they never usually did.

Like many of you who were there, my dad is still affected by it but doesn't ever open up. He has a little desktop calendar that is still set on Sat 15 Apr as his little tribute.

Cochise · « **Reply #19 on:** March 22, 2009, 12:00:38 am »

I was six so I don't really remember the days tragic events but I do remember my nan and grandad panacking because 2 of my uncles had gone the game.

I also remember a school assembly taking place a few days after because of that sad day and also because Jon-Paul Gilhooley went to our school.

Portland1 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 22, 2009, 12:01:13 am »

Enjoying being a 1 year old

waittillmay · « **Reply #21 on:** March 22, 2009, 12:07:23 am »

was only 8, remember the day so clearly though.
black and white tv was on in the kitchen with grandstand on it while me and my mate were helping my mum in the kitchen and garden.
i never know if this really happened or not, but was there like a reported death toll on the screen that kept going up as the day went on?

horrible.
a kid in my mums school died there, my uncle was at the match and so many other people we know were there.

Ski · « **Reply #22 on:** March 22, 2009, 12:13:45 am »

was a 15 yr old listening on radio struggling to grasp what was going on.

Samee · « **Reply #23 on:** March 22, 2009, 12:28:48 am »

Being not born yet.

Curva Nord '77 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 22, 2009, 12:33:58 am »

Don't remember specifics but looking forward to a trip to Sheffield will have been high on the agenda. How could any of us have known what was to come?

Superthing · « **Reply #25 on:** March 22, 2009, 12:36:50 am »

I was 12 and I remember it vividly, watching grandstand with my dad as it all unfolded.
I will never forget that day as long as I live.

JFT96

annieroader · « **Reply #26 on:** March 22, 2009, 01:33:33 am »

Me i was there with four mates and the now missus was in town (mothercare) buyin a pram for my now 20 year old boy and she was askin the girl in the shop whats the score and someone said that its been called off cause of fightin

. not good as only 3 of us came back and all alone
i got a lift back to lime st by a fella i didnt even know and the count went sorry but still hard today as its ever been cant say any more without breakin up

rasher · « **Reply #27 on:** March 22, 2009, 01:46:04 am »

went to the league game against derby county (won 5-0 or 5-1) then hillsborough happened, went to spurs home game in '92 or '93.
went to 2 pre-seasons friendlies in '96 in dublin against shelbourne and in New York in 05 or 06!

usernamefc · « **Reply #28 on:** March 22, 2009, 01:56:18 am »

Should it not be "What were you doing"?

and I wasn't born or even made 20 years ago... God I had no life back then

speedy_gonzalez · « **Reply #29 on:** March 22, 2009, 01:58:03 am »

playin with bucky o'hare toys.....actually maybe a teddy bear

speedy_gonzalez · « **Reply #30 on:** March 22, 2009, 01:58:26 am »

OK it was barbie alright jeeezsus with the spanish inquisition over here

Terry de Niro · « **Reply #31 on:** March 22, 2009, 02:32:34 am »

Quote from: NickoH on March 21, 2009, 10:14:38 pm

I was planning my wedding in July.

A wedding I might never have seen.

But for the grace of the god..........

A son I may never had...........

A best friend I may not have meet..........

A friend I may not shared a drink with........

Whisper in a loved ones ear.........I love you.....and mean it.........please mean it.

AMEN, mate..

Red_Rich · « **Reply #32 on:** March 22, 2009, 05:53:22 am »

Quote from: NickoH on March 21, 2009, 10:14:38 pm

I was planning my wedding in July.

My older brother was also planning a wedding .. 8th July 1989 was his eventual wedding day!

I was his best man.

I was 22 at the time.

They are still married, bless 'em!

RyanNS · « **Reply #33 on:** March 22, 2009, 06:03:44 am »

20 years ago I was too young to be doing feck all to be truthful. At that point was still on me oldies farm as a 9 year old. In all honesty I was probably killing chickens, pigs, or sloughing out horse stables just trying to have a time like. If I wasn't doing that I was attending elementary school, fecking off in the woods or playing sports any chance I had like.Being the age I was then I was way too young to realise the consequences of what would shape my beliefs at the age I am now.

Ultimate Bromance · « **Reply #34 on:** March 22, 2009, 07:31:05 am »

Sittin in the womb.

Some crazy times in that place.

Surprise me. · « **Reply #35 on:** March 22, 2009, 07:35:40 am »

Born 2 years later so i didn't exist in any shape or form.

Californiadreamer · « **Reply #36 on:** March 22, 2009, 07:38:04 am »

Quote from: El Torres on March 22, 2009, 07:35:40 am

Born 2 years later so i didn't exist in any shape or form.

Me too

MagicB8all · « **Reply #37 on:** March 22, 2009, 07:39:15 am »

Listening to St Pepers.... oh the irony

Redshadow · « **Reply #38 on:** March 22, 2009, 07:42:01 am »

Remember being stunned by what happened. Was a victim of the media by believing what was written first until I knew better.

Now I realize that most of them would have been at the age in which I am now, having children and family.

Love your family, be the best for them!!

lfc245 · « **Reply #39 on:** March 22, 2009, 11:07:53 am »

Enjoying an exciting season until that day. Remember watching Grandstand, then my mum switching of for my own good.