Author Topic: A must read in the Observer - Sunday May 1st 2016 (link to article) (Read 20236 times)

4pool · « **Reply #40 on:** May 1, 2016, 03:34:54 pm »

Great piece. Very moving.

Should be required reading in schools.

Lady_brandybuck · « **Reply #41 on:** May 1, 2016, 04:16:49 pm »

Exceptionally written, thank you Ade!

WidnesJon · « **Reply #42 on:** May 1, 2016, 04:18:25 pm »

Blimey, that's the most powerful, well written piece I've seen in a long, long time. Thanks to the author and thanks for the link.

Cheers
Jon

theboyspen · « **Reply #43 on:** May 1, 2016, 04:43:27 pm »

Quote from: 4pool on May 1, 2016, 03:34:54 pm

Great piece. Very moving.

Should be required reading in schools.

I was thinking the exact same thing!

Ycuzz · « **Reply #44 on:** May 1, 2016, 04:50:42 pm »

Just got back home, sorta sorted and online. Posting to read later.

ACLE · « **Reply #45 on:** May 1, 2016, 05:24:44 pm »

Don't delay, every football supporter must read this.

Brilliant Adrian, thank you.

skipper757 · « **Reply #46 on:** May 1, 2016, 06:31:58 pm »

Brilliant read.

Thank you.

Stubbins · « **Reply #47 on:** May 1, 2016, 06:39:00 pm »

Exceptional piece of journalism. You've captured it all and articulated it for us. Thank you.

redgriffin73 · « **Reply #48 on:** May 1, 2016, 06:39:40 pm »

Wonderfully moving piece of writing.

terrible suits · « **Reply #49 on:** May 1, 2016, 07:44:47 pm »

A spectacularly well-written piece.
Broke up at many points during it. The enormity of it is still hard to take in and process.

Funky_Gibbons · « **Reply #50 on:** May 1, 2016, 07:55:22 pm »

Brilliant, brilliant read that, I've tears in my eyes.

I picked up on a quote at the beginning and thought I'd quote it in here but then reading the rest of the article, I found numerous other things that struck a chord with me that I could have quoted.

A must read for any fan.

FoolForPool · « **Reply #51 on:** May 1, 2016, 08:36:50 pm »

Living abroad there is a distance between me and the city of Liverpool, but the dignity of these people makes me proud to say I support a team in their city.

kwalitee, no? · « **Reply #52 on:** May 1, 2016, 08:51:47 pm »

I read this and I cried, again. My brother, a survivor from those central pens, says it's the most accurate & thorough article he's read. We've both shared it and suggested that if people only read one article about Hillsborough then maybe it should be this one.

My daughter, who is at university now as my brother was in 1989, said she wanted to share some information with her friends who are obviously too young to know much about that terrible day - she's going to share this one.

Thank you so much, I can't begin to imagine how hard it must be to write.

gravy red · « **Reply #53 on:** May 1, 2016, 09:02:12 pm »

Started reading this on my iPhone. Tried to stop, to get up And get my iPad, but I just could not stop reading it. A perfectly written piece, Thank you.

redtel · « **Reply #54 on:** May 1, 2016, 09:03:39 pm »

Thanks for having the courage and such writing talent to convey exactly what happened in 1989 and the cover up.

Needs to be read by everyone in the country and especially young people.

It can't fail to move people.

Maybe then it won't be allowed to happen again.

AndyMuller · « **Reply #55 on:** May 1, 2016, 09:21:26 pm »

Beautiful piece.

Thank you.

Defendant · « **Reply #56 on:** May 1, 2016, 09:38:53 pm »

One of the best pieces I've ever read on anything. So much heart and soul went into that.

It also caused me to stop and ponder something obvious that I had somehow not considered -that there would have been further casualties if any of the decisions had gone the other way. Merciful justice.

Speedy Molby · « **Reply #57 on:** May 1, 2016, 09:39:13 pm »

Quote from: That Kennedy moment on May 1, 2016, 02:14:42 pm

Thanks for all your kind comments, everyone. Much appreciated.

It was a privilege, and one of the great moments of my life, to be in Warrington this week with the following lads - and my account is also their account, in many ways. Huge thanks to

BlueLagos
Kav
Speedy Molby
SNE Richie
24/7

The week feels like a turning point in this country. It has to be, and I know some very influential people who will work flat out now to make sure that it is.

Justice at last!

Justice and friendship.

newterp · « **Reply #58 on:** May 1, 2016, 11:16:04 pm »

Some really amazing anecdotes - had no idea about some of those things being done by West Midlands police and the like.

Alan_X · « **Reply #59 on:** May 1, 2016, 11:19:11 pm »

An exceptional piece of writing.

Huytonian · « **Reply #60 on:** May 2, 2016, 03:05:55 am »

Astonishing.

jooneyisdagod · « **Reply #61 on:** May 2, 2016, 03:42:41 am »

Blisteringly good article. I think the greatest tribute I can pay to it is to say that I almost felt like I was there. There was such vividity and honesty to the prose. Brilliant article.

Keith Lard · « **Reply #62 on:** May 2, 2016, 07:06:45 am »

An amazing piece of writing - very difficult and harrowing to read, but piercingly powerful and moving.

jimbo196843 · « **Reply #63 on:** May 2, 2016, 07:46:07 am »

Very moving,giving an insight to the corruption of the establishment
Let's hope for some prosecutions now of those responsible. And for some closure for all the families of the people who were affected.

thew · « **Reply #64 on:** May 2, 2016, 08:37:02 am »

Incredibly powerful article. The strength and courage on display is truely inspirational. Justice.

red annie · « **Reply #65 on:** May 2, 2016, 12:59:01 pm »

Superb piece of writing. Probably the most evocative of all of the many article I have read this week. Bought the paper especially and will keep it to give others to read.

TheTeflonJohn · « **Reply #66 on:** May 2, 2016, 01:06:45 pm »

That`s an incredibly harrowing article.

"He`s my brother". But he isn`t waking up. I can`t get that line out of my head.

If there`s only one piece of writing that a young person who doesn`t know much about Hillsborough were to read then I hope it`s this.

Hats off Ade, that must of been difficult to write.

Red Bird · « **Reply #67 on:** May 2, 2016, 01:21:11 pm »

After all these years you still get shocked at just how deep and ruthless the cover-up and smearing was. This is the stuff of banana republics and tin-pot dictatorships and it happened in Great Britain.

Runehammer · « **Reply #68 on:** May 2, 2016, 01:42:37 pm »

A truly phenomenal piece of writing. Emotionally hard to read, I cannot begin to imagine how hard it must have been to pen.

fudge · « **Reply #69 on:** May 2, 2016, 02:38:04 pm »

Excellent piece

Hymer Red · « **Reply #70 on:** May 2, 2016, 02:43:27 pm »

Very moving piece, thank you. I can only wish the survivors and families peace now the truth is out at last.

As for the real "scum" who caused and covered up the events that day, your day in court will hopefully be here soon, very soon.

El_Macca_17 · « **Reply #71 on:** May 2, 2016, 03:40:50 pm »

That was a difficult read but everyone needs to do so. Incredibly well written article, TKM.

exiledintheUSA · « **Reply #72 on:** May 2, 2016, 03:58:10 pm »

Staggeringly well-written. More tears.

Timbo's Goals · « **Reply #73 on:** May 2, 2016, 04:41:18 pm »

The understated beauty and simplicity of your writing makes it so powerful, so compelling, so insightful, so achingly poignant and so unbearably harrowing that it stands apart. Having earlier watched the only now available ESPN Hillsborough documentary I ventured to also read your piece. Both are not only outstanding pieces of work in their own right but also complement each other's representations and integrity so fittingly. Together they reveal aspects that are impossibly hard to bear but have needed for so long to be recorded so that nobody can ever be in doubt about the horrors of the day nor the evil that ensued.

As one who had also been in the central pens that day but never suffered and was actually unaware at the time of the extent of the horrors taking place [because my friend had a prior back injury we came back out of the tunnel and moved to the side pen at around 2-30 when it started to become too uncomfortable for him], I have always striven to defend our realm against the lies. For so long such attempts seem to fall on deaf ears.

Now, the vindication of the verdict and it's uplifting aftermath together with incredible pieces of work like yours are helping to heal wounds that have festered for far too long.

Thank you Adrian.

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #74 on:** May 2, 2016, 04:58:53 pm »

Yes, it's a majestic piece of writing. I've sent it forward to friends.

Butcher Knife Roberto · « **Reply #75 on:** May 2, 2016, 05:15:35 pm »

There is just so much in this piece that has shocked me, I honestly wouldn't know where to start. One of the best pieces on Hillsborough I've ever read. I feel so proud to be a Scouser, but equally ashamed that I live in a rotten Britain, where the establishment and the authorities have never been questioned. Until now, thanks to the bravery and sheer tenacity of those who lost their worlds on that day. And it came from the very top: that paragraph about how Douglas Hurd was ready to ask the chief of police to resign, only for that scumbag Thatcher to throw it out, was truly, truly shocking. Wonderful writing, thank you for sharing what is clearly harrowing to recall.

MichaelA · « **Reply #76 on:** May 2, 2016, 05:38:36 pm »

Make sure you buy the book. It's out 2nd June, and there will be a RAWK review online shortly.

Mutton Geoff · « **Reply #77 on:** May 2, 2016, 06:09:22 pm »

Quote from: That Kennedy moment on May 1, 2016, 02:14:42 pm

Thanks for all your kind comments, everyone. Much appreciated.

It was a privilege, and one of the great moments of my life, to be in Warrington this week with the following lads - and my account is also their account, in many ways. Huge thanks to

BlueLagos
Kav
Speedy Molby
SNE Richie
24/7

The week feels like a turning point in this country. It has to be, and I know some very influential people who will work flat out now to make sure that it is.

Justice at last!

That was an absolutely massive article and i will be getting the book , thanks , one question will it be on Kindle?

Red Bird · « **Reply #78 on:** May 2, 2016, 06:13:48 pm »

Quote from: Red Bird on May 2, 2016, 01:21:11 pm

After all these years you still get shocked at just how deep and ruthless the cover-up and smearing were. This is the stuff of banana republics and tin-pot dictatorships and it happened in Great Britain.

ABZ Rover · « **Reply #79 on:** May 2, 2016, 09:23:20 pm »

Magnificent piece, thank you very much.