Friday, April 15, 2005

R.I.P

On April 15th 1989, over 25,000 Liverpool supporters travelled down to Hillsborough for the FA Cup semi-final. Ninety six fans never returned. Due to the improper arrangements of the authorities, and the lousy state of the stadium, ninety six of them were crushed to death while watching Liverpool vs Forest. Its horrifying, imagine lah, just imagine people who went to watch a soocer match and got killed not because of riots, but due to over crowding in the stadium, like sardines in a can, no wait sardines have much more space. A stampede in the stands, people grasping for air and eventually lead to deaths. Scary. Shankly once said, 'Football is not a matter of life and death, it's much more than that.' Not true for this case.
RIP.

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