Thirty years ago today, 96 football fans never returned from a football match.
That was a dreadful thing. I remember those awful photos on the front of the papers. One girl had the blue paint from the fence ingrained on her front teeth.
Thirty years ago today, 96 football fans never returned from a football match.
That was a dreadful thing. I remember those awful photos on the front of the papers. One girl had the blue paint from the fence ingrained on her front teeth.
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Can you imagine being the parent, grandparent, relative or friend of one of those people who died, who's faces were on the front covers of the paper as they were pressed up against the barrier? How could anyone ever get over that?
Can you imagine being the parent, grandparent, relative or friend of one of those people who died, who's faces were on the front covers of the paper as they were pressed up against the barrier? How could anyone ever get over that?
It took me ages to get over it. They were all going purple and congested and their tongues were hanging out with the pressure. The Sun was the worst, and showed the worst photos. I was surprised they did.
The Bradford Stadium fire was the same. It was live on TV, and you could see burning people running out. It was hideous.
Thirty years ago today, 96 football fans never returned from a football match.
That was a dreadful thing. I remember those awful photos on the front of the papers. One girl had the blue paint from the fence ingrained on her front teeth.
It was terrible Digs, I can remember the news about 5 o'clock that day and it said fifty people killed in football tragedy and then on the news later it was 94 people dead.
Then it went up to 95 a few days later and finally 96 people when that lad Tony Bland died in hospital a few years later after the courts ruled he was allowed to "Die with Dignity.