I STARTED writing this article in the aftermath of the verdicts of the Hillsborough inquests being delivered, but abandoned it because it didn’t feel like the right time to say some of the things I wanted to say. In the months that have passed, some of Britain voted...
ON July 31, Gerry McIver, the backbone of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign and stalwart of the HJC shop on Walton Breck Road, Anfield, passed away at his home following a long battle with illness. He was 81. If you’ve ever dropped into the shop, which sits opposite...
FORGET the second-half heart break against Sevilla and the eighth-placed Premier League finish, 2016 has been a truly momentous year, writes James Flannigan. The verdict of a jury of nine in Warrington last April was one of our greatest ever victories. The...
OVER the last few days there have been some genuinely excellent articles about Hillsborough and the verdicts from the inquests, many of them appearing on this very site. Most of them have been difficult to read, with some managing to shed further light on a story that...
IN the course of my life, I’ve been in the fortunate position of being able to have a number of debates with Jimmy McGovern, a close family friend and someone I respect above all others. The first took place in a Transit van on the way back to Merseyside from a...
ONE of my oldest and bestest friends is from Swansea. I met my friend — let’s call him Ross — when we were both fresh faced 18 year olds dropped into mid-80s Liverpool as undergraduates at Liverpool University. I think Ross was originally studying...
HILLSBOROUGH changed irrevocably the lives of 96 families, and thousands of survivors, writes DAVID WEBBER. It was, as Neil Atkinson has powerfully and rightly argued, a national disgrace. It prompted a cover up to which successive governments would be complicit, and...
I DIDN’T want to write about Hillsborough this week. I’ve found the right words in short supply. How can you ever do the 96 JUSTICE? But, equally, how can you write about football during such a momentous, emotional week? Never have I felt the build up so low key...
WRITTEN on the day of the verdict from the latest inquest, this was first published on New Statesman’s website. IT IS important on days like today to remember that we can’t expect one correct response from the thousands of people touched by the national...
WAKING up on the first morning after the truth has finally been recognised, it would be easy to talk about the front pages of today’s editions of The Times and The S*n. It would be easy to talk about their final parting shot at the 96. But please don’t. Not today....
