THE FOOTBALL BUBBLE
THE football bubble is simple. In it, anything goes. People think and act differently. They take leave of their senses. Common sense goes out of the window. Dignity is forgotten; respect means nothing. Abuse is fine in the bubble. Ditto racism, violence and bigotry....
My Slovak moment
By Andy Thornley I DID something incredibly stupid on Sunday. I ran a marathon. Making the ultimate cardinal sin of failing to check the fixture guide before agreeing to something, I booked myself and the missus in to 26.2 miles of pain, taking place over in Paris. I...
Review: Resurrection Festival, Kazamier, Saturday 7th April
By Victoria Collins THIS YEAR’S Resurrection festival showcased some of Merseyside’s most talented up-and-coming acts. The variety of groups performing this year offered an eclectic sound which seemed to really reflect the different sounds knocking about Liverpool at...
HILLSBOROUGH: STILL WAITING FOR THE TRUTH
TWENTY THREE years. Or 8,401 days. Or 201, 624 hours. Whatever way you look at it, it's a heck of a long time to go without the truth about why a loved one needlessly died. A son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, a dad, a grandad. Cruelly snatched away by a...
Hillsborough. Memories of 23 years ago.
By Simon Ellis-Jones Producer, World Football Focus, BBC Sport HILLSBOROUGH. The word is tough to write, even harder to say out loud. Twenty-three years have passed since that day. A huge number of football fans going to games this week will not even have been born...
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THE FOOTBALL BUBBLE
THE football bubble is simple. In it, anything goes. People think and act differently. They take leave of their senses. Common sense goes out of the window. Dignity is forgotten; respect means nothing. Abuse is fine in the bubble. Ditto racism, violence and bigotry....
My Slovak moment
By Andy Thornley I DID something incredibly stupid on Sunday. I ran a marathon. Making the ultimate cardinal sin of failing to check the fixture guide before agreeing to something, I booked myself and the missus in to 26.2 miles of pain, taking place over in Paris. I...
Review: Resurrection Festival, Kazamier, Saturday 7th April
By Victoria Collins THIS YEAR’S Resurrection festival showcased some of Merseyside’s most talented up-and-coming acts. The variety of groups performing this year offered an eclectic sound which seemed to really reflect the different sounds knocking about Liverpool at...
HILLSBOROUGH: STILL WAITING FOR THE TRUTH
TWENTY THREE years. Or 8,401 days. Or 201, 624 hours. Whatever way you look at it, it's a heck of a long time to go without the truth about why a loved one needlessly died. A son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, a dad, a grandad. Cruelly snatched away by a...
Hillsborough. Memories of 23 years ago.
By Simon Ellis-Jones Producer, World Football Focus, BBC Sport HILLSBOROUGH. The word is tough to write, even harder to say out loud. Twenty-three years have passed since that day. A huge number of football fans going to games this week will not even have been born...