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re: ESPN 30 for 30 "Hillsborough" in game thread
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:02 pm to itawambadog
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:02 pm to itawambadog
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Yeah I think Heysel should've got mentioned. Fair or not it is something that led to the quick judgement of the Liverpool fans.
Yeah that was pretty much the fuel for the fire. They don't talk about it, but Heysel was a primary motivating factor for their jump to conclusions at Hillsborough. That and the city of Liverpool was a bastion of the labor party and the conservatives would stop at nothing to paint that area in a bad light.
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Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:36 pm to BleedPurpleGold
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That and the city of Liverpool was a bastion of the labor party and the conservatives would stop at nothing to paint that area in a bad light.
Exactly, and more than only due to Heysel. There was a very strong class slant in the media campaign against hooliganism in those days which was obviously quite political in nature.
Rupert Murdoch owned The Sun as well.
This post was edited on 4/16/14 at 10:51 pm
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