A Tottenham fan has been banned from attending football matches for three years after being found guilty of mocking the Hillsborough disaster. The Crown Prosecution Service said that Kieron Darlow, 25, from Welwyn, made the gestures at the Liverpool v Spurs Premier League game at Anfield on 30 April. Andrew […]
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A man has been arrested at Wembley after a picture emerged of a football fan wearing a jersey with what appeared to be a reference to the Hillsborough disaster printed on the back. The Metropolitan Police Events Twitter account retweeted a picture of a man wearing a Manchester United shirt […]
A coroner has ruled that Andrew Devine, 55, who has died 32 years after suffering severe and irreversible brain damage at Hillsborough in 1989, was unlawfully killed, and that therefore he is legally the 97th victim of the disaster. In a statement on Liverpool football club’s website announcing the news, […]
Steven Gerrard pleads with Rangers fans to stay away from their mammoth Old Firm clash with Celtic as the club prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of the Ibrox Disaster Ibrox Disaster occurred in 1971 and 66 fans lost their lives in crush at stadium Club will pay tribute to […]
Up to 500,000 Brits are suffering from psychosis, fatigue and loss of eyesight after recovering from coronavirus, MPs have been told. Campaigners have even warned some doctors are dismissing many of the symptoms of ‘long Covid’ as being ‘all in their heads’. The founder of the Long Covid Support Group, […]
The programme received a second BAFTA in 2013 for coverage of the Independent Panel into the Hillsborough Disaster. The late ITV presenter joined Granada from the BBC in 2003. Last year he was shortlisted by the Royal Television Society in the Nations and Regions Presenter of the Year category. Tony’s […]
In May 1985 the Sunday Times published a now-notorious editorial which alleged that British football was “in crisis: a slum sport played in slum stadiums and increasingly watched by slum people, who deter decent folk from turning up”. That deterrent was reaching peak effectiveness: in the following season top-flight attendances […]
Manchester United will trial 1,500 barrier seats that will allow fans to stand next season, after being given permission by Trafford council. Standing at top-flight games has been banned since 1994 on the recommendation of the Taylor report which followed the Hillsborough disaster of 1989 in which 96 Liverpool fans […]