New Posts For Thread: Merseyside chief constable 'blamed drunken Liverpool fans' for the 1989 Hillsborough disastehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/28999893/merseyside-chief-constable-blamed-drunken-liverpool-fans-for-the-1989-hillsborough-disaste.................from the Daily Mail"Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was told that a senior Merseyside Police officer blamed ‘drunken Liverpool fans’ for the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster, according to leaked government papeYes the reluctance to accept one tiny smidgen of contributing to the disaster doesn't reflect well on them IMO.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/28999893/merseyside-chief-constable-blamed-drunken-liverpool-fans-for-the-1989-hillsborough-disaste?post_id=517738991#517738991Yes the reluctance to accept one tiny smidgen of contributing to the disaster doesn't reflect well on them IMO.Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:06:51 -0500Just because the place was only very marginally above capacity does not mean that all the fans had tickets.Liverpool fans are certainly not the only ones who used to rock up to games like that, but most of the fans who rushed in when the gates were ohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/28999893/merseyside-chief-constable-blamed-drunken-liverpool-fans-for-the-1989-hillsborough-disaste?post_id=517732053#517732053Just because the place was only very marginally above capacity does not mean that all the fans had tickets.Liverpool fans are certainly not the only ones who used to rock up to games like that, but most of the fans who rushed in when the gates were oTue, 20 Mar 2012 10:35:59 -0500History maker how do explain the ticketless fans when the below evidence has been given?the HIGHEST estimate from all three pens of total number of fans in Leppings Lane terracing at 3.15pm was 10124 against a capacity of 10,100 (24 more than its cahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/28999893/merseyside-chief-constable-blamed-drunken-liverpool-fans-for-the-1989-hillsborough-disaste?post_id=517729491#517729491History maker how do explain the ticketless fans when the below evidence has been given?the HIGHEST estimate from all three pens of total number of fans in Leppings Lane terracing at 3.15pm was 10124 against a capacity of 10,100 (24 more than its caTue, 20 Mar 2012 09:14:24 -0500The main cause of the disaster was the moronic decision to carry on holding semi-finals at Hillsborough imo.The loss of CCTV footage makes the police look guilty as sin though. Of course people are going to assume police misconduct if they can't keephttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/28999893/merseyside-chief-constable-blamed-drunken-liverpool-fans-for-the-1989-hillsborough-disaste?post_id=517726241#517726241The main cause of the disaster was the moronic decision to carry on holding semi-finals at Hillsborough imo.The loss of CCTV footage makes the police look guilty as sin though. Of course people are going to assume police misconduct if they can't keepTue, 20 Mar 2012 06:46:52 -0500A pistol!! You mean those calm good natured Italians can also be violent? Well i never. Next you will be saying that they also contributed to they riot at that match. Maybe even started it. Why were their fans in the same end as the Liverpool fans anhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/28999893/merseyside-chief-constable-blamed-drunken-liverpool-fans-for-the-1989-hillsborough-disaste?post_id=517723269#517723269A pistol!! You mean those calm good natured Italians can also be violent? Well i never. Next you will be saying that they also contributed to they riot at that match. Maybe even started it. Why were their fans in the same end as the Liverpool fans anTue, 20 Mar 2012 02:33:34 -0500The HEYSEL riots were used as a guide to anything following where Liverpudlians were concerned, although the Belgian judiciary found the Liverpudlians were entirely to blame, I witnessed a Juventas fan swathed in their flag, carrying a pistol, quitehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/28999893/merseyside-chief-constable-blamed-drunken-liverpool-fans-for-the-1989-hillsborough-disaste?post_id=517685695#517685695The HEYSEL riots were used as a guide to anything following where Liverpudlians were concerned, although the Belgian judiciary found the Liverpudlians were entirely to blame, I witnessed a Juventas fan swathed in their flag, carrying a pistol, quiteSun, 18 Mar 2012 18:12:32 -0500I had been to the previous semi final the year before involving the same two teams and from the start things seemed odd that day.As we approached the ground at about 1:45pm you could look through the corners and see the Liverpool fans in the Leppingshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/28999893/merseyside-chief-constable-blamed-drunken-liverpool-fans-for-the-1989-hillsborough-disaste?post_id=517663333#517663333I had been to the previous semi final the year before involving the same two teams and from the start things seemed odd that day.As we approached the ground at about 1:45pm you could look through the corners and see the Liverpool fans in the LeppingsSun, 18 Mar 2012 04:28:47 -0500I was there too tim, we purposely arrived late, still many fans outside, suddenly the double gate to the side of the turnstilesopened and the barmies pushed through . All the ob seemed to do was hit out with their helmets as the lads went past .The whttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/28999893/merseyside-chief-constable-blamed-drunken-liverpool-fans-for-the-1989-hillsborough-disaste?post_id=517663051#517663051I was there too tim, we purposely arrived late, still many fans outside, suddenly the double gate to the side of the turnstilesopened and the barmies pushed through . All the ob seemed to do was hit out with their helmets as the lads went past .The wSun, 18 Mar 2012 03:54:00 -0500What would be "justice" ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/28999893/merseyside-chief-constable-blamed-drunken-liverpool-fans-for-the-1989-hillsborough-disaste?post_id=517660405#517660405What would be "justice" ?Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:44:04 -0500Good post Timcaznat.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/28999893/merseyside-chief-constable-blamed-drunken-liverpool-fans-for-the-1989-hillsborough-disaste?post_id=517657375#517657375Good post Timcaznat.Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:57:00 -0500