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Hillsborough 30 years on: "Satisfaction tempered with sadness"
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster - a disaster which claimed the lives of 96 football fans, just weeks after the jury in the trial of David Duckenfield, match commander during that day, was unable to reach a verdict.
The families and survivors’ long wait for justice will have to go on that bit longer, with the Crown Prosecution Service seeking a re-trial.
“There is ...
The birth of the FSA (part 2 - ID cards, Hillsborough and beyond)
In the second part of his personal history of the formation of the Football Supporters Association (one of the forerunners to the modern day FSF) Rogan Taylor talks about ID cards, Hillsborough, and beyond. To read part one of his blog from earlier this week, click here.
In the aftermath of Heysel, no English clubs could play abroad but England could.
When the Euro '88 competition in Germany came...
The birth of the FSA (part 1 - Heysel and the early FSA)
In the first part of his personal history of the formation of the Football Supporters' Association (one of the forerunners to the modern day FSF) Rogan Taylor talks about the Heysel disaster and the first step at organising football fans in the UK. Part two, covering the ID card debacle and Hillsborough disaster will follow later this week.
The Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) was accidenta...