Alexa
14 years ago
Reflecting on 15th April 1989 I went to a football match on the 15th April 1989. No it wasn’t Hillsborough, but it pulery because of a twist of fate that I wasn’t there. I am a Red .. Always have been and always will be .. 15th April 1989, I went to Villa Park to watch the other FA cup semi final between Everton and Norwich! Why? My boyfriend and his mates had been let down with their lift! My Dad went beserk . What you going to watch that lot for when Liverpool are playing in Sheffield? Well . we set off for Villa Park . It was a beautifully sunny day and we all had hope in our hearts that the results of the day would lead to a repeat of the 1986 FA cup Final and another League and FA Cup double for The Reds! I was on a promise of a Cup Final ticket if that happened, because Davie Bleas already said that he couldn’t bear to watch Everton get stuffed by the Reds again! We got to Villa Park. We had tickets for The Holt End. We had travelled with Sammy and John. John was with Arthur and I and Sammy had a seat in the stands – as it turned out very close to a well known ITV sports presenter! Being vertically challenged like I am, once in our places as I was nearest to the floor, I bent down and found a fiver on the floor. 22 years ago, a fiver was a fiver, and most probably covered our petrol money there and back ha ha! From our place we could see the score board at the opposite end of the ground advising that the start of the other game had been delayed for some or other reason To be honest, I can’t remember the score that day, only that Everton won. What had happened at Hillsborough started filtering through as we walked back to the car although rumours of fatalities had started spreading during the Everton game from people who had little radios with them. We met Sammy back at the car .. he told us that the well known ITV pundit had been muttering something about “trouble causing Scousers Again!” and “A Pitch Invasion!” The journey home was subdued as we thought about our mates from the pub who had gone to Hillsborough to see the game. It was much later on TV that we saw some of our mates carrying advertising hoardings across the Hillsborough Pitch carrying the injured and the dead. Thinking back and reading articles at the time .. It was pulery by chance that Everton’s game wasn’t played at that neutral venue or I may have gone to watch The Reds there myself! Being less than 5’ tall I wouldn’t have stood a chance! There but for the Grace of God go I I will never forget that day, apart from the Everton score, I remember it as if it was yesterday! Thinking about the day makes me come out in goose bumps and the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. I think about the victims often not only on 15th April – although I knew none of them personally, I feel like I did! They will live forever in my mind!JUSTICE FOR THE 96YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
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