A judge has ruled there was no case to answer for three defendants over the unlawful killing of 96 fans at Hillsborough – Karl Coppack reacts… HOW do you go from ‘unlawfully killed’ to ‘no case to answer’? If this was merely a statutory inquiry and...
THERE’S a time when football runs along the same lines of the spirit of the nation. Take 1966. The war was over, rationing had ended, The Beatles ruled the world and England were World Champions. Equally, Britpop coincided with Euro 96 – one of the more...
THE City of Sheffield and the badge of South Yorkshire Police will always stir certain emotions among many Liverpool supporters. You know why. And as further comment runs a risk of contempt of court around the retrial next week of Chief Superintendent David...
I THOUGHT long and hard about writing this piece, writes NEIL WILBY. Over the past four years I have made friendships that I deeply cherish amongst the bereaved families, survivors and vanguard campaigners of the Hillsborough Disaster — and I would never,...
ON July 31, Gerry McIver, the backbone of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign and stalwart of the HJC shop on Walton Breck Road, Anfield, passed away at his home following a long battle with illness. He was 81. If you’ve ever dropped into the shop, which sits opposite...
OVER the last few days there have been some genuinely excellent articles about Hillsborough and the verdicts from the inquests, many of them appearing on this very site. Most of them have been difficult to read, with some managing to shed further light on a story that...
IN the course of my life, I’ve been in the fortunate position of being able to have a number of debates with Jimmy McGovern, a close family friend and someone I respect above all others. The first took place in a Transit van on the way back to Merseyside from a...
HILLSBOROUGH changed irrevocably the lives of 96 families, and thousands of survivors, writes DAVID WEBBER. It was, as Neil Atkinson has powerfully and rightly argued, a national disgrace. It prompted a cover up to which successive governments would be complicit, and...
I DIDN’T want to write about Hillsborough this week. I’ve found the right words in short supply. How can you ever do the 96 JUSTICE? But, equally, how can you write about football during such a momentous, emotional week? Never have I felt the build up so low key...
WRITTEN on the day of the verdict from the latest inquest, this was first published on New Statesman’s website. IT IS important on days like today to remember that we can’t expect one correct response from the thousands of people touched by the national...
The Anfield Wrap’s podcast looking back at Liverpool’s victory Bournemouth on the road that see’s the Reds maintain their lead at the top of the Premier League.
Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell, Mo Stewart and Rob Gutmann.
