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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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This is an LFC thing isn't itI'd let you off, I have greater tolerance than most for "You'll Never Walk Alone". Took on an unusual resonance for me having heard it sung very passionately by Liverpool fans at the FA Cup Semi-final in 1989.
The one at Hillsborough.
(, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 14:39, 1 reply, 15 years ago)
Aye, it isThere was an incredible tribute done in italy, a match was stopped after 6 minutes play for a minutes silence, and half the stadium ended up singing it, even though most won't even speak English.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 14:45,
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Yeah I heard about thatA while ago I was interviewed by Radio Nottingham on the 20th anniversary of the disaster, they told me about it and some tributes in Brazil as well. I got a bit emotional talking about it on the phone and when I listened back to it on iPlayer my voice went embarrassingly high and squeaky
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Not the best tereUnless I'm misunderstanding you, are you saying you were there?
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 14:57,
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YepNot the best day's football I've ever had. Nor the most pleasant trip to Sheffield. In fact it ranks as something of an all-time low in pretty much any category you can think of.
Obviously I wasn't cheating death at the time, I was at the opposite end with the rest of the Forest fans
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Christ, not good.Even then, can't have been nice at all
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 15:11,
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Funnily enough it wasn't as bad as you'd expect at the timeI was only 10 and had no real idea what was happening. I remember after leaving the ground it sort of hit me that I'd just seen a fuckload of people dying on a football pitch. THAT was rubbish.
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