Chapter 34 Football is Above Life and Death? (below)
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It was one of the darkest moments in English football, one that countless Liverpool fans will never forget, and what happened on that day continues to this day and beyond. The once-powerful Liverpool team has since declined, hovering on the edge of pain and confusion, and has long since found its way home......
As a result of this, all stadiums in the UK have converted their standing seats into seats, removed the fences to prevent football hooligans from causing trouble, and improved security measures in all aspects of the stadiums. When today's fans sit in the refurbished stadium stands with plastic seats, they know in their hearts that this is the 96 lives they have paid for.
The clock was fixed at 3:05 p.m. on April 15, 1989, the time of the Heathborough massacre.
“…… More and more people poured in from the main passages, more and more...... We saw the Liverpool fans in the stands next door crowding, but there were still people coming up. I...... Next to me was their stand, and a little kid was crammed in front of me, and he called for help...... But I ...... But I'm already scared stupid, I've never seen such a miserable scene......" Michael's voice began to tremble, "I don't know how to help him, his face is flushed, blood is oozing from his nose......"
Michael couldn't go any further, he lay on the table with his head in his hands, and his heavy gasps echoed through the empty bar.
It was much later before Michael's voice resounded: "I have never been so close to death, and countless people have fallen before me, wailing, crying, moaning...... I just stood there stupidly. The boy who asked me for help was lying at my feet, and he didn't cry or make a fuss...... I later found out that the kid was only 10 years old and had come with his neighbors to watch the game......"
"It suddenly dawned on me how stupid my life was for the previous 10 years. John and I thought we were full and chic, and we thought that being wounded and bleeding was a reward for us, and when we fought, we shouted, 'Either you die, or I die'...... But when real death appeared in front of us, everyone was stupid and trembling with fear. Later, as we walked out, I saw a man my size being grabbed by two policemen and dragged back, and he struggled desperately, shouting, 'Let go of me, my two daughters are inside!' I'm not a football hooligan' at that moment, and I was ashamed of what I had done. Tony, do you know what caused all of this? ”
Donn replied in an inquiring tone, "Too many people? ”
"No, it's us. It was we who caused that tragedy. Michael said, poking himself in the chest. We never pay lip service to being 'football hooligans', but we know we are. At that time, any team would have a fan club like ours, and the media called us 'football hooligans' and other people called us 'football hooligans'. In order to prevent people like us from rushing into the stadium to cause trouble, almost all stadiums at that time had the kind of eight-foot-high barbed wire installed between the stands...... If Heathborough didn't have these fences, those fans would have been able to run to the pitch easily – even if it would have interrupted the game, but what was a game compared to 96 lives? In fact, some fans tried to escape by jumping over the fence, but they were dismissed by the nervous police as football hooligans and driven back to the crowded stands! ”
"After that game, John and Bill and I quit the club, Mark; Hodge tried desperately to dissuade me, but I made up my mind. Hodge thought we had betrayed them, and cut us off. But I don't care, Hodge thinks we're cowards, and only people like him are Warriors, the most loving and loyal fans of the team, that's what he thinks. I just want to leave the life where I don't know when I'm going to be killed...... Then I got married, and then a year later I had Gavin, and every home game I went to the City Stadium and came here to drink and talk in my free time, and I loved it. ”
"Then why not go on?" Donn persuaded.
"Because this kind of life is also far away from me. I love football, I love it. But what did I end up with so much love for football? I lost my beloved son! Michael gripped the glass hard, his palm rubbing against the glass and making a creaking sound. Fiona has always disliked me going to the stadium to watch the game, and she is even more strongly opposed to me taking Gavin to ...... But I was stubborn, and even quarreled with her a lot about it. Tony...... I love football and support it, but it has cost me my only child, and if I continue to be stubborn, I will lose my wife, my family's ......."
Donn looked at the heartbroken man, and he had no reason to persuade him to go back to the stands.
Beal, the founder of the Liverpool dynasty and the most important manager in the club's history; Shankly once said:
"Someone told me that football is a matter of life and death. To be honest, I deeply regret this, and I will say ...... Football is more important than life and death. ”
But now, can it still be said that "football is higher than life and death"? In the aftermath of the Heathborough tragedy, Liverpudlians were skeptical of Shankly's quote and philosophy of football, and now Donn is thinking the same.
Michael stood up and said to Donn, "So I'm sorry, Tony...... I can't go to your game anymore. Now you don't have to worry about beating you up if you can't play in the Super League. Goodbye, it's time for me to go. Good luck, Tony. ”
Don didn't hold him back, watching Michael disappear into the bar doorway, he muttered, "I'm going to worry about you beating me?" Joke, you can't beat me at all, Michael...... But I wish you could beat me up once, and I promise not to fight back......"
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