RIP 97

What an absolutely FANTASTIC idea for a tribute, to close the forum for an hour it definately brought home to me how much the 96 people are missed by their family's. This forum is a family and I certainly missed them !
R.I.P.
Y.N.W.A.
JUSTICE FOR THE 96 !
NOW !

R.I.P 96, never to be forgotten, we're all still fighting for you.

You'll Never Walk Alone.

19 years on.  We will carry on the fight for Justice.

Rest in peace.

You'll Never Walk Alone.

We will remeber you always.

We will continue to fight for justice.

You'll Never Walk Alone.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/message.cfm?l=eng&cid=5752888

My heart are with families you will always be remembered, and Never Walk Alone.  JD nice gesture you're a legend!

Just in from work read the poem Smigger tears in the eye as i say thanks for sharing and most of all god bless the familys and all who fell that day ..REST IN PEACE  THE FIGHT GOES ON JUSTICE FOR OUR FELLOW REDS NEVER FORGOTTEN ..YNWA

My thoughts are with the families and friends of the 96. You'll never be forgotten.

RIP

YNWA

96 stars in the sky.

RIP Red Souls.

96 not forgotten

YNWA

YNWA R.I.P.

R.I.P, to those that sadly lost their lives, we'll never forget you.

YNWA

RIP

It is good to realise that fans too young or even not born when the tragedy occurred remember the 96 brothers and sisters who lost their lives and their future in that terrible disaster.

RIP the 96.

Gone but never, ever forgotten.

We will never forget. R.I.P.

RIP The 96!
YNWA!

R.I.P

You'll Never Walk Alone!!!!!!!!!!

Always remembered. YNWA   

Liverpool have asked UEFA to bring forward the date of their potential Champions League quarter-final second leg to avoid a clash with the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

Should Rafael Benitez's side defeat Real Madrid over two legs in their last-16 tie, they would currently be scheduled to face their next opponents for the second time on April 15.

That is exactly two decades since 96 Reds fans lost their lives at Sheffield Wednesday's ground before and during the FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.

Liverpool have, therefore, requested UEFA allow them to play the match on the 14th if they progress, which would mean players and staff could attend a memorial service at Anfield the next day.

''We wrote to UEFA last year, pointing out the significance of April 15 if we do get to the quarter-final, especially as it is the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster,'' a Liverpool spokesman said.

''We have asked not to play on that date and that April 14 should be considered instead.

''UEFA has replied acknowledging the significance of the date and confirming they will do their best to support our request if we progress.''

It has also been announced that the bells of both the Anglican and Catholic cathedrals in the city will chime 96 times in unison on April 15, with a two-minute silence being observed from 3.06pm, the time at which the game was called off as the full extent of the tragedy started to become clear.

I don't think UEFA will mind moving the game to the 14th.

I love the idea of the two cathedrals ringing their bells in unison as well. Both are only a stones throw away from ours so it should be pretty loud round here.

Just thought I'd share this with you all, its the most beautiful poem I have read it brought tears to my eyes.  Written by a supporter on another forum.

    A schoolboy holds a leather ball
    in a photograph on a bedroom wall
    the bed is made, the curtains drawn
    as silence greets the break of dawn.

    The dusk gives way to morning light
    revealing shades of red and white,
    which hang from posters locked in time
    of the Liverpool team of 89.

    Upon a pale white quilted sheet
    a football kit is folded neat
    with a yellow scarf, trimmed with red
    and some football boots beside the bed.

    In hope, the room awakes each day
    to see the boy who used to play
    but once again it wakes alone
    for this young boy’s not coming home.

    Outside, the springtime fills the air
    the smell of life is everywhere
    viola’s bloom and tulips grow
    while daffodils dance heel to toe.

    These should have been such special times
    for a boy who’d now be in his prime
    but spring forever turned to grey
    in the Yorkshire sun, one April day.

    The clock was locked on 3.06
    as sun shone down upon the pitch
    lighting up faces etched in pain
    as death descended on Leppings Lane.

    Between the bars an arm is raised
    amidst a human tidal wave
    a young hand yearning to be saved
    grows weak inside this deathly cage.

    A boy not barely in his teens
    is lost amongst the dying screams
    a body too frail to fight for breath
    is drowned below a sea of death

    His outstretched arm then disappears
    to signal thirteen years of tears
    as 96 souls of those who fell
    await the toll of the justice bell.

    Ever since that disastrous day
    a vision often comes my way
    I reach and grab his outstretched arm
    then pull him up away from harm.

    We both embrace with tear-filled eyes
    I then awake to realise
    it’s the same old dream I have each week
    as I quietly cry myself to sleep.

    On April the 15th every year
    when all is calm and skies are clear
    beneath a glowing Yorkshire moon
    a lone Scots piper plays a tune.

    The tune rings out the justice cause
    then blows due west across the moors
    it passes by the eternal flame
    then engulfs a young boys picture frame.

    His room is as it was that day
    for thirteen years it’s stayed that way
    untouched and frozen forever in time
    since that tragic day in 89.

    And as it plays its haunting sound
    tears are heard from miles around
    they’re tears from families of those who fell
    awaiting the toll of the justice bell.

    Dave Kirby

    JFT96
    YNWA

Beautiful had a lump in my throat as i read it.RIP 96 YNWA Gone but never forgotten.

Wonder if they will be producing a new set of Hillsborough wrist bands or something to mark this anniversary.

Just read that poem got tears in my eyes.
R.I.P
YNWA