Kelvin 'the cunt' MacKenzie

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Brilliant

And an impressive YNWA after we'd lost the game

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well done too everyone involved .

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Have just read whole thread.

V emotional.

McKenzie had no right to walk over the graves of those lost at hillsborough.

I was at the Celtic V Liverpool game for Hills & was very emotional day.

Liverpool stewards on duty that day & fans threw coins from jungle etc to raise funds.

Stewards in tears as money giving was spontaneous.

It was a strange time to be a full time footies fan. Hey/Hills/brad

Was V impressed with demo 2nite.
What chances of repeating on Wed? I know only FA but might push point home./
Just my tuppence

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I got home about 10 last night to me mum and dad's. The first thing I did was put on the match, dad recorded it on his dvd recorder thing.

I can honestly say I have never experienced anything like it in my life and I was just so proud when I watched it back. I wasnt even that gutted that we had lost because for me, the result of the protest and trying to get the message out was even more important than the match itself.

Im going to stick some links to the press coverage of the event on here for those that fancy a lazy sunday morning read....

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By Brian Reade, the Mirror

MEMO to Kelvin MacKenzie: If you're doing nothing at 5.15 tonight why not tune in to the Liverpool v Arsenal game on BBC1, where you will find 12,000 Kopites expressing what they think of your persistent campaign to rubbish the findings of Lord Justice Taylor's Report into the Hillsborough Disaster.

It will last a full six minutes. Or as long as 96 fans were left by police to die inside cages while an FA Cup tie played on in front of them in April 1989. But I don't need to remind you of the details, as you know them all. Even though you were 200 miles away at the time.

Because some anonymous Yorkshire copper who was ordered to deflect attention away from his force's culpability, span you a pack of lies, which you gladly published as The Truth, and which cost your newspaper dear.

Perhaps you still loathe yourself for being a submissive lackey who mouthed a false apology at Rupert Murdoch's behest or maybe you're too vain to accept hard evidence and let it go.

Either way you're still telling audiences, like the one in Newcastle last month, The Truth about Hillsborough was that Liverpool fans got tanked up, stampeded a gate, killed their own, and as they lay dying, pissed on them and stole their belongings.

I just hope the Kop's tribute to you evokes a fraction of the anger and pain your continued lies do to the many people still living with the harrowing consequences of British football's most tragic day.

But I don't think it will. Which, Mr Mackenzie, is the saddest Truth of all.

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Good article from Laddo here - I wont post the whole thing up, but you can follow the link if you so choose:

Liverpool fans showed the watching world their immense support, passion and unity in an amazing protest against the former editor of a tabloid newspaper which produced false claims about Liverpool supporters in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.

The Anfield fans recently began a campaign to ‘Reclaim The Kop’ and educate fans about the club, the fans, history and support. One of the first major issues to address was the boycott of the newspaper which produced the headline ‘The Truth’ but went on to make false and disgraceful claims. The then-editor, Kelvin Mackenzie, recently courted controversy by standing by them claims 17 years later.

So the third round of the world’s biggest Cup competition, the FA Cup, being shown live around the globe, proved the perfect opportunity for RTK and Liverpool fans to put across their amazing protest, with the backing of the club.

Famous for previous mosaics on The Kop, the words The Truth were held aloft alongside the eternal flame - and were left held aloft for the opening 6 minutes of the match, along with continual chanting of ‘Justice for the 96′. 6 minutes being the length of time before the match in 1989 was postponed and 96 being the number of innocent fans crushed to death as a result of inadequate policing.

After the 6 minutes ended a huge wall of noise went around the whole stadium as even visiting Arsenal fans clapped and showed their backing for the protest against Mackenzie. It was an emotional but succesful demonstration of togetherness and support as the world’s media were forced to educate and highlight the Reds fans campaign.

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The protest also got a mention in the Sunday Mirror and there is a choice quote from the Guardian as well:

To say Anfield was noisy at the start of this Cup tie would be the understatement of 2007. The Kop welcomed the television cameras as promised, with a superbly orchestrated protest over slurs on fans' behaviour at Hillsborough, recently re-aired by Kelvin MacKenzie. He was editor of the Sun at the time of the original accusations. The display lasted exactly six minutes into the game - though with grim irony, fans were warned that holding up placards during play would infringe safety regulations - then switched off with military precision, to coincide with the time when the 1989 FA Cup semi-final was abandoned. The protest was replaced by the type of sustained din usually reserved for big European nights.

Brilliant!!

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http://homepage.mac.com/rob.cozens/L...Theater23.html

There's the first 6 minutes or so for anyone that might have missed it. The BBC coverage was spot on by the way.

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That link didnt work Funkt anyone got another one ?? I only turned on at half time

[Kop66]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew8jl...elated&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNeUiL8kRlE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_szfbXNs_ic

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That first one was a bit....err....emotional Kop good links ta

Found this through them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGbFpppsaOg

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Hats off to the Celtic lads - just seen this flag now on one of their forums. Nice one.