Hillsborough

On the 20th anniversary of Hillsborough I was in Paphos in Cyprus, and surprised to see an organised memorial service being conducted at the waterfront. People were asking me what was going on, and I explained.
There were about 50 or 60 people (including me and the breadcrumbs) who followed a couple of priests down to the water to throw a wreath to commemmorate the 96.

After all this time it is still emotional. There was a photo on the memorial at the Shankly Gates of one of the victims - forever frozen in his 80's tache (ala Soueness). The victims and their families can never move on. Looking again at the memorial it reminds me of how young so many of the victims were - just teenagers. Now they would be in their 30s. Never grew up and had families of their own.

It is too late for justice, but there are still the badges saying "Don't buy the Sun".
And let's hope it never happens again. And let's not forget the victims of Heysel either, or the Bradford fire.

4-4 Repeat

Well I suppose we can't say we don't get our money's worth. Liverpool 4- 4 Arsenal.
Can't knock Arshavin - took the only 4 chances they had all evening with perfect success. We on the other struggled, and the defence was too ropey. For once we were too focussed on the attacking half of the pitch.

When was the last time we scored 8 goals in 2 matches and didn't win either of them?
So, advantage Man U. I would say game over, but I've said that enough times already.
In the end the team did brilliantly to conjour a final equalizer and gain a point.

I just hope Arsenal can do us a favour at Man U and Chelsea now.

ouch

That was a spanking, and why I didn't want us to face Chelsea. So that is the Champions League over for us - now we can concentrate on the Premiership. So, realistically - it is all over for another season.
At least it is April, and not August.

And the toilet seat

That broke too. Unfortunate with the LFC vs Chelsea Champions League game coming up.
Oh, I don't want this. Again. Too many times. It just hurts - whether we win or lose, it just hurts. It would have been so nice to have one of non-British teams.
Still, given that the scum drew 2-2 there is always the hope that if we do get through this we will not have to play them if we get to the final.
But the hope is always the thing that kills you...

things fall apart

The house appears to have taken it ill out that we repaired the roof. Since then things have just given up the ghost for no reason. Several lightbulbs - not unusual - couple of lamps, the underfloor heating, the kettle. Aha, I hear you say - so it is the electics that are the problem. If that is the case why did the tap handle join in?