On April 15 1989 over 25,000 Liverpool fans travelled to Hillsborough to support their team in the FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest. Ninety six of them never returned.
This song commemorates next months 20th anniversary of the disaster
Sung by
A few of the 96 Deceased's Relatives
The Kop Choir
Kenny Dalglish Phil Thompson John Aldridge Bruce Grobbelaar Howard Gayle Alan Kennedy
Various Artists
John Power - The La's Peter Hooton - The Farm Nick Kilroe - Echo and the Bunnymen James Walsh - Starsailor Rob Taylor - Troubadours
The Damned United is a film directed by Tom Hooper and adapted by Peter Morgan from David Peace's bestselling novel The Damned Utd about Brian Clough's tenure as manager of Leeds United. It was produced by BBC Films and Left Bank Pictures, with additional funding from Screen Yorkshire and Columbia Pictures. Sony Pictures Entertainment distributes the film. The film was originally proposed by Stephen Frears but he pulled out of the project in November 2007. Tom Hooper took his place and film was shot from May to July 2008. It will be released in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2009.
The publishers of the novel on which the film is based were successfully sued by Irish midfielder Johnny Giles who wrote, "Many of the things Peace talks about in the book never happened and for that reason, I felt it necessary to go to the Courts to establish that this was fiction based on fact and nothing more."
However, most people portrayed in the book had died by the time of the book's release and were unable to take similar action. The book includes a scene with Brian Clough in the Leeds management office burning Don Revie's desk. There is no factual basis for this. The Clough family have expressed disappointment at the publication of the book. The film has already been criticised by Clough's widow, Barbara.
Paul "Gazza" Gascoigne has spoken of his battle with alcohol and revealed that he nearly died last year after his heart stopped three times while he was in rehab. In an interview broadcast today on Sky News, Gazza admitted that last year's sudden rumours that he had died were a lot closer to the truth than the public realised. "My heart failed on us a few times," he said, adding that his illness had caused his father, John, to collapse. Gazza also describes the day he tried to kill himself. "I had just had enough," he said. "I had had enough of everything, you know." "I rang my sister just to say, I am going to run a bath. I think she might have had a clue, I don't know if it was a plea for help." "And I just said, look, I am in the bath and I will always love you, or something like that, and put the phone down. I laid in the bath and just felt myself dropping off and I remember just getting ready, like dozing off, and then the police burst in. About six police dragged us out of the bath." The footballer, whose former clubs include Newcastle United, Tottenham, Lazio and Glasgow Rangers, said only four months ago he was drinking 30 cans of Special Brew every day, but had been helped through his problem by his belief in God. "I just thank Him for today you know, if I don't drink I just say thanks, thanks for not letting me have a drink today." Gascoigne said he had learned to control himself around alcohol. "I can be around it now because all I have got to do is remember my last 'drunk'," he says. "If I remember my last drunk, which I can't — well I sort of can, getting fed with a spoon because I had the shakes that bad." Gascoigne, a gifted footballer whose career was marred by alcohol and violence towards his ex-wife Sheryl, has endured a love-hate relationship with the British public. Speaking of his attack on Sheryl, he said: "If you are sitting in a restaurant and somebody calls your mum a whore, which she did, and for no reason, I don't like that – and yes, I got hold of her arms and I did put my head against her head, I didn't headbutt her but I threw her to the floor, and I was disgusted with myself for what I did. "I went to therapy; I sat with 15 to 20 women and told them exactly what I did. I got punched by a few women for doing what I did, but I took the punches and I accepted it. It is the one thing I ever did in my life, and I get hammered for it." The interview, in the company of his father, sister Lindsay and two young nephews, showed the former player having a kickabout on the beach. At one point, he says proudly: "No one is ever going to be as good as I was."
Ray Winstone plays his part in The FA's Respect programme as he challenges the role of parents in spoiling football for their children. Check the video below ....
Andamos Armados is a site from Mexico that features the latest cool stuff from clothing and music to pop culture.
Translated from the site:
The day before yesterday marked the return of Champions League, which is without a doubt the most competitive tournament in the world. We saw the defeat of La Vecchia Signora of Italy, the smashing victory of Bayern, and among other results the suffered draw for the Yellow Submarine.
So we ask ourselves: Where can we find the jerseys for these teams?
They are at OnionBag.com and they cost between $82.95 and $85.00 US.
Complex Magazine's website suggests you get in the Champions League spirit now that we're at the interesting part of the tournament. They highlight Juventus and Barcelona among others.
"Our go-to spot in the U.S. for soccer kits is the Onion Bag, mostly because of its diverse selection and authentic name and number sets."
OnionBag.com got a nice mention on this Palmeiras blog, Maglia Verde. The site is all about the green Palmeiras shirt, and other related Palmeiras apparel. We had done a write up on the new Palmeiras jacket from adidas here.
Found this online from an Italian website. The shirt is supposed to be a bit of a throwback to the old days. Uh... ok.. The initial press release from the FIGC said it would have a V-neck, I was picturing one of those really wide V-necks like they wore back in the day. This shirt doesn't look too retro in my opinion. It just looks plain, which is not to say it doesn't look nice, it just doesn't look particularly historic.
