NINETEENTH HILLSBOROUGH MEMORIAL

[Guest Mottman]

NINETEENTH HILLSBOROUGH MEMORIAL

 

Tuesday 15th April 2008 will be the nineteenth anniversary of the disaster at Hillsborough in Sheffield that cost of our 96 fellow fans their lives.

 

A memorial service has been arranged to mark the occasion and to remember those who died.

 

Please meet outside the Hillsborough Justice Campaign shop [opposite The Albert] between 13:45 and 14:00 and join us in our walk to the memorial.

 

The service will be inter-denominational and will take place on the Spion Kop at Anfield. It will commence at 2.45pm, include a minute's silence at 3.06pm and conclude at about 3.30pm with the singing of 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.

 

Tickets are not required and we extend an open invitation to you to join the families, survivors, the Directors, officials and players of LFC plus thousands of fellow football fans in our annual act of remembrance.

 

This year is expected to be very well attended and we would ask that you allow adequate time and plan to be in your seats as soon as possible.

 

The Hillsborough Justice Campaign remains solidly committed to supporting the fight for justice in whatever form that may take. Justice for the 96 will always remain as the fundamental aim of the campaign. However, we at the HJC also acknowledge the need for justice for the survivors of Hillsborough. We acknowledge the depth of suffering that so many have experienced for nineteen long years. We also acknowledge those who could no longer take that suffering and ended their lives tragically. We would ask you to add them and their families to your thoughts and prayers everyday.

 

Tea and or coffee will be available from the HJC shop before and after the memorial, please feel free to pop in and use any of the facilities available.

 

Thank you for your continued support.

 

In their name and in their memory 96 candles still burn bright.

 

http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/

[jon_hall]

Glad the game closest to the anniversary is Blackburn, as unlike our club the other year they actually went out of the way to ensure the game was moved.

 

Don't think i can make it this year as work is all over the place.

[magneto]

Press Release our Supporters Club (South African) released a few days ago..

 

Date: 15 April

Venue: SpionKop Summit

Event: Hillsborough Memorial Service

 

On Tuesday the 15th of April, members of the South African Liverpool Supporters Club will gather on the summit of SpionKop in KwaZulu-Natal to pay their respects to the memory of the 96 Liverpool fans killed during the Hillsborough disaster of 1989.

This service will mirror one held annually on the stand at Anfield named after the famous hill and infamous battle.

 

After a brief discussion of the events of that dreadfull day, members will read the names of the victims and their ages in turn before observing 6 minutes of silence. The memorial will be concluded with the singing of the club's anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.

 

The service will be open to the public and anyone looking to join in the remembrance of the 96 are welcome to join.

 

This year, a special memorial bench will also be unveiled in the gardens of the nearby SpionKop Lodge.

 

For more information please email Supporters Club Chairman Elli Lechtman on supportersclub@liverpoolfc.co.za or Club Secretary Dean Davis on davismavis@gmail.com

[fyds]

Cheers Mottman.

[SkippyjonJones]

thanks for the info Mottman.

[badtodabone]

thanks for the info

[Molby]

is anyone going to this?

[oakie bob]

is anyone going to this?

 

I am going to be at the memorial

[melia]

On Tuesday the 15th of April, members of the South African Liverpool Supporters Club will gather on the summit of SpionKop in KwaZulu-Natal to pay their respects to the memory of the 96 Liverpool fans killed during the Hillsborough disaster of 1989.

This service will mirror one held annually on the stand at Anfield named after the famous hill and infamous battle.

 

After a brief discussion of the events of that dreadfull day, members will read the names of the victims and their ages in turn before observing 6 minutes of silence. The memorial will be concluded with the singing of the club's anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.

 

The service will be open to the public and anyone looking to join in the remembrance of the 96 are welcome to join.

 

This year, a special memorial bench will also be unveiled in the gardens of the nearby SpionKop Lodge.

 

Nice one.

 

A lovely and fitting tribute.

Edited April 15, 2008 by Muggle Melia

[Bootle Buck]

Will LFC.tv be showing the memorial live?

[Guest KopiteChris]

My thoughts were with liverpool fans that lots family, friends loved ones and to all those connected. Being so far away I wont be able to make it today. But well done to all those who will be there

[ali]

Hillsborough: Liverpool FC to play Celtic FC in benefit match at Anfield

 

Apr 15 2008 by Richard Down LDP

 

 

 

 

THE Liverpool FC and Celtic FC teams that played days after the Hillsborough tragedy will play a benefit match at Anfield on the 20th anniversary of the disaster.

 

Phil Hammond, chairman of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, announced the decision during today’s memorial service held in The Kop.

 

He said: "The money raised will be split between HFSG and Marina Dalgleish Cancer Unit Appeal and will be played on, or about, April 19 next year."

 

He said the fixture would feature as many of the 1989 first teams of both clubs as possible.

 

About 6,000 fans applauded the announcement which came at the end of an emotional service.

 

Former player Brian Hall gave a reading from St Paul's letter to the Romans and Gary Ablett read 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verses 51-57.