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To be fair to Phil Scraton, he generally only deals with the fact that are available to all. He also has a section on other sports disasters and what was learned from them that does mention fans. Of course he is slightly "biased" as he has been an advisor for the families for years and was on the comittee that looked at all the new released documents that enabled the new inquests to be ordered, but it is a good read.
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#62
M'Lord, don't take our word for it...get the book out of the library or download it and give it a read. it's hardwork at times due the detail but it's genuinely worth a read
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#63
The title of the book is a play on words relating to The Sun newspapers headline on the pack of lies that they reported!! As Wakey said, it is not lacking in detail of what happened that day and has a lot of eye witness and family statements in it, so it is heart wrenching and demoralizing at times but worth a read. The section on how the families were treated at the make shift morgue in the gym under the North Stand is harrowing and just mind blowing in its callousnous. These were the families who had driven from Liverpool or wherever to identify the dead or simply to try to find their loved ones who didn't come back with the rest of the coaches, and to be fair they were treated like shit, but at that stage the police were in full cover up mode!!
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#64
Yes. The Truth. The Sun headline. This is why I immediately thought "bullshit". Every time I see something labelled as the truth I think the same.
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