I was outside the turnstiles in that fenced off square that the mounted police kept forcing more and more people into. I remember the barriers buckling under the pressure and realising that if I got a foot caught in them and went down, there was no getting up again. Not long after that I realised my feet were no longer on the floor and I couldn't move my arms, all I could do was put my head back and look upwards. I started to get tunnel vision at that point and had already resigned myself to being crushed to death. To this day, I can still feel the release of pressure as the fence on the far side buckled and gave way.
I really felt for those poor bastards at Hillsboro, when ever I see any of that footage it takes me back to that day in Birmingham. You are quite right about the WMP that day too, some of those fuckers should have been up on a manslaughter charges for the death of that lad. On 11 May 2011, at 14:14, Damian Walsh wrote: > Yes I was there - not just you mate me too, and the wife. It was the last > football match she 's gone to, no way to ever get her to another. > > I hold the police directly responsible for the events of that day even > though there was a minority of Leeds fans happy for trouble and there was > also a large contingent of Birmingham fans who were allowed to riot with > impunity. > > Damian > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:32 PM, sinisterpicturesDB < > sinisterpictu...@dogz-bollox.co.uk> wrote: > >> Were you at that game Damian? But for a fence giving way, that was a >> whisker away from being a hillsborough outside the turnstiles. Also only one >> of a couple of occasions I had actually resigned myself to the fact I was >> probably about to die. >> >> >> On 11 May 2011, at 10:19, Damian Walsh wrote: >> >>> Also the day that a young Leeds supporter (14 I think) died at Birmingham >>> after clashes with provocative police and a several police "engineered" >>> crushes. >>> >>> Damian >>> >>> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:04 AM, <barbaravi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
