Liverpool FC Forum

[mottman]

The Hillsborough Justice Campaign Shop is now located at 178 Walton Breck Road, opposite the Albert pub. For the Olympique de Marseille home game to be played on Thursday 11th March (kick-off 20.00) the shop will be open from 18.30 until 5 minutes before kick-off. The shop may also be open after the game.
Everyone is welcome to call in and talk to members of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign team and meet fellow Reds. Please make the HJC shop your rendezvous point for meeting your friends before and after any Liverpool home game. Everyone will be made very welcome.
The Hillsborough Justice Campaign shop opens its doors to everyone - whoever you are, wherever you’re from, all are welcome. Upstairs, there is a large meeting room at the front. On match day, everyone is welcome to sit and have a chat with members of the team. The meeting room includes a kitchen area, with facilities for making hot drinks. Lavatory facilities are also available.
Regular updates concerning HJC merchandise, fundraising events, poems and supporters thoughts on the Hillsborough tragedy are available free of charge from the shop.

There are many items on-site for you to purchase - books, badges, and a variety of T-shirts, posters and many other items. All monies raised will go towards the Campaign for Justice and for the upkeep of the shop. There are many pictures on the shop walls relating to Hillsborough and Liverpool FC in general. These extend into a walkway at the rear of the shop.

Here are some of the items that are available:-
Badge - Yellow original £2.00
Badge - Red eternal flame £2.00
Badge - Don’t buy the Sxn £2.00 *NEW*
Key ring eternal flame £4.00 *NEW*
Scarf £4.00 *SOLD OUT*
Lighter £1.00
Words of Tribute (original) £1.50
Mugs £5.00 *NEW*
Scum T-shirts £8.00
T-shirt - 96 £6.00
T-shirt - Liverbird / Houllier £12.00*NEW*
Anne Williams book £10.00 *NOW BACK IN STOCK*
Polo shirts £14.00
T-shirt - black £7.00
Partizan Media T-shirts (various) £15.00*NEW*
Book - Pete Evo - One Boy & His Kop £10.00
Book - Pete Evo - My Youth, My Kop £10.00
Book - Jim Dempsey - 3 Cups For The Kop £3.00
Book - George Sephton - This Is Anfield Calling £3.00
Fanzine - RAOTL £ 2.00
Photos - players £1.50
Kenny Dalglish t-shirt £12.00 *NEW*
Alan Kennedy t-shirt £12.00 *NEW*
Pay Kennedy t-shirt £12.00 *NEW*
Elisha Scott t-shirt £12.00 *NEW*
Billy Liddell t-shirt £12.00 *NEW*

Annes book has now been reprinted, and copies are available from the shop.

Copies of Mark Platt’s superb book detailing Liverpool’s European Cup exploits in 1977 are also available, these are priced at £ 12.00. As well as being available direct from the shop, the books can be purchased through Paypal via John_mac@blueyonder.co.uk please add £1.00 for postage and packing.

The Greatest European Story Ever Told
Finally after many months of work an epic piece of Liverpool writing is complete. The Greatest European Story Ever Told (GESET) stands at over 100 pages and covers every match the Reds have played in Europe since our first game against KR Reykjavik in August 1964. It tells the stories of the ties and interweaves many humorous fan recollections regarding their adventures away from home. It also includes some of the songs inspired by and sung on those trips. A small taster is included at the end of this article.
WARNING: Some of the stories contain colorful language which may not be suitable for children
If you would like to download a copy from the GESET website in one of FIVE formats, priced at £3.01. To download the story you need a username and password and the website address which can be obtained by e-mailing:
lfcineurope@aol.com
Mottman@hotmail.com
antonyphoenix@skynet.be
(putting GESET in the subject field)
The full download details will be forwarded when commitment to pay is received. The story is available in the following formats:
WPS (771Kb) DOC (438Kb) PDF (480Kb) RTF (393Kb) TXT (361Kb)

You can either pay by cheque or postal order made payable to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign (see below for details).

If paying by this method please leave a comment in the message section saying your donation is for the GESET Story. A senior citizen, student and unemployed discount of £1.00 will apply. Please forward your full name, e-mail address and age to one of the above email addresses to qualify for the discount. In the interest of raising as much as possible I would kindly ask that you do not forward the story to third parties.
The idea of this project is to boost HJC funds by as much as possible. If you don’t want the story yourself please feel free to email these details to any Liverpool supporters you think may be interested (young or old).

There is a new HJC T-shirt available for £12.00, please add £1.00 for post and packing. It is a cream t-shirt with a wonderful image of Ray Kennedy, the image contains a small image of the Justice flag encircled in the words Hillsborough Justice Campaign. All proceeds from the sales of this shirt will go direct to Ray Kennedy.

Other T-shirts that are available - King Kenny t-shirt

The HJC website is constantly being updated, please visit it regularly to find out the latest news concerning the fight for JUSTICE and other related matters.

www.contrast.org/hillsborough

Where to send donations / orders too:
You can order and make payment by Paypal to: john_mac@blueyonder.co.uk

Please leave a message in the section provided to say what items you require (and sizes – colours etc, if applicable).
You can either pay by cheque or postal order made payable to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign (Don’t forget to mention which size you require) and send to:

John McCormick, 16 Acton Road, Kirkby, Liverpool, L32 0TT

Robbie Ashcroft, 48 Marina Crescent, Netherton, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 1RR

Hillsborough Justice Campaign
P O Box 1089
178 Walton Breck Road
Liverpool
L69 4WR

If paying by cheque or postal order, please allow 10-14 days for delivery, please ensure that you make them payable to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign.

Used postage stamps required - a message from Neil Dixon, HJC supporter.
I am trying to collect as many used postage stamps as possible for the ileostomy
Association, they can exchange these (by weight) for credit to there charity. I am doing quite well so far but I would like to do very well as they have been very good to my wife. Can I ask all you people out there (specially) office people to have a look and see if you have any lying around as if you have I would really appreciate them to add to my charity collection.
If you do want to send any, then please send them to:

Neil Dixon
LINC
Edge Hill
L39 4PQ

Thank you.

The Irish HJC tournement recently took place and an astonishing 1,500 Euro's was raised.
Thank you to everyone who took part.


ENGLISH HJC CUP Tournament – 2004
To be played at the Pitz in Liverpool on Sunday May 2nd. After the Middlesborough home game. The 3rd is a bank holiday so we get to party on the Sunday night after the Cup.

If you would like to submit a team or offer your footballing skills as an individual, please contact Karl Baxter on:
karlb@hjccup.co.uk
or visit this website:
http://karlbaxter.proboards2.com/index.cgi#general

RAOTL, in association with Parkinson’s, announce the Auction of ...

A Framed Liverpool Shirt Signed By Members Of The 2002/03 Squad, Plus The Worthington Cup Final Programme v Manchester United. Signatures Include Michael Owen; Steven Gerrard; Danny Murphy; Sami Hyypia; Jerzy Dudek and others. [Donated By Liverpool Football Club]

Current Top Bid - £750 (03-Mar-04) <Photo>

A Markus Babbel Training Top [Donated By Paul Rogers of Liverpoolfc.tv]

Current Top Bid - £120 (03-Mar-04) <Photo>

A Liverpool Legends Shirt Signed by Members Of The 2003 Asia Touring Party [one of only fifty shirts]. Signatures Include…Roy Evans; Bruce Grobbelaar; Gary Gillespie; Alan Kennedy; John Wark; Rob Jones; David Johnson and Michael Thomas [plus a letter of authenticity from Mr Rick Parry, Chief Executive of Liverpool FC] [Donated By Mr R Parry, Liverpool FC Chief Executive]

Current Top Bid - £1250 (03-Mar-04) <Photo>

A Framed Arsenal Shirt Signed By Members Of The 2002/03 Squad, Plus the FA Cup Final Programme v Southampton Signatures Include Thierry Henry; Patrick Vieira; David Seaman; Current Top Bid - £300.00 (25-Feb-04) [Donated By Arsenal FC]

A Selection Of Framed Ray Kennedy Pictures Donated And Signed By The Photographer Steven Hales [Minimum Bid Per Framed Picture £10]
* Current Top Bid - £30 (25-Feb-04)

CLOSING DATE FOR THIS AUCTION IS ... March 17th 2004.

Bids Now Welcome. You Can Either e-mail Your Bid To RAOTL to john@raotl.org or Post It To RAOTL; PO Box 296; Loughborough; LE11 4ZR. Please Include With Your Bid A Contact Phone Number Or Address

ALSO ... A Sporting Raffle

Prizes Include: First Prize; A Selection Of Liverpool Retro Shirts;

‘Great Managers’ DVD [Donated By Granada];

A Selection Of Books, Including, ‘The Liverpool Collection’ [Donated By Breedon Books]; ‘The Sami Hyypia Story’ [Donated By Mainstream Publishing]; ‘The Green Line’ [Signed Copies Donated By Radio Five Commentator Alan Green] Plus A Signed Copy Of The CD, ‘Liverpool, Attack, Attack, Attack’ Signed And Donated By Members Of The Antenna Band

A Signed Copy Of The Video Liverpool Football Club 501 Goals Signed By Four Former Players Including Ian St John And Ian Callaghan

Books Of Tickets Will Be Available By The End Of February And Will Be Priced At £1 per Ticket

If You Want To Help By Selling Tickets Please Get In Touch With RAOTL By e-mail to

john@raotl.org

Or By Post To RAOTL; PO Box 296; Loughborough; LE11 4ZR Or Speak With A member Of The RAOTL Gang Usually Found Hovering Around Flagpole Corner. Please Include A Contact Phone Number Or Address. Further Details In Future Issues Of RAOTL And On Liverpool Websites

Inspired By Ray Kennedy The Liverpool Legend & Muhammad Ali The Greatest Heavyweight Champion Of All Time

RAOTL Wish To Thank Liverpool FC For Their Continued Support

www.raotl.co.uk

Please visit
http://forums.liverpoolfc.tv/Forum11/HTML/000503.html

For images of some of the goods that the HJC have available.

by Kevin Mahon – Liverpool V Leicester 2003 - I just had to put on record my feelings following my visit to Anfield on Saturday.
I went with my two sons and the wife but we could only get two tickets for the game. I insisted the boys used them with the self-sacrifice only a father would understand. They are, after all, the future heartbeat of the club. We saw the boys to the turnstiles and bade them a goodbye and wished them a good game and then my wife and I spent some time walking slowly around the ground. (I was soaking up the atmosphere while she wondered just when her shopping trip would start)
We visited the Hillsborough Memorial and, as usual it was bedecked with scarves and mementos of fans paying their respects. There were several bunches of flowers and accompanying cards. We read them as we paused in front of the red marbled edifice for a time. One was particularly moving.
It commemorated the birthday of one of the boys who had died that awful day in Sheffield. It was a birthday card from his mother. It simply read:"You would have been 32 this week. How I love and miss you still.Happy Birthday, my beautiful Son." Beside the card were two laminated photographs clipped together defiantly keeping out the autumnal drizzle. One was of a baby and the other of a fresh faced young man of approximately eighteen summers. They were of the same man and boy who had lost his life following his passion in the support of Liverpool Football Club.
We had just said goodbye to our beautiful sons (one aged 18 and the other 14) and saw them off into a football match. They were excited and full of anticipation. We were left behind, happy for them, pleased that they had had an opportunity to attend the game and looked forward to seeing them again soon after the match when we would be regaled with their accounts of the experience. In that moment of reading the card written by a grieving mother, of listening to the roar of an excited crowd inside the ground and of waving goodbye to the flowers of our youth, we both felt the same leaden heartbeat of the mother who had lost her son.
We were deeply moved and clung to each other in a reassuring embrace. While we took some deep breaths and stepped back from the shrine, I looked with fresh eyes at the activity around the monument. Many Leicester fans paused respectfully and read the array of names. They were joined by Liverpool supporters and a hushed conversation sprang up between them, made comrades by the terrible event etched into the marble. Other fans wearing red who had obviously paid homage on numerous occasions rushed past but not without a revered nod of appreciation. Several made a point of touching the cold marble slab in passing rather like the players used to do so religiously of the "This is Anfield" sign in the tunnel.
We had drunk deeply at the well of human emotion. A well whose waters encompassed so many conflicting emotions of fear, love, tenderness, grief, compassion, respect and the surge of feeling part of something important in the lives of so many. It is a bitter-sweet concoction. How sweet it is to have had so many loved ones in our midst; we must always value what we have, and how bitter to have lost them so wantonly at the capricious decision to open those doors at the Leppings Lane end.
As far as we can accompany those left behind and grieving, I hope that they do feel that they will never walk alone. It's the only assurance we can give to that mother left with the warmth of her memories of her beautiful son.


God bless you.

[ynwa]

what the f##k where lpool playing at
marseille out sung us
no lpool player wanted to help any one
the kop was sh##e no f##kin singing
lpools passing was f##king sh##e
why the f##k is gh playing danny murphy

[cheesecakery]

what the f##k where lpool playing at
marseille out sung us
no lpool player wanted to help any one
the kop was sh##e no f##kin singing
lpools passing was f##king sh##e
why the f##k is gh playing danny murphy

the kop was rocking , i was singing along in my armchair ,,

oh when the reds ,oh when the reds ,oh when the reds go marching in,
I want to be in that tumbler , oh when the reds go marching in,
brilliant song

tumbler?? i dont get that bit

[REDTILLDEAD]

Just got in from game, we were poor to-night, we didnt look interested in the first half, dont know what gh told them but we looked to negativein the first 45mins, second half never really got going, we got a "lucky break" with for our goal we were lucky to come away with a draw in the end!. the kop were quite most of the night?...We will have our work cut out in the second leg, they looked quite dangerous at times and with a passionate crowd behind them(something we never had to-night) they will be up for it and must fancy their chances. there was no fight in our players, we didnt seem to want it badly enough?..no fighting spirit.. It must be the gh influence?..  

[REDTILLDEAD]

Oh!...and cheese-face..f##k OFF you manc tw#t!!

[THEBARON]

Yes we didn't play well at all tonight and will have to play a lot better in France to get the result we need. When we got the goal we failed to press for a second goal and only showed some urgency after they equalised.
But was the outcome really a surprise given some of our recent performances ?
Much of tonight's game echoed our season , Steve Gerrard and Milan Baros our main sources of inspiration , Hyypia and Henchoz looking out of sorts , Steve Finnan looking out of his depth , Michael Owen looking like he wished he was elsewhere and Danny Murphy looking hopelessly out of form and confidence.
We're still in Europe but for how much longer ?

[REDTILLDEAD]

I did say that once we meet a half decent team we will struggle...and to-night we did just that!, i thought finnan was poor, murphy was worse!..kewell never got into the game, and why did gh bring on biscuit- head with 2 mins left? in fact why bring him on at all??...its going to be an uphill fight if we are to progress in this competition, and we will have to show more fighting spirit if we are to reach the next stage, but on to -nights display i think we can forget it!!. 

[JohnBull]

It's nothing to do with fighting spirit - you sound like Phil Thompson acts bloody fool he is. It has everything to do with the idiotic management who don't have a clue about tactics Who tell players that they are world class and then send them out to try and act like it.
The game is simple the team is miles away from being able to play clever flicks, back flicks,overhead kicks and the rest of the rubbish I've seen tonight . The Liverpool way was based on simple triangles up the wings, pass and move, pass and move, we are miles away from a resolution to the problem.
At the end of the day ALL THE MANAGEMENT    OUT!!!!

[REDTILLDEAD]

Dont entirely agree with you there?...there is only so much the manager can say, and do (and i"m not totaly defending gh here) but once the players step over that white line its down to them. ghs tactics are questionable yes i agree but you have to have players who believe in themselves, and have the desire to win?.

[ynwa]

marseille out sung us like f##k
lpool sounded like they where the away team
i did not hear ynwa getting played cause of marseille

[REDTILLDEAD]

No ..cos, they were playing the french national anthem over the tannoy system...and that in the LFC end!!    

[116-1065305004]

Ah well another poor result, We are out of the UEFA Cup now, you never know we might qualify next season.
We are a worthless heap of s##t

[REDTILLDEAD]

If so...then GH has turned us into it?

[ynwa]

they r not playing for the club no more they r only playing for the money f##king nobheads

[ynwa]

cheesecakery u smelly f##kin manc f##k off