warreng

As do all owners but Clearlake are taking a very different approach to generating revenue. Maybe because it's so different to other clubs it's emphasising the focus on cash generation rather than trophies

Well, as a non-Chelsea fan it's nice to come on another team's forum and find measured and intelligent comments I only came on here to see if you lot knew what Clearlake were up to

I don't know why they haven't been mentioned. A cover up of the cover up?

Why weren't these documents included in today's report?

Hi - another Liverpool fan here. I just came on another football club's forum to see if there was any reaction to today's HIP and this is the first one I came across. Why Chelsea? Well, I now live in Epsom and most of my local friends are Chelsea fans. The Hillsborough topic isn't something I've talked about with them at any length mainly because it's not exactly some you throw in as idle chit-chat and another reason was that I had the misfortune to be in the ground that day - I was only 18 at the time and attended with my friend. We were very fortunate to come out unharmed that day. I think for a long time I tried not to think too much about it - not sure why, I don't think it was anything to do with post-traumatic doo-daa - just the way I'm built I guess. But after a period of time and around the 10th anniversary I started to think more and more about what happened. Looking back now it seems a lifetime ago. I've never really discussed what I saw happen that day - even with the friend I was with nor with my wife. I wouldn't wish it on anyone Just to say that the Taylor report and what I'm seeing coming from the HIP concurs with my experience that day - I've been to 100s of matches (mainly LFC) but seen a lot of Chelsea (my 9 year old is a Chelsea fan - after all he was born in Epsom and I couldn't get him to support Leatherhead) and if anything the behaviour of the LFC fans was more relaxed than usual - it was a warm, sunny day, a higher proportion of youngsters - it was a happy atmosphere. Really, it is simple - the police lost control of a crowd - nothing more, nothing less. I know there are tribalism issues here and that that's what a lot of football support is based on - but really, this isn't to do with football, or the City of Liverpool. It's do with real humans dying for no reason and then the very organistions that are meant to protect us, turn on us Today, I'm a mixture of emotions - relieved the truth is starting to come out, that the families can start to grieve, personally sad that those memories and visions are stirred again and happy that maybe people can learn from their mistakes. Me? I'm not arsed what other people say - as my Dad always told me "When an idiot slags you off, just remember that they're idiots" -