Silence for Hillsborough, not Margaret Thatcher - Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says the silence ahead of their game at Reading on Saturday is for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster and not for the former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher.
Reading chairman Sir John Madejski has called for football to mark the death of Baroness Thatcher with a one-minute silence but the Premier League and Football League will not be asking clubs to organise tributes.
Rodgers says remembering the people who died at Hillsborough is "the only remembrance there should be" and it will give Reading an opportunity "to show their support for the families and the 96 supporters who are no longer here".
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[@billybhoy32]

Not many people in Liverpool miss Thatcher. The fans that died are sorely missed. RIP those fans, sympathy for their families.

[@GAAShorts]

Not many people at all miss thatcher

[@ConnorKD1876]

Scots and Irish are the same 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪

[@almyle503]

Not many people in the whole north of England miss her full stop

[@billybhoy32]

@@almyle503 A universal minute silence for someone who despised the working class in Glasgow, Manchester, and particularly in Liverpool. Fuck off.

[@almyle503]

@@billybhoy32 lad...I'm on your side.

[@maximuscarnage9681]

I'm also a United fan. Today justice was done and the verdict of unlawful killing was returned. sadly it is 25 years too late.

[@anncraft5398]

You must be a Sheffield United fan then with saying united and you've never been to a game in your life your just one of these glory hunters support your local team can't take people like you serious

[@BobbyMoore24]

@@anncraft5398 bit too late to reply don’t u think

[@CradaOC]

​@@anncraft5398 Fucking shame on you, can people not pay respect without having comments like that thrown at you....what a tosser you really are

[@paulwilliams2663]

Respect m8. Stfu ann

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

The drunk fans turned up late and charged the gate.

[@marilynroberts8296]

thatcher not missed as much as the 96 who died needlessly

[@gmang1521]

She will be to someone though

[@josephbuckley5961]

@@gmang1521 just people who profited off her

[@gmang1521]

@@josephbuckley5961 and probably her family just like the victims here

[@SpudderRail]

@Roger Allison Like what? closing down factories and making thousands of people become unemployed?

[@paddyestrella]

Roger Allison clueless

[@ryanmicheal3098]

As a United fan I can't stand this man. But I can assure you I fully agree with and respect what he's said here. Good job, Brendan.

[@amanplayz518]

Stfu

[@MB-bd6kk]

As a Ushited 🤮 fan , your showing everyone just how stupid you are. No wonder your the most hated club and fans in the country.

[@anncraft5398]

You must be a Sheffield United fan then with saying united you've never been to a Manchester untied game in your life you glory supporting mong support your local team

[@messiandronny3704]

@@MB-bd6kk brush this was 8 years ago😂😂

[@holmbjerg]

I'm so proud of Brendan Rodgers. I hope he stays for many years. There is no reason to mourn Thatcher. She was very old and died of natural courses, so her death was hardly a tragedy. But even more importantly she was part of the decision to cover up the truth about Hillsborough and the decision to blame the victims. Football was not important to her anyway. She knew that football fans were working class people who would never vote for her, so why should she do anything for them.

[@airdiarmuid]

+holmbjerg "many years"

[@craigmiller2101]

holmbjerg yet today working class can't afford footy cause of the middle classes

[@campbellblack2340]

Shut up yer gub

[@JohnW8223]

Still wish he was the gaffer?

[@elliotmurphy5573]

Campbell Black thatcher killed and starved hundreds of innocent irish men women and children why should she get a silence?

[@alcoyne3333333333333]

97 never forgotten ❤️ YNWA

[@alexpatterson9322]

Justice for the 96 !!! YNWA 96 lest we forget !!!

[@authorauthor996]

TRUTH AND JUSTICE FOR THE 96 AND THEIR FAMILIES . Author Christian Simpson

[@wleon4068]

Well said by our manager. Thatcher, I can barely mention her name, should never be able to rest in peace. And those who are still alive who had a major hand in this disaster, SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT TO REST AT ALL!

[@denizdemiral5137]

WTF??

[@jumbojimbo706]

Cry you rat, thatcher did more for this country than any of the scousers who are responsible for killing 97 of their own by turning up without tickets

[@rajsamb]

Thacher is rusting in hell

[@mizofan]

Brendan Rodgers seems a decent guy. The cover-up over the Hillsborough disaster by various sections of the establishment has been a national disgrace. And I find it hard to understand the twisted hatred of people towards a city or supporters of a football club; there's far too much tribalism and hatred on youtube and in UK as a whole.

[@waqasahmad8015]

What I think is if you go deep down regarding Hillsborough disaster there will be so many people who are responsible but the government is covering them up if you want the society to prosper you must give proper justice to people you simply cannot have one rule for the establishment and one rule for the helpless people who can't do anything speedy justice must be given to these people

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

Words of great significance even now. Brendan Rogers is quality. YNWA.

[@mta89kurd]

Good on you Brendan Rodgers!

[@afansi]

I don't think you'd write that if you'd lost a kid that day.

[@jimmykouba4494]

Print and sign Aire media need to apologise and ask for forgiveness. Government and the police should apologise daily to the families. Boycott and make sure The Sun pays dearly for their actions. #96 #WNWA. #JFT96.

[@joannec3579]

A minutes silence.... for Thatcher? NOPE.

[@barrymcguinness2087]

Yes and respect to Brendan Rodgers for saying how he felt .

[@markhayes4149]

Well said and gutted i had to see a ad for the Sun newspaper before this clip. SERIOUSLY!!!!!

[@MJ-qb5ph]

The police high ups and football clubs (for allowing such large numbers into dilapitated facilities) are at fault. How is msrgaret thatcher to blame? She was neither

[@JasonRay1977]

I love you Brendan Rodgers

[@PeterGreen-t8c]

Her private secretary passed it on to her that "a drunken mob of thugs" was responsible and that was good enough for her.

[@fredred8029]

Brilliant 96 thousand views as I type ,another 166 people over 96 , lets keep it that way YNWA

[@cjalis5083]

magie magie magiee dead dead dead

[@billyedwards6941]

Watching this now , and cover ups are still going on , look at what sub post office people have gone through

[@Doniedaff]

Well said James.

[@liamhoare5830]

MAGGIES IN THE MUD IN THE MUD MAGGIES IN THE MUD!! PYRO SHOW AT READING AWAY DOING A CONGA CAUSE THAT SLAGS DEAD WHAT A DAY IT WAS!! HAHAHA

[@huytonred3423]

Liam Hoare reading away was heavy lad danced all ova da rat pyro show n da 😂

[@nate6395]

Roger Allison MAGGIES IN THE MUD IN THE MUD, MAGGIES IN THE MUD NANANANANANANANA

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

I agree with McSquare77. This is indeed the only sensible thing that this clown has ever said !

[@Jim90117]

I guess that's one more than anything you've ever said :D

[@fusionsuper]

Jack Sparrow Go Brendan! This man I respect what he says. Those 96 people deserve the world's attention.

[@gerwulfthered154]

shit fuck.

[@seanbonella]

he not a clown if you say he's right....bit respect ye

[@Me32222]

Why didn’t you reply to his comment then

[@diskid3644]

same fans who sing about Munich no?

[@XLadd]

nah

[@diskid3644]

@@XLadd I means there’s literally videos of anfield singing about it… but okay ‘go off sis’

[@XLadd]

@@diskid3644 I don't even know what this munich thing is and yeah there probably is videos of that happening, no1 chants about it now days but u mancs still chant about hillsborough. Don't act all innocent mate

[@diskid3644]

@@XLadd I’m not a manc or a plastic g relax, was just pointing out the hypocrisy not attacking anyone

[@XLadd]

@@diskid3644 You say you wasn't attacking anyone even though your literally targeting the Liverpool fans. You are dumb fella. That's the nicest way I can put it laa

[@kimgriffiths4153]

Did Liverpool give a shit about Munich?

[@cglees]

What about the 39?….

[@Mk-ed4rg]

What about Paul Nixon?🤪

[@adambrown9669]

I fucking love him

[@jacobcurle8964]

Maggie’s in the mud 🎉🥳

[@afansi]

That's not a very clever or sensitive comment. Even the Tories have admitted they were wrong when they blamed the victims. Please grow up.

[@kevvo26]

Thatcher was brilliant . An absolute force of nature . She just knew all about scousers and had them sussed out . She was hardly wrong about them though was she ??

[@jintsfan]

Wear a Poppy, don’t wear a Poppy ….

[@sausage289]

No blame for Liverpool as usual

[@John-zt6yw]

I agree. No accountability on their part whatsoever. It was their drunken fans coming in late to the match that caused the massive crush that killed the 96. They broke down a gate and stormed in , just like they broke down a wall at Heysel, killing 36 , and tried to break down barriers to storm the Stade De France. They are the scum of the earth.

[@user-zr6ee6lb9m]

Have you read the multiple inquest findings?

[@paddyestrella]

@@John-zt6yw It is crazy that people know that this claim was disproven by a court yet still peddle it 🫣

[@craigjones7554]

We

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

I'm surprised he didn't say "96 beautiful human beings"

[@Glitchkids11]

looking at these comments, people need to sort themselves out! if this happened to your team would you say stuff like that? wouldn't think so do you think people give one what they have to say? no for all most football fans they only care about respect from other fellow supporters! jesuz even inter sang ynwa and u can't even agree that thatcher was a b***h get yourself sorted!!!!!!!!! YNWA JFT96

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

We should have cut off all funding for Liverpool in 1981.

[@mcsquare77]

This is probably the only intelligent thing Brendan Rogers has ever said!

[@MrYorickJenkins]

I believe that language schools such as Berlitz offer special courses in the summer for English learners.

[@pix046]

Was Hillsborough Maggie's fault now? And where was Thatcher mentioned by Brendan Rodgers or the interviewer?

[@michaelridley4503]

pix046 That thing thatcher the milk snatcher, Tried to get it covered up, the stinking Bastard will rot in Hell.

[@bobwallacejnr6852]

26 Liverpool " fans" charged with manslaughter at Heysel. Justice for the Heysel 39!!!!!

[@bluemotion14]

Alan Parkinson grow up you fucking idiot. Coming on here trying to cause an arguement. Liverpool fans pay respect to the victims of the Heysel disaster

[@pauljameskenney2955]

​@@bluemotion14 yep agree with you

[@saintlysinner3922]

erm exactly..you said it "26 charged with manslaughter" they all went to jail to..that is justice...most lamest comment ive ever seen,didnt even make sense ya fukn dickhead

[@andylea2377]

Bob Wallace apparently gives lessons on how to look a dickhead in 10 seconds. Apparently he has hot competition with Roger Allison.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

Of the 26 how many were found guilty and what sentence did they serve?

[@rebeccahooper7968]

duckenfield found not guilty

[@fitnready4]

Sadly the average collective IQ displayed by poster on this page is unlikely to pass 96.

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

The drunk fans turned up late and charged the gate.

[@paddyestrella]

Sure they did, you Tory cunt 🙄

[@thomascooco98]

thatcher bummers

[@bangtidy2k12]

Y ALWAYS LIVERPOOL lets face it, they were wrong to cover it up but liverpool fans in the 80s were bad. death seamed to follow them.

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

The drunk fans caused all of the deaths.

[@pabloman6138]

But it's never talked about 🫣

[@Dellboy56]

@@pabloman6138 Because that is a lie. Perpetuated by foolish people like you and the other fool.

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

@@Dellboy56 The Liverpool fans were 100% to blame.

[@carlholleran2037]

Where did you hear that?? In the Sun newspaper you inbred fucker

[@MrYorickJenkins]

Sanctimonious cant

[@dingopisscreek]

Maggie had nothing to do with football. So I agree. If she had been the Queen or a senior member of the Royal family then yes.

[@fusionsuper]

She was involved during the period of 04/15/1989 when her government sat on their asses and denied the families of the 96 Liverpool supporters justice, closure and the proper right to grieve. Do your proper research before you make a stupid statement like that.

[@davidinchester]

Brendan, u want respect for the 96, show respect for others. U said u were going to win the league for the 96, u didn't, so will u apologise for ur teary words? Or does it hark back to ur Irish roots and u hate every thing that is good and British?

[@darren2900]

Why should he or anyone respect a woman that blamed the fans for Hillsborough.. and when it came out she was wrong all those years she didn't even apologize... If she wanted respect she should of gave respect.. she showed no respect for anyone so she deserves no respect..

[@sxxdefathingxx5192]

He said he could win the league but the next day he remembered it was Liverpool He was managing ;)

[@davidinchester]

S Xxdefathingxx yes, u r right, and now Brendan Rodgers has joined UKIP, he wants to make sure Liverpool get out of Europe!

[@davidinchester]

Ashton Smith I wonder why people do not like Liverpool, maybe it is because of the insults of people with posh names who probably do not live in Liverpool.

[@davidinchester]

mark anthony what a great advert for Liverpool u r, and u wonder why people have a negative view of Liverpool, it is because of the likes of u!

[@MrYorickJenkins]

Football 's importance is totally exaggerated

[@GuyMrFMX]

Mourn for the people that died, but why not mourn Thatcher's death? That, in itself is reasonably disrespectful.

[@elframo]

Cretin

[@kikisdelivery]

Mancs and Thatcher fans.

[@mjr3790]

Want to explain that comment you fool?

[@robefc201112]

Well said Rogers. What reason would any Scouser have for paying respects to her? did she show us any respect in 1989 and the years that followed? I dont think so. Respect is earned. The Families of the 96 have EARNED our respect. All thatcher has done is died before Justice could be served to her and everyone else who took part in the cover up.

[@brianboru8858]

Honk if Thatcher’s deed

[@rebeccahooper7968]

The 96 people who died or were fatally injured in “pens” three and four, standing right behind the goal, so by definition Liverpool’s hard core of support, were honoured by their families in achingly tender personal statements read out in court. They came from all walks of life: working-class, middle-class, wealthy, hard-up, from Liverpool, the Midlands, London and around the country. They included a heartbreakingly large number of young people - 37 were teenagers - because to watch an FA Cup semi-final then cost only £6. They were sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, husbands, one wife - Christine Jones, 27 - and partners. Twenty-five were fathers; one, 38-year-old Inger Shah, was a single mother with two teenagers: altogether, 58 children lost a parent .

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

The drunk fans turned up late and charged the gate.

[@pabloman6138]

​@@JamesRichards-mj9kwkept pushing and pushing . Shame on them 😢

[@ConaillScullion]

@@pabloman6138 Still peddling the same old shite even years after those myths have been dispelled?

[@pabloman6138]

@PaddyPower1892 everyone's fault but the Liverpool fans !

[@twinkletoes5704]

Didn't always think he came across well when speaking as Liverpool manager, but huge respect for his comments here. Thatcher was just as responsible for the cover up as Sheffield Police were

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

There was no "cover up".

[@helenrudd7842]

27years of pain and lies have been banished. . that battleaxe was scum , full marks to Rogers

[@EyebrowsGaming]

"The problem with Margaret Thatcher's grave is that eventually you run out of other people's piss." - The North remembers.

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

Most deindustrialisation happened under Labour.

[@EyebrowsGaming]

@@JamesRichards-mj9kw "Tony Blair was my greatest political achievement" - Margaret Thatcher. Blair became Prime Minister because of the old saying "if you can't beat them, join them." He was as Tory as any of the scum wearing blue rosettes

[@FeminismDebunked]

The Murdoch Press banned the fans for years. SHAME. Boycott the Murdoch Press.

[@rebeccahooper7968]

Based on documents disclosed to the Panel, this chapter assesses the impact of the 1981 crush on crowd safety at Hillsborough. It considers the decisions taken between 1981 and 1989 by SWFC, its safety consultants, the local authority (Sheffield City Council) and the 6 South Yorkshire Police (SYP) regarding modifications to the Leppings Lane terrace and their consequences for the safe management of the crowd.

[@fargodavilleitnotd6729]

Rip 97

[@jamesahmed1889]

Take out the 96. Look what that woman did to liverpool. Ruined it. Then add it on, to pay respects to her. Really? That would be a massive insult to the great people of Liverpool

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

She ruined far, far more than just Liverpool mate.

[@clivesangster6754]

Sort of answer you would expect from a Catholic Paddy

[@mitchtheowl5415]

It should be a minute silence for the 96 and Margaret Thatcher not just the 96.

[@gratefulkm]

Learn the European stuff, Learn to nEver ever give up Europe and you will be welcomed back at Liverpoo FC as manager,

[@silversurfermusicco5263]

Sun paper is evil

[@MJ-qb5ph]

Yes

[@brianbrian6202]

No working class person should mourn that woman.

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

Labour ceased to represent the working class decades ago.

[@brianbrian6202]

@@JamesRichards-mj9kw What evidence do you have for that?

[@TheGamingsCommunity]

Who would dislike this? Knob heads.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

As with most people up and down the UK I despise this football club and although I respect Rodgers as a manager, he's a weasel of a man. However he's right to say that Thatcher deserves nothing after the damage she did to this country in so many ways!!!

[@tonyh7994]

Why do you despise Liverpool and what makes you think most people in the UK do?

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@@tonyh7994 I've lived and worked all around the UK and Ireland. You get tribal hatred in most cities around the country but some clubs exceed that. Liverpool fans are disliked all over the UK for various reasons. Being the home of slavery isn't a great start, playing dull football prior to the back pass law being outlawed, getting ALL English clubs banned from Europe, taking no responsibility for the death of 39 Juve fans and leaving their families and friends feeling deserted hence they turned their backs of Liverpool's peace offering of a floral tribute in 2006, having supporters who would ambush away fans with Stanley knives around Anfield and robbing or smashing up their cars, setting a terrible example to children by having players who began and perfected the art of diving here in England from Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard and now the current diving champion Mo Salah, supporting their club captain after 2 vicious assaults on hard working members of the public who were just going about their daily business both captured on video, robbing their own fans outside the CL final in Athens 2007 before some ticketless fans stormed the gates and as a club supporting the racist behaviour of Luis Suarez right down from the Manager Kenny Dalglish to the entire squad wearing T shirts in support of racism. Then you also have the almost unique situation where there are banners around Liverpool saying " Scouse not English". Many Liverpudlians don't want anything to do with England, so why should England want anything to do with them? They are known widely as "The self-pity city". Offended by everything, Ashamed of nothing, Always the victims, It's never your fault". Everton supporters are not despised. They represent Liverpool with pride and dignity wherever they go. Liverpool FC supporters are indeed "ENGLAND'S SHAME!!!!!!!!!!

[@deathcamz389]

You mean only Manc tramps hate Liverpool.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@@deathcamz389 Na, people all over hate them. I'm from Glasgow and when you got beat by Madrid in the 2018 CL final everyone went home happy from the pub that night son 👍

[@deathcamz389]

@@KryptonitetoallBS Stop liking your comments. Also btw I'm a Scot and a Celtic fan not a Scouser. Btw look a statistics of man utd being the most hated team not Liverpool and your fans having being arrested the most out of any in the premier League.

[@devoteeofgeorgesmiley7184]

The Aluminum Foil B rhymes with ITCH can rot slowly in Hades as she roasts slowly on a spit for all eternity beside her pal, the less-talented co-star of that cinematic classic, "Bedtime for Bonzo".

[@MrYorickJenkins]

Half your total English vocabulary is probably in that comment :)

[@MCShahiniofOLS]

Silence for HEYSEL? Justice for 39?

[@bluemotion14]

MC Shahini what a prick you are

[@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan]

Justice for Ajax 1996 Rubentus the Dopping cheater Revoke Rubentus 1996 European trophy

[@owencolbon2400]

Bit late but the 39 got justice the beasts responsible were arrested

[@xxitactical_8723]

Brendon 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@daveroberts2375]

maggie thatcher is our friend

[@karenroberts1982]

Heysel?

[@leonardotrench4564]

Feck off you silly tart

[@trillywinkledinkle4323]

Terrible tragedy and nobody should die at a football game...but the difference being people went to jail and held accountable for their actions....and there was no cover up by any government or media...

[@allthekingshorses7178]

Trillywinkle Drinkle, yet all English clubs were banned from European competition for 5 years because of something only Liverpool fans were responsible for. Offended by everything, ashamed of nothing

[@trillywinkledinkle4323]

@@allthekingshorses7178 yes it's well documented and I'm not defending their actions....but at least you managed to get your little dig in so fair play mate

[@jixuscrixus1967]

What about Heysel? That’s a separate issue, another football stadium tragedy, poor choice of stadium, insufficient police and security and yes there were fans taunting and fighting one another, that’s not to be excused and as far as I’m aware there were fans prosecuted and held accountable for their actions. Don’t draw a parallel between Heysel and Hillsborough, the latter involved police incompetence, negligence and then perverting justice on a grand scale for twenty seven years, judicial system, gutter press and television supported by successive governments and the establishment conspired to blame innocent people who died whilst attending a football match. It makes me sick to the pit of my stomach that someone would raise the subject of Heysel on a thread about Hillsborough.

[@kimgriffiths4153]

Iron Lady was the last great pm of the UK.

[@paddyestrella]

Clement Attlee was the last.

[@kimgriffiths4153]

True.

[@JasonRadley]

There are too many minutes of silence/applause as it is. This culture of public grieving is becoming insidious and is decidedly unBritish.