73 dead at a football match

[br d]

Egypt.
Local rivals apparently.

[FarleyRusk]

br d said:

Egypt.
Local rivals apparently.

Strange hoe "Egypt " and "Eejit" sound so similar....

[thinfourth2]

Killing each other over a game of football

Welcome to the civilised world

[dudleybloke]

Club bosses are in de-nile about the situation.

[Kays vRS]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-168458...

Scary.

[carmonk]

Taking advantage of their new-found freedoms, it seems. They must be proud of themselves, though, in a single match they appear to have surpassed the the soccer violence death toll of the entire Western world since the game began.

[ExChrispy Porker]

Hillsborough?
Heysel?

[scotal]

carmonk said:

Taking advantage of their new-found freedoms, it seems. They must be proud of themselves, though, in a single match they appear to have surpassed the the soccer violence death toll of the entire Western world since the game began.

Not heard of Hillborough then?
Or Heysel, Or Ibrox.

And those are just ones I can think of.

[escort90]

scotal said:

Not heard of Hillborough then?
Or Heysel, Or Ibrox.

And those are just ones I can think of.

Hillsborough - over crowding
Ibrox - a stand collapsed

How can you compare these to what has happened here?

[scotal]

escort90 said:

Hillsborough - over crowding
Ibrox - a stand collapsed

How can you compare these to what has happened here?

"Officials say most of the deaths were caused by concussions, deep cuts to the heads and suffocation from the stampede."

From the article above.
Both Hillsborough and Ibrox 1971 (not when the stand collapsed) involved people being killed by suffocation in stampedes. At Hillsborough that was largely due to an illprepard stadium and fans rushing the turnstiles.

[escort90]

yes but the stampedes in the cases of hillsborough and ibrox where not caused by violence as is the case in egypt. Is that not the point in the original post?

[carmonk]

scotal said:

carmonk said:

Taking advantage of their new-found freedoms, it seems. They must be proud of themselves, though, in a single match they appear to have surpassed the the soccer violence death toll of the entire Western world since the game began.

Not heard of Hillborough then?
Or Heysel, Or Ibrox.

And those are just ones I can think of.

It's Hillsborough, you can't even spell it. The conclusion was "...the British Judicial system has consistently found that violence or hooliganism played no part whatsoever in the disaster".

Ibrox was plain overcrowding and caused when some people fell over accidentally

How about having a clue before you post such crap?

[Eric Mc]

Heysel definitely had a hooligan element to it.

[Einion Yrth]

Eric Mc said:

Heysel definitely had a hooligan element to it.

But also an element of the stadium being unfit for purpose; that wall should not have been in a condition whereby it would collapse.

[Eric Mc]

Einion Yrth said:

Eric Mc said:

Heysel definitely had a hooligan element to it.

But also an element of the stadium being unfit for purpose; that wall should not have been in a condition whereby it would collapse.

Of course. As in many such incidents, there were a combination of factors. But their is no doubt that it was the carry on between the fans that prompted the panic and then the disaster.

[Hugo a Gogo]

I heard they were angry about being ripped off in some sort of pyramid scheme


anyway, people are not animals, despite what the daily wail will tell you, they do not stampede

[easter]

idiots

[Greenwich Ross]

In happier news, the average IQ in Eygpt has now gone up a few more points.

[Muntu]

Greenwich Ross said:

In happier news, the average IQ in Eygpt has now gone up a few more points.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

carmonk said:

It's Hillsborough, you can't even spell it. The conclusion was "...the British Judicial system has consistently found that violence or hooliganism played no part whatsoever in the disaster".

Yes, they did say that. But the fact remains that it wouldn't have happened if that many people had turned up on that day at Hillsborough for the filming of an episode of Antiques Roadshow!! Or to see a pop concert. Or a rugby match even. It could only have happened at a football fixture.

Hillsborough was down to the behaviour of many football fans in this country, who drink to much before the match and then bundle in 5 mins before kick off. And become aggresive if they get held up and are going to miss the kick off. I know because I'm a football fan.

That combined with an inept police force, that's what lead to Hillsborough.