It is worrying that chants mocking Hillsborough are becoming more common during matches involving Liverpool Football Club.
Both James Pearce and Ian Doyle noted on Twitter that home fans at the City Ground repeatedly chanted ‘always the victims’ at their meeting with Jurgen Klopp’s side, among other unsavory choices.
‘Always the victims’ for the third time from the Forest fans.
— James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) October 22, 2022
“Always the victims”, is the cry of a group of Forest fans. Some were already singing “Sign on” even before the game started.
— Ian Doyle (@IanDoyleSport) October 22, 2022
It begs the question why the media beyond the borders of Merseyside refuse to acknowledge the vile nature of such actions by fan bases in the English top flight.
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Given how quickly the posts helped Manchester City shift the narrative from financial disparity in the English top flight to questions of xenophobia surrounding the Liverpool boss, perhaps we shouldn’t be all that surprised.
However, it does not make such occurrences any less shameful and it is clear that more serious repercussions must be implemented to eradicate this harmful behavior.
Perhaps sanctions affecting the club as a whole, for example a points deduction, can help discourage such chanting from future games, although urgent action is clearly required, not to mention national programs aimed at educating those ignorant of the realities of the Hillsborough disaster. .
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