Popplewell, Hillsborough And The Bradford Fire
"Soccer attracts more hackneyed hyperbole than most sports. We talk about "tragedy" when we mean "disappointment" and "disaster" when we mean "defeat". When real tragedy and disaster occur, we tend to be stuck for the rights words." Those words, written by David Lacey of the Guardian a quarter of a century ago, ring as true today as they did when they were written in the aftermath of the Bradford fire of 1985.
Twohundredpercent @ Oct 21, 2011 7:02 AM EDT | Blog Profile
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