Chapter 67 Press Conference (Part 2)
In English, "justice" and "judge" are the same word. This time, the judge who represents "justice" personally closed the door to justice for the families of the victims.
And the grievances of the ninety-six Liverpool fans will never have a chance to be cleared again. They are still branded as "football hooligans" and wander between heaven and hell. They cannot enter the gate of heaven and are unwilling to go to hell to endure torture.
Later, the angry Liverpool people launched an event to boycott the Sun, which is still going on. On the sidelines, Liverpool fans often see a slogan holding up a slogan, and the bloody Sun sign reads:
The truth is that ninety-six people died in the Heathborough tragedy in 1989! Don’t buy the Sun for the sake of the deceased!
So far, the Sun's circulation in Liverpool is only more than 10,000 copies, more than 200,000 copies less than before the Hesburg tragedy.
For Liverpool fans who are single and powerless, they cannot get support from the law, and this is their only way to fight. Even such a struggle is still so pale and powerless in front of a large network composed of police, judges, lawyers and the British government.
After learning about these backgrounds, you can understand why the media are so focused on football stands rather than courts.
Since Thatcher's indiscriminate iron-fisted policy, football violence seems to have gradually gone away from people's sight. The media reported more about scandals between stars and coaches, but yesterday's game made the British paparazzi excited again.
Yes, football hooligans are back! Football violence is back! Things that attract the public's attention are back!
With a "slam", Tang En threw out the newspaper in his hand. He originally thought that the matter was over, so he let it go, but he didn't expect...
After experiencing the Heathborough tragedy, the English media has been much more restrained than before. This time, most of them think it is the responsibility of Millwall fans. First, a group of Millwall's extreme fans sang in the stands to mock the young fans Gavin Bernard who died because of the fans' fight. Then the song was spread, causing dissatisfaction among the Forest fans, which led to the conflict that interrupted the game.
Basically, Tang En believes that this is a report from a fair and objective perspective, and did not classify the Forest fans who were forced to fight back into the "football hooligan" team.
But Don't angry with the words of the Millwall club president.
"...I'm angry at the claim that Forest fans attacked the police because they were stimulated and provoked by our fans. What I saw with my own eyes was that Nottingham Forest fans provoked the fight, they tried to rush into the stadium, and took off the plastic seats in the stands and threw them into the stadium..." This was what Millwall Club chairman theo` paphitis said in an interview with reporters.
"I was directing the game. It was impossible to notice what happened in the stands. No head coach would focus on things that had nothing to do with the game. But then I heard about it (that thing). I think the cause of this incident was not the Millwall fans, but a group of thugs from Nottingham! Therefore, it should be them and not us who should be responsible!" This was what Millwall's head coach Alan McClelley told the Sun reporter.
The riots at Newden Stadium have injured thirteen people, of which five of Millwall were arrested by the police, and two people on Nottingham Forest were taken to the police station, and eighty-eight seats were damaged to varying degrees. Many of the police have also suffered minor injuries. It should be regarded as the largest fan riot in the UK in recent years. The biggest off-field one is on June 7 last year. When Millwall team failed to upgrade the play-offs, more than 5,000 people participated in the Earth fan riot in the Millwall area.
While attracting the attention of many media, the other chairman and coach said so, which is tantamount to putting the blame on Nottingham Forest.
Don himself hates Millwall's club. Now it's even more old hatred.
He decided to break the silence and slap the shameless people loudly in the face.
So he spread the paper and planned to write an open letter, and then entrust Pierce Bruce to publish him in the newspaper. Some words can only be kept in his heart. It feels so uncomfortable to have no place to say it. Fortunately, he has a good journalist friend.
Just as Donn wrote the first word, he received a call from Evan.
"Tony, can you come to the city court?"
"What's wrong? Evan, I'm now..." Tang En looked at the open letter just now and was about to ask clearly. If it wasn't something important, he would just push it first.
"The fan riots happened yesterday. I plan to hold a press conference in the name of the club. Come on... I know you must want to scold those bastards. Now I will give you a chance to scold them in front of the whole of Britain!" Evan Dogerty said fiercely.
Don Enjoy said: "You know me so well, Evan! I'll be here right now!"
Fifteen minutes later, Donn appeared in the office of Chairman Evan Doggetty at the City Stadium. When he was leading the door from Miss Barbara Lucy, Evan Doggetty stood in front of the window with his back to the door, watching countless reporters trotting into the door.
"Mr. Dogerty, Mr. Doneen is here."
Evan turned around. Surprisingly smiled: "Thank you Miss Lucy."
Lucy poured a glass of water for Donn. She turned around and retreated.
Don't look back as Miss Lucy's twisting butt disappeared from the crack in the door. He saw Evan staring at him and laughing. So he scratched his head embarrassedly and explained awkwardly: "Uh... the new secretary, it's not bad..."
"That's not the new secretary. Miss Lucy followed me from the United States to the United Kingdom. She has always been my personal secretary, and she and Allen are people I can trust completely."
"Well, I know...what do I?" Don asked, interested in Evan's last words.
"The same goes for you, Tony. Although we haven't known each other for a long time, I like your straightforward personality very much." Evan sat casually in a corner of the table. This situation was absolutely impossible to see when his father Niger Dogette was in charge of the club.
"Hey, when you told me I wasn't in your plan, I thought I was abandoned." Tang En shook his head gently. "Do you know? Evan, I had at least three clubs in my pocket at that time, and I could do it any time if I wanted to."
Evan nodded and said he knew, "So I've always had a question. Tony, what made you finally make up your mind to stay in a club that won't see the future even if you return to the youth team?"
This question made Done silent for a while, and then he whispered: "Evan, I hesitated for a long time when deciding whether I should leave or stay. Many people helped me through direct or indirect methods, such as... the boss Clauve took me to the coaching meeting to meet the world. I saw countless successful and unsuccessful coaches there. I seemed to have entered a completely different world from before. He also told me that failure was only temporary. Later, I went to the youth team training base and saw that in the empty base, George Wood - the genius I found from the slums - he practiced basic skills alone in the training ground and worked hard for his dream of stardom. Next I went to Gavin's cemetery."
Hearing Tang En say this, Evan no longer sat slanted on the table casually. He came down and stood at the table and listened to Tang En continue to speak.
"I met Michael there, and he told me that he was going to the United States. His wife could not bear the grief of staying here and missing her son day and night, so their whole family was moving to a country without football. I couldn't persuade him to stay. Compared with football, his family and life were more important. He knew I might leave, so he said..."
Donn slowly lowered his words, as if he had returned to that afternoon. In front of Gavin's tombstone, Michael patted his shoulder and said to him: "...Brien Crowe came to this team on January 3, and you Tony on January 1, only two days away. What a pity, maybe we all missed a very legendary story..."
"Later he left, and I was alone in the empty cemetery. Although Michael compared me to Clauve, I was still not sure to stay. Until I saw a sentence on Gavin's tombstone, the words were very small and I had been overlooking it. Hey, Evan. Do you want to know what it was written on it?"
Evan nodded.
"It says: The one who is lying here is Michael Bernard and Fiona Bernard's most beloved son, Nottingham Forest's most loyal fan, George Wood's eternal supporter - Gavin Bernard."
Don Evan fell into silence after he didn't continue.
He knew about Donne and Michael and others. Michael Bernard was a celebrity among the fans of that community. Everyone knew that he had a smart and likable son. He was also very sorry for Gavin's death. Otherwise, how could he think of holding a press conference today to refute Millwall's remarks?
But he never thought that the child occupied such an important position in Tang En's heart. It seems that he was really looking for him today.
Evan coughed, "Okay, I think it's almost time to come, let's go down..."
The silence in the office was finally broken. Tang En woke up from his contemplation, looked up at Evan, and then stood up with his lips pursed.
"Uh, Tony." Evan reminded him, "Do you need to prepare a manuscript for your speech? I asked Miss Lucy to draft a copy for you in advance..."
Chapter completed!