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Hillsborough: Twenty years on but still no closure
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Written by Darren Douglas
There have been a lot of stories in the last few weeks and days about the impending 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster, which occurs this coming Wednesday. Clearly it was and still is a real tragedy that is rarely seen in the usually safe world of sport. Yet one of the saddest aspects about it is that almost twenty years on there remains a need for a campaign for justice.
Wetherspoons seemed a fitting location to meet before the match. Over a £1 pint in a dirty glass I perused the League One standings in a copy of the Sun.
It appeared that the result would mean as little to the teams as it would to me. Both Orient and Colchester were stoically mid-table. Their five remaining fixtures were of almost no consequence.
In its own words Free Kick Champ requires the following of you: “Take your shot if you can shoot free kicks to surpass the defense. If you play good you will get bonus round.”
In real English, you have to see how many out of 10 free kicks you can score against a keeper with a one-man wall.
A one-man wall might sound easy but it’s a two-dimensional game and it’s actually pretty tough. There’s no possibility of curving the ball. All you can do is lump it, but you do get to control the angle and power of these lumps.
Being an Argentinean footballer with attacking pretensions bestows a lot of expectation. As soon as a new icon bursts onto the scene there are always the inevitable comparisons with the former cocaine snorting, obesity prone legend that is Diego Maradona.
El Diego is the yardstick against which all others are judged. Some have come close, but most haven’t.