Liverpool lie about chants
By Micky Monsoon - October 27 2004
"Disgrace to the Premier League" sang the Millwall fans to the Liverpool end, and with good reason. Liverpool fans tried to spill onto the pitch, seemingly without provocation and broke seats to throw at the riot police. Other projectiles were also spotted.
Liverpool fans in the media were desperately clutching at excuses after the Carling Cup tie against Millwall. Anything would do to try to justify this disgusting behaviour.
SkySports TV ran with the headline: "Trouble mars Millwall match", before explaining it was solely at the Liverpool end. Misleading headline or what?
Some phone calls were made to the newspapers accusing Millwall supporters of making chants about Hillsborough.
No one at the game heard these chants, so we suspect it's pure fabrication.
Plus, Man Utd make these chants don't they? Do Liverpool fans react like that normally? Not to our knowledge.
Also, don't Liverpool fans chant about the Munich disaster? There have been reports to suggest they have done on occasions.
But all of this is academic, as Millwall didn't make such chants, so there was NO excuse for the behaviour of the Liverpool fans.
It's such a shame as both sets of supporters made a lot of noise, which made for a good cup tie atmosphere.
It's not the first time, Millwall have been implicated when clearly not guilty. After a coin-throwing incident at Cardiff, one Welsh caller to a football phone-in tried to pin the blame on Millwall even though it happened at the home end. Also the thrower targeted Dennis Wise! As if we'd throw a coin at him! As I remarked at the time, the thrower would have to be an Olympic Gold medalist to throw a coin that far. But nonetheless, a Talksport presenter blamed the incident on Millwall!
Looks like we can expect more of the same now from Liverpool fans in the media. But hey, we're used to injustice as no one likes us!
I think so.