Today is the 41st anniversary of the Bradford City fire, one of English football's darkest days: 56 supporters were killed in the disaster. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of all those affected today. #BCAFC
Philip Cornwall
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Formerly When Saturday Comes, Total Sport, Football365, Evening Standard and, for 23 years, Observer Sport. The last of these overlapped from 2008 with the Guardian, where I still am. Views my own or borrowed from wiser minds. Tries to ignore the anonymous
A few demonstrators near the steps on Olympic Way before the England game, holding placards with "Show the red card to Israeli genocide". I walked past, then walked back. I asked one: "Would you show the red card to Hamas too?" He hesitated, then said: "No." All you need to know.