The Week That Was: Out But Proud and Justice for the 96

Firstly, Blackburn last Saturday. We could and should have put the game out of sight with 25-30 minutes still left on the clock. It was easy really. Total domination with some really good football played. Mascherano was fantastic again and should have put himself on the scoresheet.

Riera was also very good, getting himself into many good positions and he linked up well with Insua in the first half, however his final ball on a few occasions let him down I felt. Blackburn's only real threat came from Christopher Samba. I thought for a makeshift centre forward he did well, however he received little support.

This victory put us at least temporarily, back on top. We were now anxiously waiting for United's reply. I myself was on the coach home from Anfield, waiting nervously for any update on United's hopeful downfall against a falling Sunderland side.

After letting out a frustrated screech at the news of Paul Scholes giving United a one goal lead, I was jumping with joy when it came through that Kenwyne Jones had levelled for the Black Cats. It was turning out to be a brilliant day.

We had won in an extremely comfortably fashion, I had won £35 on Torres' first goal and United had been pegged back with only 20 minutes or so left on the clock. Happy days.

However, my joy was short lived. Bloody Macheda had done it again. The 17-year-old had scored the winner, a second Premier League game running. Bollocks. It finished at the Stadium of Light 2-1 to United, a big dint in an otherwise great day.

Next up was a trip to Stamford Bridge for the return leg of the Champions League quarterfinal. Realistically we all knew that we had probably left too much for ourselves to do from the first leg, however we gave Chelski a real fight of it.

We took the lead twice on the night and put ourselves in touching distance of going through. The least I wanted from the boys on Tuesday was to go down with a fight, give them Chelsea boys a real scare and make them sweat.

That is exactly what we did.

At the end of the day, I'm obviously disappointed that we are out of the competition, so close but yet so far and all that. However I am proud as punch of my team and of my club and on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, we were united as one, those boys did our 96 friends proud!

The 15th April, the most significant day in Liverpool Football Club's year. Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of when 96 of our fellow supporters went to a football match and never came back.

A tragedy that could and most certainly should have been prevented. A day that no one has EVER been fully held accountable for. A day which will never be forgotten. Every one of those 96 individuals will always be remembered.

What else makes me proud to be a red? The way Liverpool as a team, city and a community have stuck together.

Families who lost loved ones that day, who I will always hold with the utmost of respect due to the dignified way they have continued to fight for justice all these years, have stayed strong in the most horrific of circumstances. They have stuck by while people told lies and spouted rubbish about what happened to their loved ones on that day.

Justice is a word you will hear regularly mentioned when talking about what happened at Hillsborough. Rightly so. 96 lives should never have been lost that day.

The police watched by while people were fighting to stay alive and while fellow supporters fought admirably to help others. There was no fighting, nor hooliganism involved AT ALL! The S*un's headline was complete and utter lies, unsubstantiated lies.

These were supporters who were treated like dirt by the authorities, not as paying customers, but as trouble makers and hooligans. That day was down to Police failure to act as they should. Important people froze and failed to lead others in the appropriate way.

Lies and cover-ups followed.

People need to be made accountable for their actions on that day. 96 people lost their lives down to certain people's actions, they need to be made accountable. No job, no position, no money has ever been lost to reflect what happened on the 15th April 1989.

How can 96 lives be lost like that without no repercussions? Justice has to be served. It's the least the families deserve and what the city of Liverpool and its people deserve.

Justice for the 96!

Come on you Redmen!