The cruel chants of the fans of the Premier League teams

In recent days, both Manchester City and Chelsea have had to berate their fans for chants against the Hillsborough disaster heard during games against Liverpool. “Always the victims, never the guilty” and “Murderers” are some of the chants local fans dedicate to Liverpool, a club scarred by the 97 people who died as a result of the disaster that happened 34 years ago.

That moment, which changed English football forever, is being derided by some fans, who feel unpunished for directing their chants at the Hillborough victims. Because the Liverpool fans caught up in that FA Cup semi-final at the Sheffield Wednesday ground were victims, not guilty hooligans, as the recent investigation and court case blaming the police for negligence showed.

But that doesn’t matter to the small groups of fans who use football as a means to vent their frustrations at the nearly 100 deaths that afternoon.

“Always the victims” and “Murderers”, they sang at Stamford Bridge, a sonata that has become a habit that also took place at the Etihad Stadium last weekend.

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“Chelsea condemn these inappropriate chants. This hate speech has no place in football and we apologize to anyone who has been offended,” said The Blues. “We are very disappointed to hear those chants. We apologize to those who may have been hurt,” said City, who already had to apologize when their fans broke the minute’s silence observed by Hillsborough in the 2022 FA Cup semi-finals with whistles. That same season, in the league game at the Etihad, City opened an investigation after videotaping two fans mocking the catastrophe.

“We are deeply concerned about the increase in these terrible chants in stadiums, related to the Hillsborough disaster. They are a great insult and very sad to family, friends and communities affected by this catastrophe. We condemn this kind of behaviour” , an FA spokesman admitted.

The sun was right. You are murderers.’

The cries of Manchester City fans yesterday at Anfield, over the Hillsborough tragedy.

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Now the Prime Minister is trying to find a legal way to end this unpleasant practice and to do so, according to the British newspaper The Guardian, he has contacted the police and the courts to come up with legislation that will solve the problem.

“Every game we offer to help a lot of people because nothing is being done to stop these chants. All teams must do their part to make this stop,” explains the Hillsborough victims’ support group.

“Please this has got to stop,” Liverpool said on social media of an issue that goes beyond Hillsborough and extends to other incidents.

Too bad what happened in the #EmiratesFACup

Manchester City fans booed during the minute’s silence for the Hillsborough tragedy, an event in which 97 Liverpool fans died as a result of an avalanche in 1989

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In the game between Leeds United and Manchester United at Elland Road last February, the home fans devoted chants to the plane crash that killed a United plane in Munich in 1958, killing 23 people, including eight of the team’s players , the technical staff and journalists. United supporters responded with references to the deaths of two Leeds fans ahead of a UEFA Cup semi-final against Galatasaray in Istanbul.

The Premier League, already grappling with racism, social media slurs, sexism, pitch invasions and on-pitch fireworks, adds a new case to its list of problems to solve.