Hillsborough disaster their heads in wonder at the enormity of it. It was a 'classic smear'. After "The Sun"s report, the newspaper was boycotted by most newsagents in Liverpool and many readers cancelled their orders and refused to buy it from newsagents; and from then afterwards many in Liverpool refer to "The Sun" newspaper as "The Scum". Some even refuse to say the name or spell it as "The S*n." The Hillsborough Justice Campaign organised a less successful national boycott that had some impact on the paper's sales nationally. MacKenzie explained his actions in 1993. Talking to a House of Commons National
Hillsborough disaster between Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry City and again during the semi-final between Coventry City and Leeds United at Hillsborough. Leeds were assigned the Leppings Lane end. A Leeds fan described disorganisation at the turnstiles and no steward or police direction inside the stadium, resulting in the crowd in one enclosure becoming so compressed he was at times unable to raise and clap his hands. Other accounts told of fans having to be pulled to safety from above. Liverpool and Nottingham Forest met in the semi-final at Hillsborough in 1988, and fans reported crushing at the Leppings Lane end. Liverpool lodged