"This is the home of Jon-Paulgilhooley, one of the victims of the Hillsborough massacre, the youngest of whom was only 10 years old.“

Early in the morning, Jon-Paulgilhooley, the youngest of the more than 90 victims, gathered dozens of British media outside his home.

No matter what country it is, the death of such a young child due to an accident is always more likely to arouse people's compassion.

Therefore, knowing that Jon-Paul Gilhooley was going to be buried on this day, not only the local media in Liverpool, but also the media in other places sent people to come.

At this time, I don't know how many BBC viewers were watching the show, in front of the TV to see off the 10-year-old fan.

And there are several players from the Liverpool team, including goalkeeper Bruce Grobella, Orturridge and other veterans who are very familiar to many fans, as well as new players like winger John Barnes who have just arrived in the team for a year or two.

But both the veteran players who are familiar with the fans and the new players who are not familiar with the fans have attended the funerals of the dead fans.

Jon-Paul Gilhooley's funeral Barnes was also in attendance and spoke to reporters for the first time at a fan funeral.

"Barnes, can you tell me what you saw at the time?" The BBC reporter was the first to ask.

"I was a little bit far away, so it wasn't clear what was going on until I saw a couple of fans running down from the stands on Liepinlane that I didn't know what a terrible thing had happened. The update was the fastest even until the referee suspended the game and after returning to the locker room, I saw my wife Susie crying. "Someone died. She said. "No way!" I didn't believe at the time, and I said to Susie, "It's just a rumor." Finally, when I saw the BBC live, I had to believe the brutal truth." Barnes shook his head sadly, mentioning the scene at that time and he still couldn't believe it or didn't want to believe it.

"Maybe I'm the player who sees it the most." Bruce Grobella, the goalkeeper on the side, also said sadly: "I was closest to the stands, the stand where the incident happened was behind the goal, and when I went to pick up the ball behind the goal, I heard a fan shouting: "We're going to die! Bruce, we can't do it!" I was very shocked at the time, although I wasn't sure what was happening, but I still quickly called for the staff to carry out rescue. But the staff ignored me, and the police who kept order ignored me."

When the staff and police ignored him, Bruce Grobella's hands were just fists, as if he would punch out at any time if those staff or police officers appeared in front of him, everyone present could see Bruce Grobella's anger and depression, and the finger bones of his fingers and fingers were pale and bloodless.

"Bill Shankly once said, 'Football is not life and death, football is higher than life and death', Barnes, do you still think so?"

After several players recalled the scene they saw at the time, Qiao Feng, who had been standing in the distance and listening, suddenly heard such a very spicy and sharp question, and his eyebrows couldn't help but rise, this question was really in line with the hearts of non-fans like Qiao Feng.

This famous sentence from the legendary coach of Liverpool, the father of football, Qiao Feng used to scoff when he heard it, and now this famous sentence was slapped wildly by the ninety-six victims.

Qiao Feng was more satisfied with the fact that the person who asked this spicy question was not a reporter from a newspaper in the UK, but a reporter from Hong Kong, as the current second boss of Ming Pao and the future big boss, Qiao Feng gave the reporter a full score of affirmation with his eyes.

It's a great idea to ask a meaningful question from a bunch of journalists, not to mention that it's the most meaningful and noteworthy question ever asked.

From the eyes of other reporters, Qiao Feng knew that at least for these British colleagues, the word Ming Pao would be imprinted in their minds from this moment on. Let them know that with such sharp reporters, the newspaper counterparts in Hong Kong are also so powerful.

Barnes didn't expect the question to be so sharp, especially when it came to bringing Liverpool, a team that played in the second division, and the legendary coach who dominated Europe in those days, Bill Shankly, is a controversial question.

However, it is obvious that the tragedy touched Barnes too much, if it were changed to the past, he would definitely support Bill Shankly, and by the way said that football is higher than life and death, but at this time, Barnes was only silent for a few seconds before giving an answer from his heart.

"Before that, I always liked to analyze what's going on around me rationally. But after seeing what happened in the stands of Lepin Lane, my outlook on life changed completely. I asked myself, "Does it matter? I'm alive, my family is alive, isn't that great? Football doesn't seem to be that important anymore, it really doesn't mean everything." When 96 fans are lost, when parents lose their beloved children, children lose their parents who raised them, what is football worth? Football is not life and death, football is higher than life and death, it seems somewhat unreal at this time. Football is a game, and even though there are gorgeous competitions, it is pale compared to life. ”

Bang bang bang...

After Barnes finished speaking, there were a few voices, and then a succession of applause, at this time, even the most die-hard fans, will not feel that what Barnes said is wrong, let alone Liverpool fans think that Barnes has offended the god in their eyes, Liverpool's legendary manager Bill Shankly.

And the Ming Pao photographer behind the reporter is also very good at seizing the opportunity to shoot this scene completely.