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Tear gas fired inside Indonesian stadium resulted in one of the worst soccer tragedies in 50 yearsProfessional soccer is all too familiar with tragedies attributed to overzealous fans. Saturday’s disaster in the city of Malang in East Java, Indonesia following a match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya’s match, was not one of those instances. Instead, incompetence and a blatant disregard fo...

Britain Finally Charges Six People In The 1989 Hillsborough Stadium DisasterNearly three decades after 96 soccer fans were suffocated, trampled or crushed to death at Hillsborough stadium during the 1989 FA Cup semifinal match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, six people have had criminal charges brought against them for roles played in the disaster and its coverup...

Cobra, Brah! breaks down the late Margaret Thatcher's "efforts to destroy English football" over on Sidespin: "Thatcher and other members of her Conservative cohort were quick to blame Liverpool supporters for the Hillsborough disaster, tarnishing those lives lost that fateful day in April, 1989. Du...