Despite previously mentioning it, I would like to give the full story on this. The reason is that, whilst many people already knew, it has now been introduced to a whole new batch of people, via a comment of 'mocking dead football fans,' and confusing, shocking articles.
This is also in the context that, obviously, this is both a big issue, and by far the smaller of the two issues on this thread.
What I did was bad. It deserves a ban and fine. It did not, in any way, mock dead football fans. It does not deserve the punishment, which is infinitely bigger, of articles, which remain forever, which suggest a worse, darker story, through a deliberate lack of detail.
I repeat, what I did deserves punishment. I sang 'always the victims, it's never your fault.' I got punched (hence the black eye, making the article more sinister), I got arrested.
Switch on any United vs Liverpool game, and you will hear thousands singing it. That doesn't mean its OK, at all. I knew it was not completely harmless.
That chant, to me, encompasses many percieved things about Liverpool. Those start at standard banter, like Klopp complaining about 1230 kick off times and a perception of fans complaining about VAR, and next go up to serious but fair comment on issues like Liverpool over-defending Suarez after an allegation of racism against Evra.
I want to give a full account. Would I have been aware that one implication of the song could be Hillsborough? Yes, I would have said it is one of many interpretations. There must indeed be many interpretations, for the song to contain the words 'always' and 'never.' If one of many is Hillsborough, it means the song is bad. But, even that one of many interpretations , it is not a mocking, it is an argument about the apportioning of the blame.
The song had, a week before, been added to the tragedy chant list
Overall, singing it is a stupid, unacceptable mistake. It deserves a ban. I think I deserve to give the full story. I don't think it deserves an accusation of 'mocking dead football fans' a year on.