#4 Always the victims, never your fault
While Liverpool’s use of the Dambusters theme is highly offensive to the fans of Manchester United, they seem to have found an equally deplorable chant to aim at the fans of the Reds in retaliation. “Always the victims, never your fault!” or so the chant goes, and it’s a highly offensive reference to arguably the most infamous and tragic incident in English football history.
The Hillsborough Disaster took place in April 1989 and saw 96 Liverpool fans killed when the South Yorkshire Police attempted to alleviate overcrowding in one of Hillsborough’s stands by opening another gate, which simply led to an influx of even more supporters, in turn causing a major incident inside the ground that crushed a number of people to death.
Despite inquests since the incident proving that Liverpool’s fans were not to blame and the incident was caused by mistakes made by the police force as well as the state of football grounds at the time causing general overcrowding, the idea of Liverpool fans making themselves into the “victims” still holds strong with United fans, who regularly use the disrespectful chant to upset Liverpool’s contingent.
Even more painfully, Liverpool’s city rivals Everton – usually a friendly rivalry – have been heard to sing the song too, despite many calls for fans to stop using the “sick” chant.
