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I see Topman are getting it in the ear over their latest t-shirt design, which some are viewing as a insult towards the Hillsborough Disaster.   I don't see it as intentional, more of a poor choice but needless to say Facebook and Twitter has lit up with people going ape over it.

 

http://www.topman.com/en/tmuk/product/clothing-140502/mens-t-shirts-vests-2925317/red-goes-around-t-shirt-7479986?bi=0&ps=20

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/lfc-fans-furious-topman-shirt-14417888

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30 minutes ago, TheCelt67 said:

I see Topman are getting it in the ear over their latest t-shirt design, which some are viewing as a insult towards the Hillsborough Disaster.   I don't see it as intentional, more of a poor choice but needless to say Facebook and Twitter has lit up with people going ape over it.

 

http://www.topman.com/en/tmuk/product/clothing-140502/mens-t-shirts-vests-2925317/red-goes-around-t-shirt-7479986?bi=0&ps=20

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/lfc-fans-furious-topman-shirt-14417888

I hope its a veiled threat to Uri Geller for making the ball move off the spot at Wembley

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The ability of people to find insult and be shocked and over-react never ceases to amaze.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-43424172

From the BBC article,

Ms Brookes, whose 26-year-old brother died at the stadium, said the phrases "karma" and "what goes around comes around" were used by some rival fans who claimed Hillsborough was "God's punishment" for the Heysel disaster in which 39 mostly-Juventus fans died at a match against Liverpool.

She also said the red colour, the number 96 and the rose were all symbols she associated with Hillsborough.

Ms Brookes said: "I really do believe it is something to do with Hillsborough.

"I would like it removed from sale and I do want (Topman) to explain how this shirt came about and what the thinking was."

She said whatever the shirt's original message, "people will use it now as a way of antagonising Liverpool fans".

Ms Brookes said: "Our 96 were decent human beings who did nothing wrong.

"How would people feel if it was their loved ones being mocked?"

Some Twitter users have expressed their "disgust" and called for a boycott.

 

Liverpool now appear to copyrighted the colour Red, the number 96 and the Rose symbol as their property.

Nena was lucky she sang about 99 Reb balloons not 96 red roses or she'd be on the boycott list too.

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It's most probably not deliberate.

That being said - it's worrying it would have gotten past so many layers of design / creation / marketing without one person thinking "hang on a second, here!".

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It's most probably not deliberate.
That being said - it's worrying it would have gotten past so many layers of design / creation / marketing without one person thinking "hang on a second, here!".


If the people responsible aren’t in the know about football then they aren’t going to know the relevance of 96 and the Hillsborough disaster (let alone Heysel) so it’s not as gigantic a mistake as the “coolest monkey in the jungle” howler from H&M.
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1 minute ago, throbber said:

If the people responsible aren’t in the know about football then they aren’t going to know the relevance of 96 and the Hillsborough disaster (let alone Heysel) so it’s not as gigantic a mistake as the “coolest monkey in the jungle” howler from H&M.

 

Think of how many people will be involved in the supply chain of designing, creating, marketing and selling of a jumper from Topman.

Football is the most popular sport in the world and Liverpool are a massively popular club all over the world.

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Think of how many people will be involved in the supply chain of designing, creating, marketing and selling of a jumper from Topman.
Football is the most popular sport in the world and Liverpool are a massively popular club all over the world.


Not arguing with anything you have said but lots of football fans won’t be able to tell you how many people died at Hillsborough and most people wouldn’t see that top and relate it to football, even if football is the most popular sport in the country. I give them the benefit of the doubt anyway.
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