Broadcaster Eamonn Holmes has moved to clarify comments in which he appeared to make a comparison to the attack by West Ham fans on the Manchester United team bus and the Hillsborough disaster.
Commenting on Sky News on Wednesday morning on events before Manchester United’s defeat to West Ham at the Boleyn Ground on Tuesday night, Holmes said: “This is going back to the '70s and to the '80s, the type of thing you were seeing that was bad about Hillsborough, for instance.”
Holmes’ comments provoked an angry reaction in some quarters, but he moved to defuse the situation with a series of posts on his Twitter account.
Holmes pointed the finger at those trying to stir up trouble before stating that there was no comparison to be made between the two events and apologising unreservedly if anyone thought he was making the connection.
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https://twitter.com/EamonnHolmes/status/730338798375211008
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