Thanks for posting that NW, a sobering read indeed.
As someone who grew up in sectarian N.Ireland in the 80s, I know all too well about the divides between catholics and protestants, between Ranges and Celtic. I saw my own home town bombed on a couple of occasions, my dad was shot by a rubber bullet at an Orange Order March in 1984. Horrible times but glad that things seem to be better nowadays.
I've never experienced an Old Firm derby but it's one of those bucket list things I want to do (and I'm on the Rangers side of the 'divide'.
Harrowing for that gent to have experienced the 'rehearsal' and then the actual disaster. The line that got me was the following ' A growing line of corpses was laid out, their faces covered. I took off my coat and draped it over a young guy’s head and shoulders and sat back down beside him. Only then did the tears come'.
What must that have felt like? Shocking :-(