Families show truth can have no boundary

Never give up.

If the Hillsborough families are looking for a badge to commemorate their campaign, then perhaps that could be its motto. It might even be translated into several languages, including Latin — numquam cede — for this fight has motivated other campaigners against injustice and official cover-ups, inside and outside football, and not only in Britain and Ireland, but elsewhere.

To some it may seem strange, but among those who have taken heart from the Hillsborough campaigners are those who lost family or friends at Heysel in 1985. Their case against Uefa and the Belgian police and football authorities over their negligence took years. Eventually, there were six-month suspended sentences for two senior police officers and the former secretary-general of the Belgian Football Union, Albert Roosens, but the compensation awards to many families was pitiful, being based on the income of those who died.