Supporter sorry for ‘upset and anger’ caused by Hillsborough post after fan died A football supporter who posted offensive social media messages referencing the Hillsborough disaster, in the wake of the death of an opposing fan during a match, has told a court he wanted to apologise for the “upset and anger” he has caused.
Louise Brown, representing Crisp, read an apology from a letter her client sent to the court, which said: “I wish to apologise unreservedly to all the people I have affected and for the upset and anger I have caused.”.
Richard Crisp posted the message on X, formerly Twitter, after the death of West Brom fan Mark Townsend at Hillsborough stadium, in Sheffield, on September 28.
She said that within 24 hours of his arrest he had lost the project manager job he had been doing for more than 20 years, was expelled from his golf club and given a lifetime ban by Sheffield Wednesday.
She said the letter acknowledged that what he had written on X was “derogatory, hurtful, distressing and disrespectful” to fans of both West Brom and Liverpool football clubs.
