Liverpool's results over these past few weeks have given fans that most priceless of gifts: hope.

Hope that Liverpool can win the league. Hope that this team can play the kind of attractive football which is in line with the club's legacy. Hope, above all, that things are indeed getting better.

Yet hope is something that the campaigners for justice over Hillsborough have little of. The recent ruling by the European Court of Human Right in Anne Williams' case extinguished one of the final legal avenues available, a real knock for those fighting to see that those who were guilty for mishandling the policing on the day will finally be brought to justice.

And it is in order to keep that hope alive that fans should buy the Fields of Anfield Road CD that was launched yesterday where any money generated will go directly to the Hillsborough Family Support Group. That it is a highly evocative song with brilliant lyrics helps make the purchase all the more worthwhile.