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Oct 29, 2024 · Hillsborough disaster, incident in which a crush of football (soccer) fans ultimately resulted in 97 deaths. The crushing occurred during a match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England, in 1989.
The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal crowd crush at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. It occurred during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the two standing-only central pens within the Leppings Lane stand allocated to Liverpool supporters.
Apr 8, 2022 · Hillsborough remains the worst disaster in British sporting history. On a sunny spring afternoon in 1989, a crush developed at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield resulting in the deaths of...
Apr 15, 2023 · Thirty-four years on from the Hillsborough disaster and with respect pouring in from across world football, Jeff Goulding pens a touching tribute to a human tragedy.
- Why Hillsborough?
- What Went Wrong on The Day?
- Who Were The Victims of The Hillsborough Disaster?
- Who Was Responsible For The Hillsborough Disaster?
- How Did The Sun Newspaper Become Part of The Story?
- What Was Margaret Thatcher’s Reaction to The Hillsborough Disaster?
- What Happened After The Hillsborough Disaster?
- Who Was Anne Williams and What Was Her Connection to The Disaster?
Throughout the 20th century, the FA Cup – established in 1871and arguably the world’s most famous domestic football competition – attracted bumper crowds. Attendance records were common. Wembley Stadium would not have been created, as it was in 1922–23, had it not been for the Cup’s extraordinary appeal. Traditionally, cup semi-finals were played a...
Despite having a larger fanbase, Liverpool, to their annoyance were, as in 1988, allocated the smaller Leppings Lane End of Hillsborough, consisting of a seated tier accessed from one block of turnstiles, and a terrace for 10,100 standing spectators, accessed by just seven turnstiles. Even by the standards of the day this was inadequate and resulte...
As recorded by a memorial at Liverpool’s Anfield ground, Hillsborough’s youngest victim was 10-year-old Jon-Paul Gilhooley, a cousin of the future Liverpool and England star, Steven Gerrard. The oldest was 67-year-old Gerard Baron, a retired postal worker. His older brother Kevin had played for Liverpool in the 1950 Cup Final. Seven of the dead wer...
In his Final Report, in January 1990, Lord Justice Taylor put forward a number of recommendations, the best known of which was for all senior grounds to be converted to seating-only. But just as importantly, he also imposed on the football authorities and clubs a far greater responsibility for crowd management, while at the same time urging the pol...
Based on initial briefings by the police, The Sun laid the blame for the Hillsborough disaster squarely on Liverpool fans, accusing them of being drunk, and in some cases of deliberately hindering the emergency response. It alleged that fans had urinated on a policeman, and that money was stolen from victims. Overnight The Sunachieved pariah status...
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was no admirer of football. On the contrary, in response to increasing hooliganism at games during the 1980s her government was in the process of enacting the controversial Football Spectators’ Act, requiring all fans to join a compulsory identity card scheme. Mrs Thatcher visited Hillsborough the day after the disa...
Much to the pain of the victims’ families, the legal process to establish the facts and ascribe guilt has endured over 30 years. In 1991 a jury in the coroner's court found by a majority verdict of 9–2 in favour of accidental death. All attempts to revisit that verdict were stymied. In 1998 the Hillsborough Family Support Group launched a private ...
Refusing to believe the official record of her 15-year-old son Kevin’s death at Hillsborough, Anne Willams, a part-time shop worker from Formby, fought her own relentless campaign. Five times her pleas for a judicial review were turned down until in 2012 the Hillsborough Independent Panel examined the evidence she had gathered – despite her lack of...
Apr 15, 2022 · Fans who were at Hillsborough open up on the horror of having to live with the tragedy and the effect it's had on their lives
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On April 15, 1989, during an FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool FC and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives due to a fatal crush in the stadium’s stands.
