Hillsborough disaster

In the Hillsborough disaster on 15 April 1989, ninety-seven people were killed in a stampede at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. All of these victims were Liverpool F.C. supporters. Another 766 people were injured. The disaster happened during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest football clubs.

At first, people thought football fans had caused the disaster. However, a later investigation showed that the police were to blame. Ambulances were not able to reach the pitch where the stampede happened, which increased the number of people who died. This was the worst disaster in British sporting history.

There is a memorial at Hillsborough Stadium in memory of the people who died.

The newspaper The Sun wrote an untrue headline days after the disaster. In response to The Sun's coverage of the disaster, Liverpool F.C. banned its journalists from entering their grounds in February 2017.

Hillsborough Disaster Media

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  The West Stand of Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium, where the disaster unfolded, seen two years later in 1991

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  Leppings Lane was the sole access point for Liverpool fans. The approach has been described as a "bottleneck" from which two sides of the stadium were being filled.

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  The Memorial to those killed by the disaster at Hillsborough Stadium

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  The Den in southeast London, which opened in 1993, was the first new stadium to be fully compliant with the safety recommendations of the Taylor Report.

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  As Prime Minister, Keir Starmer has championed and overseen the introduction of the "Hillsborough Law".

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  The Hillsborough memorial at Anfield in Liverpool

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  Memorial at Hillsborough Stadium

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  Memorial at Old Haymarket, Liverpool