Hillsborough disaster

The Hillsborough disaster happened on 15 April 1989. It happened at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. A stampede of people in the stadiums caused the deaths of 97 people (all Liverpool supporters). Another 766 people were injured. It happened during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest football clubs.

After the disaster, it was believed to be caused by the football fans. However, this turned out not to be true. A later investigation saw that the police were to blame. Ambulances were not able to reach the pitch where the stampede happened, which helped increase the number of people who died. There is a memorial at Hillsborough Stadium in memory of the people who died.

It is the worst disaster in British sporting history.

The newspaper The Sun made an untrue headline, days after the disaster. In February 2017, Liverpool F.C. put a ban on The Sun journalists from entering their grounds in response to the coverage of Hillsborough by the newspaper.

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 supporters. The approach has been described as a "bottleneck" in which attendees had to fill two sides of the stadium.

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  The Memorial to those killed by the disaster at Hillsborough Stadium

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  The Den, opened in 1993, became the first new stadium fully compliant with the safety recommendations of the Taylor Report.

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  The Hillsborough memorial at Anfield

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  Hillsborough Memorial The memorial, outside the Sheffield Wednesday ground, of the 96 Liverpool supporters who died there 18 years previously.

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  Memorial at Old Haymarket, Liverpool

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  Bench at Spion Kop, South Africa, acting as a permanent memorial to those killed at Hillsborough.