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 FC 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.[1]
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.[2]
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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The Hillsborough memorial at Anfield in Liverpool
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Memorial at Hillsborough Stadium
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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
References
- ↑ Eason, Kevin (13 April 2009). "Hillsborough: the disaster that changed football". The Times (UK). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article6083159.ece. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
- ↑ "Liverpool FC ban for Sun journalists over Hillsborough". BBC News. BBC. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
