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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.
Here is a look at the Hillsborough Disaster, a 1989 tragedy at a British soccer stadium. Overcrowding in the stands led to the deaths of 97 fans in a crush.
A banner commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster and the 96 people at the time who had died from injuries sustained. On 15 April 1989, negligence by the South Yorkshire Police at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest led to overcrowding in two central pens.
The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry report is the report of an inquiry which was overseen by Lord Justice Taylor, into the causes of the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989, as a result of which, at the time of the report, 95 Liverpool fans had died (a 96th fan died in 1993, and 97th in 2021 [1]).
Mr Kay, a journalist for the Liverpool Echo newspaper and a campaigner who worked with families of the Hillsborough disaster victims, was described as "warm, generous and caring" by his family.
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Hillsborough is a 2014 documentary about the Hillsborough disaster.Directed and produced by Daniel Gordon, the two-hour film chronicles the disaster, the investigations, and their lingering effects; it also includes interviews with survivors, victims' relatives, police officers and investigators.
At the Hillsborough soccer stadium in England, a human crush in 1989 led to nearly 100 deaths. Most major events happen without a death, of course, but experts say they see common traits within ...