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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.
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Hillsborough Disaster, a 1989 tragedy at a British soccer stadium. Overcrowding in the stands led to the deaths of 96 fans.
It is believed that most major crowd disasters can be prevented by simple crowd management strategies. [20] Crushes can be prevented by organization and traffic control, such as crowd barriers. On the other hand, barriers in some cases may funnel the crowd toward an already-packed area, such as in the Hillsborough disaster.
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]).
The sports disaster remains the most devastating in British history.
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.
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After the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 the lower tier terrace was closed for two years and its fencing covered with blue tarp [22] for the remainder of the 1988–89 season. The terrace remained closed and out of use for 1989–90, [ 23 ] and its fences were removed entirely prior to the 1990–91 season.