35 years since the Hillsborough Disaster, survivors are still suffering
Families of survivors are still grieving and seeking justice (Picture: Getty/Rex)
35 years ago today, 97 Liverpool FC fans went to a match in Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, and never returned home.
The Hillsborough Disaster – a deadly crush that claimed the lives of 97 Liverpool FC fans at a match against Nottingham Forest in 1989 – has been marked in the minds of British football fans ever since.
53,000 fans descended upon the Yorkshire suburb for a sold-out match on a sunny April day – the air was filled with optimism, one attendee recalled.
But when Liverpool?s Peter Beardsley hit the bar four minutes into the game, a crowd surge began at the Liverpool end of the pitch.
Some fans managed to escape, but others were crushed to death in the chaos. It is the deadliest disaster in British sporting history.
On 26 April 2016, a British court returned a verdict of unlawful killing of the disaster’s victims, placing blame on police for lack of crowd control after years of blaming the innocent Liverpool fans who had been killed in the chaos.
Now 35 years have passed, but the pain of that day is fresh in the minds of survivors and relatives of those who were killed as they continue to seek justice and educate others about the tragedy.
What happened on April 15, 1989"
The disaster changed British football forever (Picture: Shutterstock)
The horror unfolded just minutes into the game (Picture: Bob Thomas)
Ahead of a 3pm kickoff for a match ...
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