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Liverpool soccer fans arrive at Anfield Stadium to pay their respects and look at the flowers that cover the 'Kop' end of the fieldon April 17, 1989.
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Rescuers try to help fans out of the Lepping Lane terracing at Hillsborough after overcrowding caused a stampede of people, killing 96 people on April 15, 1989.
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Crowds pay tribute at Anfield football ground. On 15 April 1989, 96 football fans - men, women and children - were crushed to death during a rush to get into the Hillsborough football ground in Sheffield, Yorkshire. The match, an FA cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, was held at the home ground of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. The Taylor Report, an inquiry into the disaster, found the cause to be failure of police control. As a result, many football stadiums in the United Kingdom were converted to all-seater grounds and the barriers at the front of stands were removed.
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A floral football lies on the pitch in tribute after the Hillsborough disaster at Anfield in Liverpool, England.
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Supporters are crushed against the barrier as disaster strikes before the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest played at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.
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Police tend to wounded soccer supporters on the field at Hillsborough Stadium, in Sheffield, England, after 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death in the incident at the FA Cup semi-final match Liverpool against Nottingham Forest on April 15, 1989.
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Supporters pay their respects after the Hillsborough disaster at Anfield in Liverpool, England.
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Supporters are crushed against the barrier as disaster strikes before the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest played at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.
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Supporters were crushed against the barrier as disaster struck before the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England on April 15, 1989.
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The 1989 Hillsborough Stadium disaster remains the worst disaster in British sport history, with 96 fatalities and 766 injuries.
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Police tend and care for wounded supporters on the field at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England on April 15, 1989. On April 26, 2016, a jury concluded that the 96 fans who died were "unlawfully killed" due to errors by the police.
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A Liverpool fans pulse is checked as he lies on the ground before the Football Association Cup Semi-Final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.
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Policemen rescue soccer fans at Hillsborough stadium on April 15, 1989, when 96 people were crushed to death and hundreds more injured after support railings collapsed during a match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
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Tributes cover a fence and path in the aftermath of the disaster at Hillsborough in Sheffield, England in 1989.
On April 15, 1989, 96 Liverpool soccer fans were crushed and trampled to death during an English soccer game when a large number of people were admitted into the stadium through a small gate, causing a funnel effect. On April 26, 2016, a British jury concluded the fans were “unlawfully killed” due to errors by the police.
