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On This Day 15th April

On This Day 15th April

All Liverpool fans know only too well the significance of what happened on this day 15th April. The exact date of course was on this day 15th April, 1989. Twenty nine years to the day when in the region of 25,000 Liverpool fans attended a football match, but 96 did not make it home.

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Hillsborough – The 25th Anniversary

Like every year, emotions were running high yesterday as an estimated 25,000 people packed into Anfield to show their respects to the 96 Liverpool fans who, on 15th April 1989, went to a football match and never came home. The tone for yesterday was set on Sunday really with an emotional Steven Gerrard shedding a […]

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Anne Williams – RIP

Such sad, sad news about Anne Williams. Even right up until the end of her life, she campaigned so much for Justice For The 96. Anne Williams attends 24th Hillsborough memorial service and vows fight for justice will go on Anne Williams defied doctors’ expectations to attend 24th Hillsborough memorial service and vowed her fight […]

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Clubs unite for the 96

From playing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ over the PA through to special messages on the big screen, clubs from all over the country paid their respects to the 96 this weekend, with the exception of Manchester United whose behaviour was disgusting on the one hand, but so very typical on the other. JFT96!! More: continued […]

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Barton in tears, Rooney calls for punishment, Owen slams the media and more tweets of the week

[View the story “talkSPORT’s tweets of the week: 10-14 September 2012” on Storify] More: continued here

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Brighton to pay tribute to 96

Brighton and Hove Albion FC are to stage a moment of reflection for Hillsborough before Friday night’s home clash with Sheffield Wednesday. More: continued here

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Listen back to Joanna’s call on Drive Time about Hillsborough

Joanna rang in to Drive Time today and made some superb points about Hillsborough – listen again here. More: continued here

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English Football Association offers full apology for its part in Hillsborough …

Now the English FA are added to the ever growing list of people and organisations who have stepped forward to offer their apologies for the Hillsborough disaster. What makes today so special, rather than any other day over the previous 23 years and almost 5 months. Has it anything to do with the fact that […]

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Liverpool FC – Hillsborough Independent Panel Report; What’s Next?

All Liverpool fans knew the truth but for 23 years the authorities, and quite staggeringly authorities at the highest level, perpetuated a whole pack of lies and cover up stories trying to place the blame for the tragedy at the hands of the fans. For 23 years those same people really knew the truth but […]

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The panel’s report in full

The Hillsborough Independent Panel today released its long-awaited report into the disaster and its aftermath. More: continued here

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