The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush at Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield, England on 15 April 1989, during the 1988–89 FA Cup semi-final game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. With 96 fatalities and 766 injured it is the worst disaster in British sporting history.[1] The crush occurred in the two standing-only central pens in the Leppings Lane stand, allocated to Liverpool supporters. Shortly before kick-off, in an attempt to ease overcrowding outside the entrance turnstiles, the police match commander, chief superintendent David Duckenfield, ordered exit gate C to be opened, leading to an influx of even more supporters to the already overcrowded central pens.
adding some pics to show what kind of nightmare occured:
> The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush at Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield, England on 15 April 1989, during the 1988–89 FA Cup semi-final game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. With 96 fatalities and 766 injured it is the worst disaster in British sporting history.[1] The crush occurred in the two standing-only central pens in the Leppings Lane stand, allocated to Liverpool supporters. Shortly before kick-off, in an attempt to ease overcrowding outside the entrance turnstiles, the police match commander, chief superintendent David Duckenfield, ordered exit gate C to be opened, leading to an influx of even more supporters to the already overcrowded central pens.
adding some pics to show what kind of nightmare occured:
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adding some pics to show what kind of nightmare occured:
https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/rexfeatures_4426700pr-e1461757439538.jpg
http://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/592946/original/?width=605
https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_medium/public/thumbnails/image/2013/09/01/20/hillsborough-rx.jpg
http://wosland.podgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/heysel.jpg
http://i1.birminghammail.co.uk/incoming/article3157742.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Hillsborough222.jpg