What is Hillsborough disaster?
The '''Hillsborough disaster''' happened on 15 April 1989. It happened at the [[Hillsborough Stadium]] in [[Sheffield]], [[South Yorkshire]], [[England]]. A [[wikt:stampede|stampede]] of people in the stadiums caused the deaths of 97 people (all [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool FC]] supporters). Another 766 people were injured. It happened during the [[FA Cup]] semi-final match between [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] football clubs. After the [[disaster]], it was believed to be caused by the football fans. However, this turned out not to be true. A later investigation saw that the police were to blame. Ambulances were not able to reach the pitch where the [[stampede]] happened, which helped increase the number of people who died. There is a [[memorial]] at Hillsborough Stadium in memory of the people who died. It is the worst disaster in British sporting history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article6083159.ece|title=Hillsborough: the disaster that changed football|last=Eason|first=Kevin|date=13 April 2009|work=The Times|location=UK|accessdate=1 October 2009|archive-date=15 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315161622/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[newspaper]] ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' made an untrue headline, days after the disaster. In February 2017, Liverpool F.C. put a ban on ''The Sun'' journalists from entering their grounds in response to the coverage of Hillsborough by the newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-38933817|title=Liverpool FC ban for Sun journalists over Hillsborough|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=BBC|date=10 February 2017|accessdate=11 February 2017}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1989 disasters]] [[Category:1980s disasters in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1980s in England]] [[Category:1989 events]] [[Category:Football in England]] [[Category:Police misconduct]] [[Category:Sheffield]] [[Categor