Twenty years ago, 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death in one of the worst footballing tragedies. It happened during the FA Cup Semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. This was the time when standing terraces were common in football grounds all over the UK. The crush happened as hordes of fans went to the same standing terrace and it overfilled, causing people to crush against each other. The match was stopped at 3.06pm, just six minutes after the match started, when the referee sensed something was not right.
Apart from the obvious tragedies that many families went through; a pair of parents even lost both of their daughters, something good came out from the tragedy. An investigation report recommended that standing terraces to be removed and all stadia are to be made all-seater stadia. Now many clubs in the upper division have all-seater stadia. Another major change was the removal of perimeter fencing around the football pitch.
Regardless of which football team being supported, I am sure many football fans would be joining Liverpool fans in remembering those people who went to a football match and never to return home. And these people definitely did not walk alone.....
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