Today marks the 36th anniversary of the darkest day in the history of Liverpool Football Club. The Hillsborough disaster claimed 97 innocent lives on this day in 1989.
Ninety-seven supporters were unlawfully killed at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough football stadium on April 15, 1989.
Today, players and staff across the club will observe a minute’s silence in memory of the 97 at 3.06pm – the time that the game was stopped on that fateful day.
The club will lay floral wreaths at the Hillsborough Memorial at Anfield, flags will be flown at half-mast, and the Anfield retail store will close from 1pm for the remainder of the day.
Our thoughts today are with all those affected by the tragedy.
In memory of the 97 supporters who went to watch their beloved Reds but never returned. May they rest in peace and never be forgotten.
John Anderson, 62Colin Ashcroft, 19James Aspinall, 18Kester Ball, 16Gerard Baron, 67Simon Bell, 17Barry Bennett, 26David Benson, 22David Birtle, 22Tony Bland, 22Paul Brady, 21Andrew Brookes, 26Carl Brown, 18David Brown, 25Henry Burke, 47Peter Burkett, 24Paul Carlile, 19Raymond Chapman, 50Gary Church, 19Joseph Clark, 29Paul Clark, 18Gary Collins, 22Stephen Copoc, 20Tracey Cox, 23James Delaney, 19Andrew Devine, 55Christopher Devonside, 18Christopher Edwards, 29Vincent Fitzsimons, 34Thomas Fox, 21Jon-Paul Gilhooley, 10Barry Glover, 27Ian Glover, 20Derrick Godwin, 24Roy Hamilton, 33Philip Hammond, 14Eric Hankin, 33Gary Harrison, 27Stephen Harrison, 31Peter Harrison, 15David Hawley, 39James Hennessy, 29Paul Hewitson, 26Carl Hewitt, 17Nicholas Hewitt, 16Sarah Hicks, 19Victoria Hicks, 15Gordon Horn, 20Arthur Horrocks, 41Thomas Howard, 39Thomas Howard Jr, 14Eric Hughes, 42Alan Johnston, 29Christine Jones, 27Gary Jones, 18Richard Jones, 25Nicholas Joynes, 27Anthony Kelly, 29Michael Kelly, 38Carl Lewis, 18David Mather, 19Brian Mathews, 38Francis McAllister, 27John McBrien, 18Marion McCabe, 21Joseph McCarthy, 21Peter McDonnell, 21Alan McGlone, 28Keith McGrath, 17Paul Murray, 14Lee Nicol, 14Stephen O’Neill, 17Jonathon Owens, 18Williams Pemberton, 23Carl Rimmer, 21David Rimmer, 38Graham Roberts, 24Steven Robinson, 17Henry Rogers, 17Colin Sefton, 23Inger Shah, 38Paul Smith, 26Adam Spearritt, 14Philip Steele, 15David Thomas, 23Patrik Thompson, 35Peter Thompson, 30Stuart Thompson, 17Peter Tootle, 21Christopher Traynor, 26Martin Traynor, 16Kevin Tyrrell, 15Colin Wafer, 19Ian Whelan, 19Martin Wild, 29Kevin Williams, 15Graham Wright, 17
