Hillsborough disaster facts for kids

Liverpool fans unfurl a banner displaying the names of the deceased on the 20th anniversary of the disaster

The Hillsborough disaster was an incident that happened on 15 April 1989. It happened at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. A stampede of people in the stadiums caused the deaths of 96 people. Another 766 people were injured. It happened during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest football clubs.

The incident has since been blamed mostly on the police. Ambulances were not able to reach the pitch where the stampede happened, which helped increase the amount of people who died. There is a memorial at Hillsborough Stadium in memory of the people who died.

It is the worst disaster in a stadium in British history.

Images for kids

The West Stand of Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium, where the disaster unfolded, seen two years later in 1991
Leppings Lane was the sole access point for Liverpool supporters. The approach has been described as a "bottleneck" in which attendees had to fill two sides of the stadium.
The Den, opened in 1993, became the first new stadium fully compliant with the safety recommendations of the Taylor Report.
The Hillsborough memorial at Anfield
Memorial at Hillsborough
Memorial at Old Haymarket, Liverpool

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