Remembering 5 times the world of football united in grief over a tragedy 

#4 The Disaster of Hillsborough - 15 April, 1989.

Memorial To Mark 25th Anniversary Of Hillsborough Disaster

Unlike the aviation disasters that have been mentioned previously, the disaster of Hillsborough is a fatal human crash that occurred during a FA Cup semi-final clash between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield.

Recorded as the worst sporting disaster in British history, the overcrowding of the two-standing only central pens in the Leppings Lane Stand, allocated to Liverpool supporters lead to 96 deaths and 766 injuries, producing a humongous amount of misery.

The police fed false stories following the incident and the media outlets like Sun promoted their own hideous agendas but the world and Britain especially carried great sympathy for the victims.

Condolences arrived from all over the world, led by the Queen and advocated by the Pope and numerous other English clubs along with Juventus' chief as well. Everton and Liverpool, the fiercest Merseyside rivals faced in the FA Cup final, five weeks after the crash, and wore black-arm bands and stood in unity.