Soccer-Everton mark Hillsborough anniversary with permanent memorial at new stadium

Soccer-Everton mark Hillsborough anniversary with permanent memorial at new stadium

The Star Online - Sport·2026-04-16 08:00

April 15 (Reuters) - Everton ⁠on Wednesday marked the 37th anniversary ⁠of the Hillsborough disaster by unveiling a ‌permanent tribute at their new Hill Dickinson Stadium to the 97 football fans who died after the tragedy ​in 1989.

The fans, many of ⁠them young, were ⁠crushed in an overcrowded, fenced-in enclosure at the ⁠ground ‌in Sheffield, northern England, at an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and ⁠Nottingham Forest. It was one of the ​world's ‌worst stadium disasters.

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