Almost every aspect of the shirt appeared to reference the 1989 tragedy. Topman has been forced to withdraw a shirt amidst complaints that it appeared to reference the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. The red shirt with the large number 96 was seen as being a direct reference to the tragedy, which claimed the lives of 96 […]

8 years ago

Criminal charges have been brought against six people over the Hillsborough disaster. On April 15 1989, 96 people died in the crush at Sheffield Wednesday’s stadium, which was staging an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest Two former senior police officers are among the six people who have been charged. You can read […]

9 years ago

Professor Phil Scraton is highly critical of those who refused to help the families

10 years ago

“I’m ashamed of myself.” So told Paul Grange to reporters after pleading guilty to “displaying threatening/abusive writing/sign/visible representation likely to cause harassment/alarm/distress”. It was after the 50-year-old man was photographed in a beer garden on May 29, wearing an offensive t-shirt that mocked the victims of the Hillsborough disaster. The 96 Liverpool supporters who were unlawfully […]

10 years ago

No less than he deserves. A man by the name of Paul Grange has been arrested after he was photographed wearing a vile t-shirt mocking the victims of the Hillsborough disaster. Liverpool fans had originally taken a minor form of revenge on the man by ordering a whole load of Lilt to be delivered to […]

10 years ago

The footage was shown by ITV News earlier today. Joe Smith has finally found the man who saved his life at Hillsborough over 27 years ago. Joe was only eight at the time. The Liverpool fan was watching Daniel Gordon’s highly emotional documentary on the tragedy last week when he spotted himself on the shoulders […]

10 years ago