Hillsborough Tragedy Remembered
April 15, 2009 - by admin - 
For the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster (which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool supporters), thousands of people have gathered at Anfield.
At Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium, the Kop and the Centenary stands opened early for the official memorial service in remembrance of those who where killed at the FA-Cup semi final against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough ground on Saturday 15th April 1989.
Part of the main stand was also opened to the public and, at 3.06pm, which was the precise time the referee blew the whistle and abandoned the FA Cup tie, a two-minute silence was held followed by a round of applause.
The crowd (about 25,000 people) gave the families of the victims a huge round of applause when they took their seats on the Kop
A group of Celtic fans laid two banners, “Justice for the 96″ and “You’ll never walk alone” on the ground with loud cheers and clapping from the audience.
Then members of Liverpool’s Academy and Club officials took their seats.
Huge cheers and applauses meet Pepe Reina and the first team.
Also cheers and applause for Everton’s manager, David Moyes, and Kenny Dalglish, who gave a reading.
The Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, opened the service.
He said: “On this, the 20th anniversary of the tragedy at Hillsborough, which broke the heart but not the spirit of our community, Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to say that her thoughts and prayers are with us and all those affected by the tragedy.!
“For many here today it seems still like yesterday. Those we lost always in our minds.”
“Never a day passes without a thought of what their tomorrow might have been, without that longing for justice for their sake as well as for ours.”
