# Canonical recap data for Hillsborough Football Disaster (1989)
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slug: hillsborough-disaster
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1989/hillsborough-disaster"
title: Hillsborough Football Disaster
subtitle: A fatal crush during an FA Cup semifinal killed 97 fans and reshaped stadium safety standards worldwide.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1989-04-15
datePrecision: day
year: 1989
decade: 1980
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal crowd crush at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. It occurred during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the two standing-only central pens within the Leppings Lane stand allocated to Liverp
summaryLong: The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal crowd crush at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. It occurred during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the two standing-only central pens within the Leppings Lane stand allocated to Liverpool supporters. Shortly before kick-off, police match commander David Duckenfield ordered exit gate C to be opened in an attempt to ease crowding, which led to an influx of supporters entering the pens. This resulted in overcrowding of those pens and the fatal crush; with a total of 97 fatalities and 766 injuries, the disaster is the deadliest in British sporting history. Ninety-four people died on the day; one more died in hospital days later, and two more suffered irreversible brain damage on the day and died in 1993 and 2021 respectively. The match was abandoned and replayed at Old Trafford in Manchester on 7 May 1989; Liverpool won and went on to win that season's FA Cup.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Hillsborough disaster"
importance: 85
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster"
  title: Hillsborough football disaster
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
metaDescription: The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal crowd crush at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. It occur
wikidataQid: Q234132
