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Hillsborough: The Full Story

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The full story of the Hillsborough disaster, when 96 football fans never came home.

Ninety-six football fans never came home from a match in 1989. Grace Mailey and Tony Snell guide you through the full story of the Hillsborough disaster.

Ninety-six football fans never came home from a match in 1989. This is the full story of the Hillsborough disaster.

What started as a FA Cup football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield ended as one of the worst days in British sporting history.

Grace Mailey and Tony Snell guide you through the full story, with interviews and audio from BBC Radio Merseyside’s archive over the last 30 years.

Produced by Steve Coleman, David North and Christian Spooner.

Executive Producer: Pauline McAdam.

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside and published in 2019.

Hillsborough: The Full Story: EP07: Justice for the 97

EP07: Justice for the 97

BBC Radio Merseyside - Hillsborough: The Full Story, EP07: Justice for the 97

The full story of the Hillsborough disaster, which eventually cost 97 fans’ lives.

After suffering catastrophic injuries from the disaster, Andrew Devine died in 2021, making him the 97th fan to be unlawfully killed at a football match in 1989.

After suffering catastrophic injuries from the disaster, Andrew Devine died in 2021, making him the 97th fan to be unlawfully killed at a football match in 1989.

Nobody has ever been held criminally accountable for the deaths; nor for the cover up into what happened. 

Grace Mailey and Tony Snell tell the full story of the Hillsborough tragedy and subsequent cover up.

Written and produced by Pauline Mcadam.

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