Britain's worst football disaster happened at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium 25 years ago today, when 96 fans were crushed to death during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
Football followers nationwide have annually paid their respects ever since.
Hillsborough anniversary commemorations
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LIVERPOOL : FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE KILLED IN THE HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER LAID FLOWERS AT THE MEMEORIAL OUTSIDE ANFIELD FOOTBALL GROUND ON THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY. (credit:PA)
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A SINGLE RED ROSE ON THE SHANKLY GATES OF LIVERPOOL FC JOINS THE OTHER TRIBUTES PLACED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER VICTIMS WHO MARKED THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY. (credit:PA)
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The Kop stand at Anfield, full of fans attending the memorial service (credit:PA)
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Ellis Cavanagh, aged 3, ties a scarf to the Shankly Gates at the Hillsborough Memorial before the 10th anniversary service at Anfield (credit:PA)
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Liverpool players past and present including Robbie Fowler at the Hillsborough Memorial service at Anfield (credit:PA)
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A Liverpool fan demands justice for the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster (credit:PA)
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Flowers are laid at the side of the Anfield pitch (credit:PA)
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Liverpool's Michael Owen (centre) and Vegard Heggem (second right) observe a minute's silence, on the tenth anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster (credit:PA)
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John Bennett and son John Junior outside Liverpool football club's ground Anfield, for the 10th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy. 96 fans died during the FA Cup semi-final football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. (credit:PA)
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Floral tributes at the Hillsborough Memorial at Liverpool football club's ground Anfield, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy. 96 men, women and children died during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. (credit:PA)
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A fan wears a special Liverpool shirt on the Kop at Anfield, for the 10th Anniversary Hillsborough memorial service, in honour of the 96 fans who lost their lives at the Sheffield Wednesday ground. (credit:PA)
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Grieving relatives, friends and supporters sing the anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone" during the 10th Anniversary Hillsborough memorial service at Anfield, to honour the 96 fans who lost their lives at the Sheffield Wednesday ground. (credit:PA)
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THIS PICTURE CAN ONLY BE USED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN EDITORIAL FEATURE. NO WEBSITE/INTERNET USE UNLESS SITE IS REGISTERED WITH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION PREMIER LEAGUE. Leeds United captain Rio Ferdinand carries a wreath in front of the Kop at Anfield before FA Premiership match against Liverpool to mark the 12th anniversary on Easter Sunday of the Hillsborough disaster. (credit:PA)
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Scarfs are sold infront of a poster outside Anfield urging people not to buy The Sun newspaper on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster due to its coverage at the time (credit:PA)
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(L-R) Liverpool's Stephane Henchoz, Vladimir Smicer, Dietmar Hamann, Jamie Carragher and Michael Owen observe the minutes silence in honour of the 15 year anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster (credit:PA)
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Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier (centre right) with players, during a memorial service at the Kop stand of Liverpool Football Club's Anfield stadium, on the 15th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. A candle was lit for each of the 96 victims who were crushed to death on the Leppings Lane terrace of Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground during Liverpool's 1989 FA Cup semi-final clash. (credit:PA)
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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard reads a prayer at a memorial service at Anfield football ground, Liverpool, on the 17th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. (credit:PA)
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Flowers are left in memorial outside Anfield (credit:PA)
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Football scarves from all over the world are tied to the Shankley Gates next to the Hillsborough Memorial before the 20th Anniversary tomorrow. 96 Liverpool fans were killed at the home of Sheffield Wednesday during an F.A. Cup Semi Final on 15th April 1989. (credit:PA)
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Fans pay tribute at the Leppings Lane entrance to Sheffield Wednesday Football Ground on the 20th Anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy, where 96 Liverpool supporters died at the FA Cup Semi Final against Nottingham Forest at the Sheffield Stadium. (credit:PA)
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Fans queue to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster at Anfield. 96 Liverpool fans were killed at the home of Sheffield Wednesday during an F.A. Cup Semi Final on 15th April 1989. (credit:PA)
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Mourners during the two-minute silence in Nottingham's Old Market Square to remember the Liverpool football fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster 20 years ago. (credit:PA)
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Floral tributes outside the Shankly Gates at Anfield before the official memorial service at Liverpool's Anfield stadium, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster in which 96 football fans died. (credit:PA)
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Liverpool fans during the memorial service at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium, marking the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. (credit:PA)
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Liverpool players and fans observe a minutes of silence ahead of the Hillsborough Distaster 23-year anniversary (credit:PA)
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Grace Mealand aged 4 from Bootle lays flowers on the pitch at during the Hillsborough disaster memorial service, at Anfield, marking the 24th anniversary of the disaster, to remember the 96 Liverpool supporters who died in a crush at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium on April 15 1989 where their team were to meet Nottingham Forest in an FA Cup semi-final. (credit:PA)