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Hillsborough Disaster: Match Of The Day's 1989 Report (VIDEO)

WATCH: Match Of The Day's Report On The Hillsborough Disaster (VIDEO)
Samuel Luckhurst
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Unlike Fabrice Muamba's cardiac arrest, Marc-Vivien Foé's death and other unbelievably traumatic events at a football match, the Hillsborough disaster did not unfold live on television 25 years ago.

The initial confusion over what was happening at Sheffield was heightened as events were relayed from the scene to the revered BBC Saturday sports show, Grandstand.

It was left to Des Lynam and Jimmy Hill to face the unenviable and unwanted task of presiding over the tragedy on that evening's Match of the Day.

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A forlorn fan walks around in despair as the Hillsborough disaster unfolds

What should have featured highlights of the two FA Cup semi-finals - Everton met Norwich City at Villa Park on the same day - was, instead, a hazy analysis of why such an atrocity had happened.

"This was to have been a sports programme, you will understand on a day of such momentous tragedy it would be inappropriate to show football action," Lynam announced. The final, haunting image was of Liverpool scarves tied to poles on the terraces, beside the first wreaths laid at the Leppings Lane end.

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LIVERPOOL SUPPORTERS ARE HELPED AFTER BEING CRUSHED AGAINST THE SAFETY (credit:PA)
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Fan in despair after the Hillsborough Disaster (credit:PA)
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Fans leave the ground after the disaster (credit:PA)
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One of the fans who came to see the semi -final between Nottingham Forest & Liverpool, is led away after surviving the disaster (credit:PA)
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The injured are carried away on boards by fans who came to see a game of football (credit:PA)
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Fans try to get away from the crush of the crowd as they pour into the ground (credit:PA)
Hillsborough papers published(07 of18)
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File photo dated 15/04/1989 of Liverpool fans trying to escape severe overcrowding during the FA Cup semi-final football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough. The families of 96 people killed in the Hillsborough tragedy will see thousands of official documents relating to the disaster for the first time today. (credit:PA)
Hillsborough papers published(08 of18)
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File photo dated 15/04/1989 of a Liverpool fan at Hillsborough after their FA Cup semi-final football match against Nottingham Forest. The families of 96 people killed in the Hillsborough tragedy will see thousands of official documents relating to the disaster for the first time today. (credit:PA)
Hillsborough papers published(09 of18)
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File photo dated 22/10/11 of a banner in memory of those who died in the Hillsborough tragedy at Anfield, as the families of 96 people killed in the Hillsborough tragedy will see thousands of official documents relating to the disaster for the first time today. (credit:PA)
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File photo dated 15/04/2011 of a Hillsborough banner at Anfield, as the families of 96 people killed in the Hillsborough tragedy will see thousands of official documents relating to the disaster for the first time today. (credit:PA)
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File photo dated 15/4/2009 of a hans paying tribute at the Hillsborough Memorial in Liverpool. he families of 96 people killed in the Hillsborough tragedy will see thousands of official documents relating to the disaster for the first time today. (credit:PA)
Liverpool Prepares For Hillsborough Disclosure Day(12 of18)
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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 10: The Hillsborough memorial is covered with tributes at Anfield Stadium, the home of Liverpool Football Club on September 10, 2012 in Liverpool, England. On Wednesday relatives and friends of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough football stadium tragedy in Sheffield on 15 April 1989 will see the full disclosure of all documents relating to the disaster when they are made public at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Liverpool Prepares For Hillsborough Disclosure Day(13 of18)
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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 10: The Hillsborough memorial is covered with tributes at Anfield Stadium, the home of Liverpool Football Club on September 10, 2012 in Liverpool, England. On Wednesday relatives and friends of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough football stadium tragedy in Sheffield on 15 April 1989 will see the full disclosure of all documents relating to the disaster when they are made public at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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The front cover of 'With Hope In Your Heart' written by 51 year old Chris Whittle who lives in Burnley. (credit:PA)
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Hillsborough Family Support Group members during a press conference at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral after the release of previously unpublished papers realting to the Hillsborough disaster. (credit:PA)
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Hillsborough Family Support Group members Jenny Hicks (left) and Margaret Aspinall (right) during a press conference at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral after the release of previously unpublished papers realting to the Hillsborough disaster. (credit:PA)
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Hillsborough Family Support Group member Margaret Aspinall, the mother of Hillsborough victim James Aspinall, during a press conference at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral after the release of previously unpublished papers realting to the Hillsborough disaster. (credit:PA)
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Hillsborough Family Support Group member Trevor Hicks speaks during a press conference at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral after the release of previously unpublished papers realting to the Hillsborough disaster. (credit:PA)
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