The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush at Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield, England, on 15 April 1989, during the 1988--89 FA Cup semi-final game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush at Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield, England, on 15 April 1989; with 96 dead and 766 injured it is the worst disaster in British sporting history. It happened during the 1988--89 FA Cup semi-final game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.