The last casualties leave the stadium, with our image showing the aftermath of the disaster in a near-deserted stadium. A total of 94 people died on the day, with 766 other fans being injured and ...
The game is officially abandoned.
The BBC newsflash on the disaster
A meeting is held in the boardroom between Duckenfield, Graham Kelly of the FA and club representatives from Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday. Duckenfield tells the group that ...
Fans who have scrambled onto the pitch join overwhelmed police and emergency staff in using advertising hoardings as makeshift stretchers. Ambulances have entered the ground by now and the club gy...
After being approached by the police on the pitch, referee Ray Lewis stops the match and takes both teams off the pitch. Hundreds of Liverpool supporters are now on the area between the fence and ...
With Liverpool attacking the Kop end, a shot from Peter Beardsley hits the crossbar, causing an inevitable surge on the terraces. Seconds later, a crush barrier gives way, causing supporters to f...
The game begins, but the central pens are massively overcrowded and many supporters are struggling to breathe. Some Liverpool supporters are already trying to climb over the perimeter fencing to ...
A message is relayed to the police control room from officers outside, stating someone might die in the crush outside the ground if the gates are not opened. On Duckenfield's orders, gate C - int...
The central pens 3 and 4 at the Leppings Lane end of the ground are full, with one boy already having been carried out. By contrast the two side pens are relatively empty. Outside the ground the ...
A large number of Liverpool supporters, many of whom were delayed on their way to the ground due to roadworks on the motorway, are bottlenecked outside the Leppings Lane end of the stadium.
Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield and Superintendent Bernard Murray - the officers in charge - go to the Police control room at the stadium.
12pm onwards - Liverpool and Nottingham Forest fans begin to arrive in Sheffield for the FA Cup semi-final between the two teams. Liverpool fans are allocated 24,000 tickets and Nottingham Forest ...
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