The Liverpool Kop End sing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ during the Hillsborough memorial at Anfield on April 15, 2009, Liverpool, England (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough football tragedy, where 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death and many more injured during a FA Cup Semi Final.

Such is the depth of our archives, we have photos from the day itself where our photographers would have been mere feet away as disaster unfolded. Time has not been a healer and viewing those photographs, even 20 years on, still produces raw emotions in many.

Often quoted is a picture is worth a thousand words; rarely said is a picture can reduce you to tears and make you thankful for what you have.

On April 15th 1989, 96 people went to a football game and never came home. As we witness the opening of great new sports arenas, such as Wembley and the recently opened new Yankee Stadium, we should take time to reflect that going to watch sport was not always the safe and wonderful experience it is today.

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