a memorial to the hillsborough tragedy the darkest chapter in the history of liverpool f.c. ninety six fans were crushed to death at the one nine hundred eighty nine f.a. cup semifinal a football stadium policing errors led to serious overcrowding at the liverpool end of the high steel fence in common grounds in britain at that time the fans had nowhere to flee. on that tragic day. there or. so. you know we all really went to a football match and what we. got a. twenty four hour. disgraceful.