Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish15 April 1989
Leads Liverpool through the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster.
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Leads Liverpool through the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster.
Steven Gerrard loses his cousin Jon-Paul in the crush
The Taylor Report, names the cause as failure of police control, and results in the conversion of many football stadiums in the United Kingdom to all-seater and the removal of barriers at the front of stands
The coroner, Dr Stefan Popper, limits the main inquest to events up until 3:15pm on the day of the disaster - just nine minutes after the match was halted and the crowd began to spill onto the pitch
After an 80-day inquest - longest in British legal history - returns verdicts of accidental death
The Deva Stadium of Chester City F.C. is opened in 1992, the first English football stadium to fulfil the safety recommendations from the Taylor Report, which was commissioned after the Hillsborough disaster of 1989
Presents a memorial wreath to the Kop for the Liverpool supporters who died after Hillsborough.
The Sports Minister Andy Burnham addresses the Anfield crowd but is heckled by supporters chanting "Justice for the 96"
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