'Hillsborough will be remembered as one of the biggest injustices of the
twentieth century, because those who were there to protect the public
turned against them in their hour of need. The power of print media was
at its absolute peak at that time, before the internet and mobile
phones, so they had huge power but no accountability as we found out
with Hillsborough. It was a one-way street. The media basically set
opinion.' Andy Burnham, Shadow Home Secretary Hillsborough used to be
known simply as a suburb of Sheffield and the home of Sheffield
Wednesday Football Club. After Saturday 15 April 1989, the meaning of
the word changed forever for an entire generation and the date
remembered as the worst sporting disaster in British history. Many
thousands of men, women and children set off to support Liverpool in the
semi-final of the FA Cup with hope in their hearts but, tragically, 96
never came home. A human crush on the Leppings Lane terraces ended the
lives of those 96, injured hundreds of others and traumatised thousands
more. Documenting eyewitness accounts from before, during and after the
disaster, with statements from the bereaved families and fans of other
clubs, and a foreword by Margaret Aspinall, Chairman of the Hillsborough
Family Support Group, The Hillsborough Disaster: In Their Own Words is
the story of those whose lives changed forever on that bright, sunny day
in Sheffield. This book is their truth.
