Liverpool’s rivalries were set aside on Monday as figures across football stopped to pay tribute to the 96, and those affected by the Hillsborough disaster.
Monday marks 30 years since the tragedy at Hillsborough in 1989, and Anfield served as the scene for a poignant minute’s silence the day before.
Jurgen Klopp‘s Reds and their opponents Chelsea stood around the centre circle as those in attendance all paid their respects to those who lost their lives that day in Sheffield.
Anfield remembered the 96 on the eve of the 30th Hillsborough anniversary. pic.twitter.com/WyT3JLC0mJ
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) 14 April 2019
April 15 will remain an emotional day for the club long into the future, and its impact is clear on those who have any connection with Liverpool.
Rafa Benitez and Raheem Sterling were among the ex-Reds to mark the anniversary on social media…
96 ???
— Raheem Sterling (@sterling7) April 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/Carra23/status/1117667641878036485
YNWA #96 #NeverForgotten pic.twitter.com/aJtBK3TAw1
— Lucas Leiva (@LucasLeiva87) April 15, 2019
Can’t believe it’s 30 years ?Always the saddest day!Respect to all the families YNWA pic.twitter.com/DBmtUk7QWf
— John Aldridge (@Realaldo474) April 15, 2019
30 years ago today, 96 men, women and children, lost their lives at Hillsborough.
They will always be remembered.
Rip #JFT96 pic.twitter.com/w3BXFjqHNy— michael owen (@themichaelowen) April 15, 2019
NEVER FORGOTTEN!!
?#JFT96? pic.twitter.com/jZelbef3IT— Luis Garcia (@luchogarcia14) April 15, 2019
Never forgotten JFT96 ??
— jon flanagan (@jon_flan93) April 15, 2019
30 years gone – always remembered. pic.twitter.com/dVowP2J7tp
— Jim Beglin (@jimbeglin) April 15, 2019
We will always remember the 96 RIP ? @LFC pic.twitter.com/RyJp4tdkHW
— Neil Ruddock (@RealRazor) April 15, 2019
There is no rivalry on this day, with Everton and Man United among those in remembrance…
The annual memorial service commemorating the Hillsborough disaster will take place today at 2.55pm
— Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) April 15, 2019
Our thoughts are with @LFC today in remembrance of the 96 fans who lost their lives at the Hillsborough disaster, which occurred on this day in 1989.
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 15, 2019
Remembering the 96 today. pic.twitter.com/z006uUfZet
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 15, 2019
On the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, our thoughts are with @LFC and those who lost loved ones on 15 April 1989.
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 15, 2019
Today marks 30 years since the Hillsborough tragedy, one of the darkest days British football has ever seen. Chelsea legend Pat Nevin reflects… pic.twitter.com/SFo6krGKSh
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 15, 2019
Remembering the 96 today.
Our thoughts are with @LFC and those who lost loved ones on the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.
— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) April 15, 2019
Our thoughts are with the people of Liverpool today on the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster. A tragedy that will never be forgotten.
— West Ham United (@WestHam) April 15, 2019
On the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster in England that claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool supporters, our thoughts are with those who lost loved ones, those who survived and all those who continue to fight for justice. pic.twitter.com/cG3FSxWTHy
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) April 15, 2019
15.4.1989 – @LFC In loving memory of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough Disaster, You'll Never Walk Alone pic.twitter.com/atmZdfMr7Z
— Olympiacos FC (@olympiacosfc) April 15, 2019
30 years on, never forgotten ?
Our thoughts are with the 96 who tragically lost their life at Hillsborough ???#DieFohlen #YNWA pic.twitter.com/ih7BbivJAK
— Gladbach (@borussia_en) April 15, 2019
Today, we are flying our flags at half mast to honour the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.#AVFC pic.twitter.com/TtGkqTcQuo
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) April 15, 2019
30 years, never forgotten. We remember the 96.
Our thoughts are with you today, @LFC. pic.twitter.com/WwYwVYJNfT
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) April 15, 2019
? #RangersFC today remembers the 96 @LFC supporters who lost their lives in the Hillsborough tragedy 30 years ago. #AbsentFriends pic.twitter.com/tGKwtqV8IU
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) April 15, 2019
30 years ago today, You'll Never Walk Alone. #JFT96 @LFC ??
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) April 15, 2019
30 years on. All at #ReadingFC stand with @LFC as part of the football family to remember the 96 men, women and children who tragically lost their lives in the Hillsborough disaster. pic.twitter.com/VgoKJMFCAV
— Reading FC (@ReadingFC) April 15, 2019
Our thoughts & respects are with all those who their lost their lives at Hillsborough 30 years ago today #PUSB #YNWA pic.twitter.com/cU9iuOOred
— Coventry City (@Coventry_City) April 15, 2019
Survivors, and members of the Hillsborough families, shared their memories…
30 years ago today I went to a football match. I came home 96 fans did not. There is never a day that I don’t think about 96 lost lives #YNWA #JFT96 #LFC pic.twitter.com/v4qtBURpm6
— simonrimmer (@simonrim) April 15, 2019
30 years.
Dad has now been dead longer than he was alive.
Couldn't see me leave school,walk me down the aisle,meet his 4 grandson's,take any of us to a football match,be there through difficult times & worst of all he died alone. Unlawfully.
I will NEVER stop fighting Dad #JFT96 pic.twitter.com/TO2ckgX7bG— Charl JFT96 Hennessy (@charlhennessy1) April 15, 2019
30 years ago on a beautiful April morning a car load of us headed across to Sheffield, we were lucky our car returned full, but we changed forever. 96 men, women and children went to a football match but never returned home. God bless the 96 ??
— Keith Salmon (@keith_salmon) April 15, 2019
30 years ago today, my dad never returned from a game of football. Along with 95 beautiful Liverpool fans, he lost his life. I miss him everyday, he was a good man, god bless them all. We don’t deserve this pain. MY DAD MY HERO #JFT96 #Hillsborough #LFC pic.twitter.com/DzDs84EDlX
— David Hughes (@EGHjustice96) April 15, 2019
30 years ago today, I not only lost my Big Brother but also, the only man, I have ever trusted and the only man to ever make me feel safe & secure!
I miss and love you #AndrewMarkBrookes #Hillsborough more each day!
As Mom said “I couldn’t have wished for a better Son” #JFT96 pic.twitter.com/wWMlqjunit
— ??LOU B JFT96?? (@LOU15E_96) April 15, 2019
30 years ago today I set off to Hillsborough to watch us play Forest which turned out to be a terrible day. 96 loved ones never came home, all sadly missed including my schoolmate, team mate and friend Paul Hewitson. #JFT96 pic.twitter.com/SDGNNI2SEJ
— Paul Moran ?????? (@paulmoran62) April 15, 2019
RIP uncle Carl, god bless all those who died at Hillsborough?? pic.twitter.com/RA41D7bK9s
— gus (@jamielew13) April 15, 2019
Dad flew the early evening LPL??DUB service on April 15th, 1989.
He came into our bedroom when he got home and told us to say a prayer for good people who had gone to heaven at a football match.
One of only two times in my whole life that I saw him crying. #Hillsborough
— Sarah-Jane Murphy (@sjanemurf) April 15, 2019
On this day, always remember Stephen Whittle.. the 97th victim of Hillsborough.. Stephen sold his match ticket to his friend who died in the tragedy.. many years later, he donated £61,000 to the Hillsborough Memorial Trust in his will before committing suicide.#JFT96 #30Years pic.twitter.com/KAmekRBCdS
— Pooks ? (@DJP6x) April 14, 2019
Peter Jones was commentating at Hillsborough and many felt he never fully recovered from what he saw, dying less than a year later. His final report from that day is an astonishing piece of broadcasting pic.twitter.com/jHsIqlRo01
— Darren Richman (@darrenrichman) April 15, 2019
St George’s Hall was adorned with flowers, banners and lanterns ahead of a silence at 3.06pm…
Floral tributes being left on the steps of @SGHLpool to mark 30 years since the Hillsborough disaster #CapitalReports #NeverForgotten #LFC #YNWA pic.twitter.com/3qo45ltwHY
— CapitalLivNews (@CapitalLivNews) April 15, 2019
The faces of the 96 are being displayed on banners outside St George's Hall as part of events to remember those who lost their lives in the Hillsborough Disaster, 30 years on #CapitalReports pic.twitter.com/vrlRz94ziH
— CapitalLivNews (@CapitalLivNews) April 15, 2019
96 lanterns being laid out on the steps of @SGHLpool to remember the 96 Liverpool fans who died at Hillsborough 30 years ago today #NeverForgotten #LFC #YNWA pic.twitter.com/UaCAAQgvsm
— Chris Chambers (@CapitalChambo) April 15, 2019
Today, the city stands in remembrance of the 96, marking 30 years since to the day since the Hillsborough tragedy ?? #NeverForgotten pic.twitter.com/i3WGPGSiOk
— St George's Hall (@SGHLpool) April 15, 2019
Today we remember the 96 people who died at Hillsborough 30 years ago and we share in the sorrow of families and friends and the city of Liverpool #JFT96 ?@AndyBurnhamGM? pic.twitter.com/IGFl3qDZUQ
— Gordon & Sarah Brown (@OfficeGSBrown) April 15, 2019
Today marks 30 years since the Hillsborough disaster. My thoughts are with the loved ones of the 96 people who died and those living with its effects. It's a particularly difficult time after the outcome of the trial. They've only ever wanted and campaigned for truth and justice. pic.twitter.com/mtaUAFmNPB
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) April 15, 2019
And many fans took to Twitter to reflect on the anniversary…
Thirty years.
Remember the 96 of our own who went to a football match and never came home.
Think of those who have lived it every single day since April 15, 1989. #JFT96 pic.twitter.com/GZwzcjcIgt
— Gareth Roberts (@robbohuyton) April 15, 2019
Today we remember and pay tribute to the 96 Liverpool supporters who left for a semi-final and never came home.
We remember their families and friends, and we remember and continue to support the survivors of that day, 15 April 1989.
You are forever in our hearts. #YNWA pic.twitter.com/DQKGXvxQy6
— Spirit of Shankly (@spiritofshankly) April 15, 2019
Our thoughts today are with everyone affected by Hillsborough.
You’ll Never Walk Alone. pic.twitter.com/du2GZE35Tb
— Spion Kop 1906 (@SpionKop1906) April 15, 2019
30 years ago today men, women & children went to watch a football game and tragically 96 of the fans never came home to their families & friends …
Today let's just think & take time out to to remember the 96 …. #JFT96 #LFC #YNWA pic.twitter.com/FoTtRlsew6— Owen McVeigh FD (@mcveigh_owen) April 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/KellyCates/status/1117686194404564992
Conscious that today of all days, I’m up early – travelling to go and watch Liverpool play away in a cup competition. As thousands did 30 years ago, 96 never came home and hundreds more still carry their scars today. Life is fragile, embrace it #YNWA
— Chris Williams (@Chris78Williams) April 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/TheKopMagazine/status/1117673572678406146
https://twitter.com/TheKopMagazine/status/1117762178747174912
Cant believe it’s been a full 30 years since that day. Still So many Vivid memories. Gone but never forgotten. Justice for the 96. pic.twitter.com/Ij6QCqv15f
— Stephen Evans (@StephenEvans75) April 15, 2019
30 years ago today, my dad never returned from a game of football. Along with 95 beautiful Liverpool fans, he lost his life. I miss him everyday, he was a good man, god bless them all. We don’t deserve this pain. MY DAD MY HERO #JFT96 #Hillsborough #LFC pic.twitter.com/DzDs84EDlX
— David Hughes (@EGHjustice96) April 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/ByrneLan/status/1117679469731504128
30 Years. Feels like another age, another life and yet the feelings are still raw; the memories vivid. For those who have lost and those who struggle still, they feel this daily. I'm thinking them all today, but especially Lee Walker who we lost recently #JF96 #JusticeForAll pic.twitter.com/h9bFRk1cip
— Jeff Goulding (@ShanklysBoys1) April 15, 2019
Forever in our hearts and minds. 30 years. We cannot say what we feel
We cannot say what they know
All we can do is remember ??? pic.twitter.com/jIpTJyIjS6— Harinder Singh (@Harinder1977) April 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/MartinBusk/status/1117645555189022721
To those lost and to those who live on in suffering 30 years on. Always remembered and in our thoughts. pic.twitter.com/Q0E4A7tbdy
— John Bradley (@jbradleymedia) April 15, 2019
Always in our thoughts. Forever in our hearts. RIP 96. YNWA.
— Ged Rea (@ged0407) April 15, 2019
You’ll Never Walk Alone.
