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Both fair points... Very easy to manage really... They can plan all the fixtures to be on the same date for the end of season fixtures etc.Main point is that it was not just 96 Liverpool fans, but 96 football fans, hence the need for everyone to be aware of an event that essentially shaped the way every football fans watches games in this country... (all seated stadiums).

15.04.1989.... 22 years ago to the day we play Forest the worst tragedy in English football occured. Will there be a minutes silence before this game?? Forest were directly involved and Norwich were playing in the other Semi Final at Villa Park... Personally I think that there should be no games on this date, and was not very happy that our game had been moved to this date. Any thoughts??

That would be this song....When I see the City I go out of my head, I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH, I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH!My blood runs green and yellow cos i''m city born and bred, I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH, I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH!I picked my side and I fell in love and i just cant seem to get enough. ... DO DO DO DO DO DO DO!!This is the celtic version...! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCAN_F-nPC8&feature=player_embedded

Firstly having booked a short break around the Norwich Fixtures I have found it most annoying that game has been brought forward because now arriving back in Norwich on Saturday lunch time will mean missing the game...!!! Ggggrrrr... Secondly... 15th April is the Anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster. Forest fans would have been directly involved with this and I know many Norwich fans that were watching City playing v Everton that day... The Norwich game becoming a match that was of no significance at all. I personally object to sky having such a strangle hold on being able to pull the strings as to when games are being played. As for the bit about teachers... Im a teacher and not all teachers finish at 3.30....! :)

Its got to be David Nielson''s!!! He waited ages and ages to do his acrobatics and then only did it once!!

Yes the two semi finals were played... and so was the final.

Your final 9 words sum up the whole topic. "We forget it and trivailise it at our peril"

I was not old enough to remember the events of the day. All i know is that i was at Villa Park with my family. It wasnt until my first visit to Anfield that I knew the events of that tragic day. On that day Norwich were providing the last memory of the Standing Kop, it was also the day that I learnt all about Hillsborough. Seeing the Eternal Flame, Shankly Gates, and hearing You''ll Never Walk Alone. But at that time I was 8 Years old, at my first ever away game. Seeing the memorial, I can remember asking my mum what all the numbers next to the ages meant, to an 8 year old, finding out that was the ages of the 96 people who were died that day was a bit of a shock. I couldn''t understand how. Since that day i have returned to Anfield on numerous occasions, including to games around the anniversary whilst i was at Uni there. Its a moving date in the football season, not only for Liverpool fans, but many others. Its an event in the History of football that needs to be remembered across the country. I read an interesting article on the BBC Sport site, I believe it was shown on Football focus today...  this is the Blog version. "It was a run-of-the-mill conversation with a friend in a pub. The kind of conversation you might have any night of the week - the kind that might change your life. I had just bought my ticket for the 1989 FA Cup semi-final, a ticket for the Leppings Lane end. I had been to Hillsborough enough times to know that the view from this sunken terrace was of railings and boots almost at eye-level. My friend Tony, a Manchester United fan, sympathised over a pint and told me that he had found a way to the open segment of terracing over the corner flag. "Less atmosphere, but if you want to actually get a decent view of the game it might be worth checking out. Just get through the turnstile and head left." At about two o''clock on 15 April, I made my way into Hillsborough and was confronted by the low-ceilinged tunnel that led to the central terracing behind the goal - already looking full. I headed left. This Saturday, Football Focus will be live at both Anfield and Hillsborough to mark the 20th anniversary of the disaster at Sheffield Wednesday''s ground - a disaster which claimed 96 lives and which changed British football forever. As part of the programme, I was asked to return to Hillsborough to retrace my steps that day. I had some misgivings about taking part. Firstly, I felt my story was insignificant compared to that of so many others - I''d been safe throughout and didn''t know anyone who died. Secondly, although I had been back to Hillsborough as a commentator, I hadn''t stood on the Leppings Lane in the 20 years that have passed. I expected it to be difficult. It was. The turnstiles are still there, the tunnel is still there. Everything about the place resonates, everything so familiar. Just being there induced a feeling of nausea in the pit of my stomach. For the purposes of the camera, I went through the turnstile and was confronted by that low ceilinged tunnel - empty. Again I headed left for the terracing that had been my vantage point on that awful afternoon. For 96 people who paused at the tunnel and headed straight on, there would be no chance of safety. No chance to step away from the seemingly trivial decision they had just made. No way to escape from the cage behind the Hillsborough goal. I was 21 in April 1989 - older than many of those who died. In the 20 years since, I have been blessed with a happy marriage, three children and a fulfilling career. What might the 96 have done in that time? What love affairs have never been, what friendships never forged, what children never conceived? The game has changed, and some say not completely for the better. But if you are lucky enough to be able to take your children to a match and sit in safety; to be treated with respect by those who police our grounds and to get home again without being crushed or scared, give those 96 a thought. Honour, for a moment, those whose deaths made it happen." Steve Wilson - BBC Commentator. I''m unsure if all clubs are marking this event. I feel it would be shame if they didn''t. This is a moving tribute, well done to the BBC for helping others to understand what happened that awful afternoon. It has always made me look at football a different way. 15/04/1989 - 20 years ago this Wednesday. I myself will spare 2 minutes this Wednesday at 3.06 pm to remember those fans.

Top Three Hucks Goals... Last Game on Loan - vs Cardiff. Against Ipswich - Away (Have a great photo of him celebrating yards from me!!!) Against Birmingham - Home (Better than Owen, Giggs and Maradonna put together!)

17th April 1989 was a day that I will never forget. 4th May 2008 is a day that I will remember for the rest of my life. Dion''s last game, should have been a great day out, yet as I did last season, I found myself standing at the front of the upper tier looking down onto the place where 96 innocent fans lost their lives. Explaining to my younger brother what happened that day, and how it affected and touched many peoples lives. It wasn''t the best start to the day. The football on Sunday was not great. The respect and genuine appreciation shown by all within the confines of Hillsborough at 15.20 on sunday was something that I will remember and reflect upon when I return there next season. This single moment brought a tear to my eyes. Thank you to all that were there. I echo Yellow Rider''s in that I have never witnessed anything like it.