Obviously with all street names coming from England, the name Hillsborough must relate to somewhere in England. In fact Hillsborough is a small suburb in north-west Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, with population 7,255.
The name of the suburb comes from Hillsborough House built and named in 1779 in tribute to the Earl of Hillsborough who lived in Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Apart from the manufacturing of the once popular sweets (candies) called Bassetts Liquorice Allsorts, Hillsborough is a mainly residential community. Hillsborough is also the home and name of the Sheffield Wednesday FC (soccer) stadium, which is unfortunately more well known in UK for the “Hillsborough disaster”.
The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush that occurred on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough, a football stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people, and 766 being injured, all fans of Liverpool F.C. It remains the deadliest stadium-related disaster in British history and one of the worst ever international football accidents.
The match, an FA Cup semi-final tie between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, was abandoned six minutes into the game.
The inquiry into the disaster stated that "the main reason for the disaster was the failure of police control", ...
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