BBC football pundit Alan Hansen has spoken emotionally about the tragedy of the Hillsborough disaster 20 years on, saying 'it must never be forgotten.'
Speaking on Match of the Day, Hanson recalled some of his memories from that fateful day, on April 15th 1989.
He said, 'It was a trumatic time for every one. It was realy difficult, we went to about ten or eleven funerals.'
'The big thing is, it must never ever be forgotten.'
He added: ' Football isn't important at all, whatever we went through, it is nothing compared to what the bereaved go through ever day of their lives.
The Hillsborough disaster was a deadly human crush at the FA Cup semi-final clash between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, at Hillsborough, the football stadium in Sheffield.
The match was stopped after just six minutes.
Hillsborough's Leppings Lane End was caught in a terrifying crush, which resulted in the loss of 96 lives.
Echoing Mr Hansens thoughts, fellow prenter and former Liverpool team Mark Lawrenson, said: ''It just feels like yesterday.'
'I think the tradegy of the tradegy is it took 96 people to lose their lives for our football stadia to be changed.'
A minutes silence was impeccably observed at Anfield by players and fans shortly before the Premier League clash with Blackburn Rovers.
Blackburn defender and former Liverpool player Steven Warnock placed a wreath of flowers at the Kop before the start of the game.
A memorial service will be held at Anfield on Wednesday 15th April at Anfield.
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