15 April 2014 marked the 25th anniversary of the tragic Hillsborough incident, when 96 Liverpool supporters were killed during an FA Cup semi-final versus Nottingham Forrest at Hillsborough. To mark this incident, all English Premier League matches on the weekend of 13-14 April observed a minute's silence.
But why did all these matches start a full seven minutes late?
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The disaster took place at the beginning of that 1989 match. The match was called off after only 6 minutes when the scale of the tragedy became evident to the match officials. Hence a six minute + one minute silence delay.
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