A Nottingham Forest supporter has taken to social media in the build-up to this weekend's match to address the "tragedy-baiting" around matches involving Liverpool after the events of Sunday afternoon's visit of Manchester City to Anfield.
The hosts issued a statement after their 1-0 win over the back-to-back Premier League champions expressing their "deep disappointment" at hearing "vile chants relating to football stadium tragedies from the away section". "Graffiti of a similar nature" was also seen on the concourse in the away section.
Those tragedies that they allude to are the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster ahead of the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus when 39 people died and 14 were subsequently convicted of manslaughter, and the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, in which 97 people were unlawfully killed having attended the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Forest.
