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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Richard Garnett

Nottingham Forest to pay Hillsborough tribute before Liverpool FA Cup visit

Nottingham Forest will pay tribute to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster by leaving 97 seats empty during their quarter-final tie with Liverpool at the City Ground on Sunday evening.

The two sides have not met in the FA Cup since the semi-final of 1989, when 97 Liverpool supporters lost their lives at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough football stadium, in Britain's worst ever sporting disaster.

Posting on their official Instagram page, Nottingham Forest said: "97 seats will be left vacant at tomorrow's match in honour of those who lost their lives at our FA Cup semi final in 1989. We look forward to welcoming Liverpool FC to The City Ground."

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