Liverpool have paid tribute to the victims of the Ibrox catastrophe forward of their Champions League conflict with Rangers.
Tonight's guests laid a wreath on the memorial statute to indicate their respect to the 66 individuals who misplaced their lives on the stadium in 1971. The transfer mirrors a gesture from Rangers boss Gio van Bronckhorst and skipper James Tavernier after the pair laid a wreath on the Hillsborough memorial throughout their journey to Anfield final week.
Liverpool 's CEO Billy Hogan was the person who laid the wreath on the John Greig statue, which stands on the nook of Ibrox between the primary stand and the Copland Street stand. Amongst the 66 victims who tragically misplaced their lives following the catastrophe in Govan was younger Liverpool fan, eight-year-old Nigel Pickup, who was visiting Glasgow in the course of the time of the terrible occasion. Nigel was the youngest sufferer following the January 1971 disaster.
Liverpool skilled their very own heartache 17 years later when 97 individuals misplaced their lives as a result of catastrophe in Sheffield at an FA Cup semi-final.
Liverpool shared the pictures on their very own social media accounts and stated: “Our CEO, Billy Hogan, laid a wreath on the Ibrox Catastrophe Memorial this afternoon on behalf of all at Liverpool Soccer Membership.
“All the time remembered.”
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