The Anfield pitch covered in flowers at a memorial to the fans
By CHRIS BASCOMBE, 14/03/2009 STEVEN GERRARD has made a heartfelt plea to UEFA to ensure Liverpool avoid playing on the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.
The Anfield skipper lost a 10-year-old cousin among the 96 people crushed to death at the Leppings Lane End in 1989. And he is uncomfortable with the prospect of playing a Champions League quarter-final, second leg on April 15.
Gerrard said: “Our preference would be not to play on the anniversary. It should be a time that Liverpool FC remembers the people lost and their families.
“But if we are told to play, we will play. We just hope UEFA show some commonsense.”
Liverpool have never had to play on the anniversary before but UEFA have so far offered no guarantees.
South African Fans are reminded that the Supporters Club will be gathering at SPION KOP in Natal for our Hillsborough Memorial.
