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'You have to separate rivalry from tragedy'

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Monday marks the 35th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster of 1989 – a day which led to the deaths of 97 football supporters, more than a third of which were under 20 years old.

The date of 15 April is a day of mourning for Liverpool Football Club and all its followers, but it should also be a time of reflection for United fans too.

Because the uncomfortable truth for all English football supporters is that it could have been any fan base that suffered at Hillsborough all those years ago.

And if you don't believe me, maybe you'll believe two Reds who stood on the Leppings Lane end again and again and again during the decades leading up to 1989.