Liverpool manager, Kenny Dalglish has said that the club expects not to play the FA Cup semi-final tie on the anniversary of Hillsborough on 15th April.
Liverpool have never played a match on 15th April since the tragic Hillsborough incident which occurred in 1989.
"We won't play on the 15th," Dalglish said. "The FA and UEFA have always been exemplary and very supportive, and that's great credit to them, so I don't think it's even suggesting that we might play on the 15th because we won't.”
The Reds boss insisted that the club has not played a match on the date for 23 years and has no intentions of breaking the tradition this year.
"We've never played on the 15th before, have we? So there you are - why would they change now?" he said.
The decision made from Anfied means that Chelsea will take on the winner of the quarterfinal match between Tottenham Hotspurs and Bolton Wanderers on Sunday, the 15th of April.
Instead, Liverpool will play their semi-final match one day before, on the 14thof April.
The Hillsborough disaster, which occurred during Liverpool’s FA Cup semi-final clash against Nottingham Forest, resulted in the death of 96 people while 766 people were injured during the incident.
The catastrophe remains to this date, as the worst stadium related disaster in English football. The fallout of the incident resulted in the elimination of standing terraces from all the major stadiums in Britain.
Such was the impact of the tragedy that at least three survivors of the incident reportedly committed suicide in 1999 because of the psychological problems they suffered from, after the disaster.
The members of the FA met Liverpool’s representatives and ensured them that they respect the club’s decision not to play on the 15th.
The move was welcomed by the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 fans.
Liverpool, who reached the semi-final of the FA cup after beating Stoke City 2-1 in the 6th round, will face the winner of the Sunderland versus http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 match. A win for Everton would set up a first Merseyside derby match in Wembley since 1989.
In the other semi-final, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabrice-Muamba-c13216 collapsed on the field, after suffering a cardiac arrest. The incident occurred in the 41st
minute of the match at White Hart Lane with the score levelled at 1-1. The FA is yet to set the date of the rematch.
Liverpool, who have set their eyes on a domestic cup double this season, last won the FA cup in 2006, beating West Ham United in the final. In total, they have won the competition on 7 occasions.
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