Hillsborough disaster timeline: decades seeking justice and change

The families of those killed at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final had a long fight for the truth

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27 March The South Yorkshire police chief constable, Peter Wright, replaces Ch Supt Brian Mole, the experienced commander of football matches at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium. Wright promotes David Duckenfield in Mole’s place.