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Hillsborough Stadium

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Hillsborough Stadium, often referred to as Hillsborough, is a 39,732-capacity association football stadium located in Owlerton, a north-western suburb of Sheffield, England. [1]

106 relations: Archibald Leitch, Argentina national football team, Association football, Aston Villa F.C., BBC Online, Blackburn Rovers F.C., Cantilever, Carlton Cole, Chesterfield F.C., Concourse, Dave Watson, Denmark national football team, Derek Dooley (footballer), EFL Championship, EFL Cup, EFL League One, England, England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid, England national football team, England national under-21 football team, English billiards, Everton F.C., FA Cup, FIFA, FIFA World Cup, Finial, Football League First Division, Football League Second Division, France national under-21 football team, Germany national football team, Grandstand, GrassMaster, Half-time, Hillsborough disaster, Hillsborough House, Hillsborough Park, Jerome Thomas, Leicester City F.C., List of mayors of Sheffield, Liverpool F.C., Manchester City F.C., Manchester United F.C., Marcin Kikut, Mark Hateley, Mel Sterland, Middlesbrough F.C., Midland Railway, Nikolaus Pevsner, Nottingham Forest F.C., Notts County F.C., ..., Old Showground, Olive Grove, Owlerton, Penguin Books, Point of sale, Poland national under-21 football team, Pound sterling, Premier League, Preston North End F.C., Private company limited by shares, River Don, Yorkshire, Roligan, Scotland national football team, Scunthorpe United F.C., Seating capacity, Second Boer War, Sheffield, Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Simon Inglis, Spain national football team, Spion Kop (stadiums), Sport in England, Stadium, Stanley Rous, Steven Taylor (footballer), Switzerland national football team, Taraxacum, Taylor Report, The Football Association, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Turkey national football team, UEFA Euro 1996, UEFA European Championship, Under-soil heating, Wednesdayite, Wembley Stadium, West Bromwich Albion F.C., William Clegg, Wycombe Wanderers F.C., 1898–99 in English football, 1899–1900 in English football, 1902–03 in English football, 1903–04 in English football, 1912–13 in English football, 1919–20 British Home Championship, 1951–52 in English football, 1952–53 in English football, 1964 European Nations' Cup, 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1997 Football League Cup Final, 2003–04 in English football, 2004–05 in English football, 2005–06 in English football, 2006–07 in English football. Expand index (56 more) »

Archibald Leitch

Archibald Keir "Archie" Leitch (27 April 1865 – 25 April 1939) was a Scottish architect, most famous for his work designing football stadiums throughout Britain and Ireland.

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Argentina national football team

The Argentina national football team (Selección de fútbol de Argentina) represents Argentina in football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), the governing body for football in Argentina.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club (nicknamed Villa, The Villa, The Villans and The Lions) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England.

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system, following promotion from League One at the end of the 2017–18 season.

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Cantilever

A cantilever is a rigid structural element, such as a beam or a plate, anchored at one end to a (usually vertical) support from which it protrudes; this connection could also be perpendicular to a flat, vertical surface such as a wall.

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Carlton Cole

Carlton Michael George Cole (born 12 October 1983) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Chesterfield F.C.

Chesterfield Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

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Concourse

A concourse is a place where pathways or roads meet, such as in a hotel, a convention center, a railway station, an airport terminal, a hall, or other space.

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Dave Watson

David Watson (born 20 November 1961 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English former professional footballer and youth-team coach at Premier League club Newcastle United.

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Denmark national football team

The Denmark national football team (Danmarks fodboldlandshold) represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU.

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Derek Dooley (footballer)

Derek Dooley, MBE (13 December 1929 – 5 March 2008) was an English football player, manager and chairman.

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EFL Championship

The English Football League Championship (often referred to as the Championship for short or the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the English football league system, after the Premier League.

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EFL Cup

The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as simply the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football.

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EFL League One

The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division of the English Football League and the third tier overall in the entire English football league system.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid

England 2018 was the Football Association's unsuccessful bid for the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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England national football team

The England national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.

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England national under-21 football team

England's national Under-21 football team, also known as England Under-21s or England U21(s), is considered to be the feeder team for the England national football team.

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English billiards

English billiards, called simply billiards Serves as a good example; the book refers to English billiards simply as "billiards", from cover to cover.

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Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club is a football club in Liverpool, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

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FA Cup

The FA Cup, known officially as The Football Association Challenge Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football.

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FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA; French for "International Federation of Association Football") is an association which describes itself as an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer.

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FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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Finial

A finial or hip-knob is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature.

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Football League First Division

The Football League First Division is a former division of The Football League, now known as the English Football League.

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Football League Second Division

The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992.

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France national under-21 football team

The France national under-21 football team (Equipe de France Espoirs), known in France as Les Espoirs (The Hopes), is the national under-21 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation.

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Germany national football team

The Germany national football team (deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft or Die Mannschaft) is the men's football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908.

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Grandstand

A grandstand is a large and normally permanent structure for seating spectators, most often at a racetrack.

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GrassMaster

GrassMaster is a hybrid grass sports playing field surface composed of natural grass combined with artificial fibres.

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Half-time

In several team sports, matches are played in two halves.

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Hillsborough disaster

The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush at Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield, England on 15 April 1989, during the 1988–89 FA Cup semi-final game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.

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Hillsborough House

Hillsborough House, later called Hillsborough Hall, is a large, stone-built mansion constructed in the Adam style in the latter part of the 18th century.

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Hillsborough Park

Hillsborough Park is a large parkland area in Hillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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Jerome Thomas

Jerome William Thomas (born 23 March 1983) is an English former footballer who played predominantly as a left-winger.

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Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Leicester.

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List of mayors of Sheffield

The Lord Mayor of Sheffield is a ceremonial post held by a member of Sheffield City Council.

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Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club in Liverpool, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is a football club in Manchester, England.

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Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

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Marcin Kikut

Marcin Kikut (born 25 June 1983 in Barlinek) is a Polish football (midfielderwho plays for Tarnovia Tarnowo Podgórne.

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Mark Hateley

Mark Wayne Hateley (born 7 November 1961) is a former English footballer and manager who played as a striker.

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Mel Sterland

Melvyn "Mel" Sterland (born 1 October 1961 in Sheffield) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United and in the Scottish Football League Premier Division for Rangers, and was capped once for England.

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Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club is a professional association football club based in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.

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Midland Railway

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

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Nikolaus Pevsner

Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German, later British scholar of the history of art, and especially that of architecture.

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Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club, often referred to as simply Forest, is a professional football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Notts County F.C.

Notts County Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an association football team from Nottingham.

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Old Showground

The Old Showground was the original stadium of the English football club Scunthorpe United and had been built in c.1867.

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Olive Grove

Olive Grove was Sheffield Wednesday F.C.'s first permanent football ground, home to the club for just over a decade at the end of the 19th century.

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Owlerton

Owlerton is a suburb of the city of Sheffield, it lies northwest of the city centre near the confluence of the River Don and River Loxley.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a British publishing house.

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Point of sale

The point of sale (POS) or point of purchase (POP) is the time and place where a retail transaction is completed.

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Poland national under-21 football team

The Poland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Football Association.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Premier League

The Premier League is the top level of the English football league system.

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Preston North End F.C.

Preston North End Football Club (often shortened to PNE) is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, who play in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.

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Private company limited by shares

A private company limited by shares is a class of private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, Scotland, certain Commonwealth countries, and the Republic of Ireland.

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River Don, Yorkshire

The River Don (also called Dun in some stretches) is a river in South Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Roligan

Roligan is a nickname for a supporter of the Danish national football team.

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Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association.

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Scunthorpe United F.C.

Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.

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Seating capacity

Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law.

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Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.

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Sheffield City Council

Sheffield City Council is the city council for the metropolitan borough of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England.

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Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, England.

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Simon Inglis

Simon Inglis is a British sports historian, architectural historian, writer and broadcaster, most notably about football and stadiums.

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Spain national football team

The Spain national football team (Selección de fútbol de España) represents Spain in men's International association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.

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Spion Kop (stadiums)

Spion Kop (or Kop for short) is a colloquial name or term for a number of single tier terraces and stands at sports stadiums, particularly in the United Kingdom.

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Sport in England

Sport in England plays a prominent role in English life.

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Stadium

A stadium (plural stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

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Stanley Rous

Sir Stanley Ford Rous, CBE (25 April 1895 – 18 July 1986) was the 6th President of FIFA, serving from 1961 to 1974.

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Steven Taylor (footballer)

Steven Vincent Taylor (born 23 January 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays for Peterborough United as a defender.

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Switzerland national football team

The Switzerland national football team is the national football team of Switzerland.

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Taraxacum

Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions.

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Taylor Report

The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry report is the report of an inquiry which was overseen by Lord Justice Taylor, into the causes of the Hillsborough disaster on 15 April 1989, as a result of which, at the time of the report, 95 Liverpool F.C. fans had died (a 96th fan died in 1993).

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The Football Association

The Football Association (FA) is the governing body of association football in England, the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man.

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Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Tottenham or Spurs, is an English football club in Tottenham, London, England, that competes in the Premier League.

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Turkey national football team

The Turkey national football team (Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey.

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UEFA Euro 1996

The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA.

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UEFA European Championship

The UEFA European Championship (known informally as the Euros) is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), determining the continental champion of Europe.

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Under-soil heating

Under-soil heating is a method used in various sports stadia (with a grass surface) which heats the underside of the pitch to avoid any elements from bad weather, such as snow and ice, from building up and ultimately helps the club avoid having to postpone any matches.

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Wednesdayite

Wednesdayite, is the largest independent supporters group for Sheffield Wednesday fans.

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Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium is a football stadium in Wembley, London, England, which opened in 2007, on the site of the original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 2002–2003.

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West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or simply WBA, is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands.

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William Clegg

Sir William Edwin Clegg (21 April 1852 – 22 August 1932) was an English footballer and politician.

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Wycombe Wanderers F.C.

Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.

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1898–99 in English football

The 1898–99 season was the 28th season of competitive football in England.

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1899–1900 in English football

The 1899–1900 season was the 29th season of competitive football in England.

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1902–03 in English football

The 1902–03 season was the 32nd season of competitive football in England.

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1903–04 in English football

The 1903–04 season was the 33rd season of competitive football in England.

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1912–13 in English football

The 1912–13 season was the 42nd season of competitive football in England.

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1919–20 British Home Championship

The 1919–20 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1919–20 season between the British Home Nations.

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1951–52 in English football

The 1951–52 season was the 72nd season of competitive football in England.

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1952–53 in English football

The 1952–53 season was the 73rd season of competitive football in England.

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1964 European Nations' Cup

The 1964 UEFA European Nations' Cup was the second European Championship.

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1966 FIFA World Cup

The 1966 FIFA World Cup (officially: World Championship-Jules Rimet Cup-England 1966) was the eighth World Cup and it was held in England from 11 to 30 July.

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1974 FIFA World Cup

The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany (including West Berlin) from 13 June to 7 July.

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1997 Football League Cup Final

The 1997 Football League Cup Final was played between Middlesbrough and Leicester City.

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2003–04 in English football

The 2003–04 season was the 124th season of association football in England.

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2004–05 in English football

The 2004–05 season was the 125th season of competitive football in England.

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2005–06 in English football

The 2005–06 season was the 126th season of competitive association football in England.

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2006–07 in English football

The 2006–07 season was the 127th season of competitive association football in England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_Stadium

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