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BURY WILL KICK-OFF AT 3.07PM

21 March 2014

Club News

BURY WILL KICK-OFF AT 3.07PM

21 March 2014

The Iron's home match against Bury on Saturday, April 12 will kick-off at 3.07pm to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

As a mark of respect and remembrance for those who lost their lives as a result of the Hillsborough stadium disaster in April 1989, all Premier League, Football League, Football Conference and FA Cup matches taking place on the weekend of 11th to 14th April will kick-off seven minutes later than originally scheduled.

The match at which the disaster took place, the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15th April 1989, was ended six minutes after kick-off, at 3:06pm.

In the Premier League, Football League, and Football Conference, matches due to kick-off at 3pm on Saturday 12 April will now kick off at 3:07pm, with the minute before kick-off (3:06pm to 3:07pm) seeing a period of silence observed at all stadia.

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