Flowers sit beneath the temporary Hillsborough memorial, ahead of a memorial service at Anfield in Liverpool, north west Engand on April 15, 2015, on the 26th anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster, where 96 Liverpool supporters died at the 1989 FA Cup semi final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough football ground in Sheffield. AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, England -- Liverpool will host the final memorial service for families of the Hillsborough soccer stadium disaster victims on the 27th anniversary in April.
At the FA Cup semifinal between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in 1989, a crush in an overcrowded standing-only section at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium led to 96 Liverpool fans dying.
New inquests are being held after the original verdicts of accidental death were overturned.
And Margaret Aspinall, who heads the Hillsborough Family Support Group, says ''it is likely that the inquests will be concluded before the anniversary so this final memorial service will provide the families with some closure.''
Liverpool's Anfield stadium has hosted annual services attended by former and current players.
Aspinall hopes people ''continue to remember the 96 in their own perhaps more private way.''
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