Liverpool BAN The Sun newspaper over Hillsborough reporting

Posted Saturday, February 11, 2017 by Tribalfootball.com

Liverpool Football Club has banned reporters at The Sun newspaper from attending matches at Anfield or visiting its Melwood training ground, reports the London Evening Standard.

The newspaper has been widely vilified on Merseyside due to a front page story it ran on April 19 1989, four days after 96 supporters were killed in crush at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium before an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.

Headlined 'The Truth' it alleged that Liverpool supporters had picked pockets of victims, urinated on and beaten up police officers. The allegations have since been disproven.

Total Eclipse of the S*n campaign group have long campaigned for a widespread boycott of the newspaper, which is not stocked in many Merseyside newsagents.

They tweeted: "Further to conversations with LFC Directors we are happy to inform you that s*n journalists no longer enjoy access to all club premises."

A spokesperson for the newspaper said: "The Sun and Liverpool FC have had a solid working relationship for the 28 years since the Hillsborough tragedy. Banning journalists from a club is bad for fans and bad for football. The Sun can reassure readers this won't affect our full football coverage.

"The Sun deeply regrets its reporting of the tragic events at Hillsborough and understands the damage caused by those reports is still felt by many in the city. A new generation of journalists on the paper congratulate the families on the hard fought victory they have achieved through the inquest. It is to their credit that the truth has emerged and, whilst we can't undo the damage done, we would like to further a dialogue with the city and to show that the paper has respect for the people of Liverpool."