Hillsborough disaster of "The Sun", Kelvin MacKenzie, who apologised for making false accusations under the headline "The Truth". MacKenzie said he should have written a headline that read "The Lies", although this apology was widely discredited by the Hillsborough Family Support Group and Liverpool fans, as it was seen to be "shifting the blame once again." After publication, the Hillsborough Families Support Group called for new inquests for the victims. They also called for prosecutions for unlawful killing, corporate manslaughter and perversion of the course of justice in respect of the actions of the police both in causing the disaster and covering
John Smith (chairman of Liverpool FC) of shirt sponsorship in British football in the early 1980s. As well as overseeing Liverpool's glories of the 1970s and 1980s, he also oversaw the Hillsborough disaster in April 1989, which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool fans at an FA Cup semi-final tie. John married Doris Mabell Parfitt in 1946, and remained married to her until his death in 1995. Smith was knighted in 1989 "for services to sport". John Smith (chairman of Liverpool FC) Sir John Wilson Smith (6 November 1920 – 31 January 1995) was the former chairman of Liverpool F.C. from 1973 to 1990. John Smith