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    John Aldridge

    Apr 15, 2022 2 minutes
    Interview by Kevin Palmer

    Liverpool 3 Nottingham Forest 1

    1989, FA Cup semi-final, Old Trafford

    Just 22 days had passed between the most harrowing tragedy in English football history and the re-arranged game. Liverpool-born John Aldridge scored twice to seal a 3-1 win on a day overshadowed by the Hillsborough disaster

    “It was so much more than a football match to me and everyone else in that Liverpool dressing room.

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