Soccer-Forest to leave 97 seats vacant for Liverpool game to honour Hillsborough victims

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Championship - Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers - The City Ground, Nottingham, Britain - March 16, 2022 General view inside the stadium before the match Action Images/Ed Sykes

(Reuters) - Nottingham Forest will leave 97 seats vacant when they host Liverpool in Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final to honour the fans who died at the Hillsborough Stadium in April 1989 when the two sides last met in the competition.

Ninety-four Liverpool supporters were crushed to death in an over-crowded and fenced-in enclosure at the stadium in Sheffield before an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Forest.