You wish that a book like Mike Nicholson’s The Hillsborough Disaster: In their Own Words didn’t have to be written. It would ease a great deal of pain if 96 football supporters hadn’t lost their lives on April 15, 1989. Bad things like Hillsborough aren’t supposed to happen in the beautiful game, but sadly they have. People shouldn’t die watching a game they love. The game should bring people together for enjoyment and camaraderie, not death and injuries. Cover Art Courtesy of