Source: Telegraph
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez vows the club will never forget Hillsborough victims
Benitez was attending the launch of a song commemorating next month's 20th anniversary of the disaster. [LNB]Some of the city's best-known musicians have recorded a version of the Kop anthem, The Fields Of Anfield Road, with former Liverpool players and members of the Hillsborough Families Support Group. [LNB] Related ArticlesBenitez: Liverpool will never forget Hillsborough victimsBenitez tips Gerrard for top awardChampions League guideLiverpool great Kenny Dalglish breaks silence over HillsboroughLiverpool plan match to mark HillsboroughUefas Champions League pledge to Liverpool over Hillsborough anniversaryBenitez said: "I think it's important to show support for the fans and the families."[LNB]Recalling his first season at Anfield when he first attended a Hillsborough memorial service, he added: "It was very emotional for me, for all the players, it was something we will never forget. [LNB]"I think you can feel it [the loss] in every single game, what it means for the fans."[LNB]The disaster, on April 15 1989, happened at Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest when Liverpool fans at the Leppings Lane end of Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium were crushed to death. [LNB]The Fields of Anfield Road, inspired by Peter St John's Irish folk ballad Fields of Athenry, has been reworked by the Anfield faithful over the years with different verses about favourite past Liverpool managers. [LNB]Artists John Power of the La's and Cast, Peter Hooton of The Farm, Nick Kilroe from Echo and the Bunnymen, James Walsh of Starsailor and Rob Taylor of the Troubadours joined forces to record and produce the song. [LNB]
