Source: Daily_Mail
Star turn as Liverpool legends light up Anfield in Hillsborough memorial match
More than 25,000 Liverpool fans flocked to Anfield for the Hillsborough memorial match to give a substantial helping hand to charity.
The chance to view the Liverpool Legends XI came in a week in which the club are about to fail again in their pursuit of the title, with Manchester United again on the brink of another Premier League success.
There were more than a dozen Liverpool greats on show with league titlemedals to their names, including the likes of Ian Rush, Kenny Dalglishand Alan Hansen.
The cause was a good one: Dalglish's wife Marina's appeal to raisefunds for a new radiotherapy centre at the nearby University Hospital,Aintree. This charity game is a regular event at Anfield, but had greater significance as the game to mark the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.
The crowd rose as one midway through the second half to call for justice for the 96 victims of Hillsborough.
The turn-out was impressive as England's famed SAS attack, Teddy Sheringham and Alan Shearer, joined forces again for the All-Stars, and Sheringham - pantomime villain for the night because of his Old Trafford history - scored with a stunning chip.
Rush and John Aldridge, strike partners at Anfield 20 years ago,also both scored. Dalglish returned to the fray to knock in the thirdgoal as the Legends won 3-1.
The current Liverpool hero, new Football Writers' footballer of theyear Steven Gerrard, received a huge ovation as he was introduced tothe teams before kick-off as the guest of honour.
