Richard Hogan: We all have a part to play in tackling systemic racism

"Football has always had wonderful moments that live on in memory but also, unfortunately, it has moments we would rather forget - what occurs in football stadiums doesn’t occur in a vacuum"

Manchester United's Marcus Rashford: doing more than most to address systemic racism

Whenever I smell fresh cut grass I’m immediately transported into the skin of a 13-year-old boy walking up to the local shop to get sweets before the big game. It was semi-final day, and on this occasion Liverpool were to play Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough. 

But of course, we all know what transpired to make that casual walk to the shop and the smell of my neighbours freshly cut grass fuse in my memory to permanently capture the terrible events of that day. Hooliganism had caused the fans to be separated into pens so that they couldn’t access each other or the pitch, so when the doors opened and unticketed crowds spilled in, there was nowhere for the fans up the front to go, those horrifying images are still with me.