NewsMargaret Aspinall helps launch new Premier League tragedy abuse programme

From Monday November 13, an in-classroom lesson will be made available to more than 18,000 primary schools and 60,000 teachers in England and Wales as part of the Premier League Primary Stars programme, aiming to outline to children the significant distress such abuse creates.

Margaret is the former chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group. Her son James was one of the 97 children, women and men who lost their lives as a result of the Hillsborough disaster on April 15, 1989. He was aged just 18 at the time.

She said: “Football brings so much joy to so many people all over the world but there is no need for people to be chanting in the way they do. The pain it causes is unbearable; we do not deserve to hear these chants. If you hear that chanting, go to a steward, report it as, through the proper authorities, you can change things. Anything that offends or hurts anybody is never acceptable.”

Liverpool Football Club condemns any and all form of tragedy abuse in the strongest possible terms. We are committed to continuing to work with the relevant authorities, stakeholders and other clubs to eradicate it from our game.

Watch Margaret’s video with the Premier League below.