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Liverpool won a Premier League and FA Cup double in Dalglish's first season
Dalglish's first-season double was a league-and-FA Cup double in 1985–86, not a Premier League double. The Premier League was not created until 1992.
Full reasoning
Liverpool's own official history of Kenny Dalglish's first spell says he managed the club from 1985 to 1991 and that, in his first season, he led Liverpool to "their first ever league and FA Cup double in 1985-86." The same page lists his honours as League title (1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90) and FA Cup (1986, 1989).
That matters because the Premier League did not yet exist in 1985-86. The Premier League's official history says the competition was established in 1992, with its inaugural season beginning on 15 August 1992. So Liverpool could not have won a Premier League and FA Cup double in Dalglish's first season; the correct description is a league (First Division) and FA Cup double.
2 sources
- Liverpool FC - Kenny Dalglish (first spell)
Years: 1985-1991 ... Honours: League title (1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90), FA Cup (1986, 1989) ... He went on to make management look easy and despite a difficult start to his first season at the helm, he led the Reds to their first ever league and FA Cup double in 1985-86.
- Premier League History, Origins & Creation
On 20 February 1992, the 22 First Division clubs resigned from the Football League en masse and three months later, on 27 May, the Premier League was established as a limited company. The inaugural Premier League campaign started on Saturday 15 August, 1992.
A crush of people at Hillsborough Stadium in April 1989 resulted in 96 deaths
The officially recognized Hillsborough death toll is 97, not 96. Andrew Devine was recognized in 2021 as the 97th fatality of the disaster.
Full reasoning
This figure is outdated. UK government sources now describe Hillsborough as a disaster in which 97 people were unlawfully killed or ultimately lost their lives.
In a 2023 ministerial statement, the UK government said that "97 innocent men, women and children ultimately lost their lives" and specifically noted that Andrew Devine, who suffered life-changing injuries at Hillsborough, died on 27 July 2021, becoming the 97th fatality of the disaster.
The government's formal response to the Hillsborough report likewise states: "97 people were unlawfully killed". So a present-day retrospective description of the disaster should not say it resulted in 96 deaths.
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- Hillsborough Charter is legacy of victims' families - GOV.UK
97 innocent men, women and children ultimately lost their lives ... Since then, Andrew Devine, who suffered life-changing injuries at Hillsborough, passed away on 27 July 2021, becoming the 97th fatality of the disaster.
- A Hillsborough legacy: the government's response to Bishop James Jones' report (accessible) - GOV.UK
The Hillsborough disaster on Saturday 15 April 1989 was a devastating tragedy compounded by decades-long injustices. 97 people were unlawfully killed and hundreds were injured as a result of the awful events of that day.