Liverpool Football Club have banned The Sun.
The tabloid will no longer be allowed to cover games at Anfield, or attend the club’s training ground at Melwood.
Liverpool have taken the measures over The Sun’s infamous coverage of the Hillsborough disaster in which 96 of the club’s supporters were unlawfully killed in 1989.
Four days after the tragedy, The Sun ran a story, which has now been established to have been false, under the headline “The Truth.”
The Sun will also be denied access to interview Jurgen Klopp or Liverpool players. According to The Guardian, the decision was taken after meetings between club executives and the families of those who died in the disaster.
Here’s how many on social media reacted to the news.
BREAKING: Liverpool football club have banned The Sun over the paper's notorious coverage of Hillsborough under the headline The Truth. #lfc
— David Conn (@david_conn) February 10, 2017
For any Sun journalists looking to cover Liverpool v Spurs tomorrow, you can catch it on BT Sport at 5.30pm 👍
— The Sun Apologies (@SunApology) February 10, 2017
I genuinely thought Liverpool had banned The Sun before today.
— Marc (@MarcJWallace) February 10, 2017
Wow. Liverpool FC issue a blanket ban on The Sun from covering any of their games or press conferences. Huge move.
— Daniel Blackham (@DanBlackham_) February 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/angry_scot/status/830070047183876098
It's not surprising Liverpool have banned The Sun from covering games at Anfield. It's surprising it didn't happen 28 years ago.
— Artur Petrosyan (@arturpetrosyan) February 10, 2017
Liverpool ban the sun newspaper 😂
— Will (@Will_STFC) February 10, 2017
why now? seems strange timing
— Martyn Ziegler (@martynziegler) February 10, 2017
I'm a united fan and I stopped buying the sun immediately I can't believe it's taken Liverpool that long
— M35 Red (@damonrourke) February 10, 2017
I'd assumed they had done this years ago, soon after the article was published. But fully supportive of this move 👍
— Akhlaq Hanif (@Akhlaq1386) February 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/iainsud/status/830064895978795012
https://twitter.com/ashcech/status/830071157894344705
