RUN FOR THE 97 2025 OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED | OneFootball

The countdown is on to the legacy fun run on Saturday, 24 May 2025, a unique and special event attended by guests including Margaret Aspinall, Jamie Carragher, Chris Kirkland, and Steve Rotheram

Charity partners for this year’s event are Jamie Carragher’s 23 Foundation, LFC Foundation, and a trio of Liverpool junior parkruns, Stanley Park junior parkrun and its two sister parkruns at The Mystery Park in Wavertree and Derby Park in Bootle.

Last year’s event attracted 1,500 participants and organisers BTR Liverpool anticipate this year’s number will surpass that figure with just under three weeks to go.

Run For The 97 is organised and delivered by BTR Liverpool, the leading independent organisation for creating, managing, and delivering headline running events across the Liverpool City Region, you can register you to take part here, whether it be in person or virtually in what is certain to be a special weekend.

Jamie Carragher commented: “It’s so fitting that we have Run For The 97 to always remember, and we always will do. It’s a really good way to encourage everyone to get out and be active for a very good cause.

“Being in Stanley Park is very special, right in the heart of our football community between our two great football clubs. And even more so this year – this will be the final time we have Run For The 97 between Anfield and Goodison, with it being Everton’s last season at Goodison Park.”

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The 5K accessible route takes runners through Stanley Park, along Walton Lane, Priory Road, Arkles Lane, back into the park before passing the Eternal Flame on 97 Avenue at Anfield Stadium, before heading to the finish line in the middle of the park.

Run For The 97 was first staged in 2015 as a positive and inclusive event to celebrate and honour the lives of the 97 Liverpool Football Club fans who died at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989. This year’s anniversary marked the 36th anniversary of the disaster.

The event also remembers the families of the 97 and the survivors, who have since tirelessly fought for justice with the utmost dignity. They continue to campaign for a Hillsborough Law.

Hillsborough family members and justice campaigners Margaret Aspinall, Steve Kelly, and Sue Roberts have all been involved since the event began.

For full details about the event visit www.btrliverpool.com or you can donate at JustGiving.