Entries are now open for Run For The 97 2027, with organisers confirming the community event will return to Stanley Park on Saturday 29 May 2027.
The date has been announced following the release of the Premier League fixtures and falls the day before the final matches of the 2026/27 football season.
Run For The 97 honours the 97 Liverpool Football Club supporters who lost their lives as a result of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, while also remembering their families, survivors and those who have campaigned tirelessly for justice.
The event features a 5K fun run and 1 Mile distance, both centred around Stanley Park, appropriately located between Liverpool FC’s Anfield Stadium and Everton FC’s Goodison Park, which is now home to Everton Women.
Online entries for the 2027 event are now open here.
First staged in 2015, Run For The 97 was created as a positive and inclusive way to celebrate the lives of The 97 and create a lasting community legacy in their memory.
More than 1,650 adults and children took part in the 12th staging of the event in May 2026, with runners travelling from Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland to join participants from across Liverpool and beyond.
Hillsborough family members and justice campaigners Margaret Aspinall, Steve Kelly and Sue Roberts have supported the event since it began and were among those attending this year’s run.
Other guests included former Liverpool FC players Jamie Carragher, Chris Kirkland and Sammy Lee, LFC Foundation CEO Matt Parish, Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram and Liverpool West Derby MP and Fans Supporting Foodbanks co-founder Ian Byrne.
Run For The 97’s official charity partners are Jamie Carragher’s 23 Foundation, LFC Foundation and Stanley Park junior parkrun, along with its sister junior parkruns at The Mystery Park in Wavertree, Derby Park in Bootle and Norris Green.
Money raised is split equally between the charity partners to support community outreach programmes across the region.
The accessible 5K route takes participants through Stanley Park before heading along Walton Lane, Priory Road and Arkles Lane. Runners then return to the park, passing the Eternal Flame on 97 Avenue at Anfield Stadium before reaching the finish line.
Those unable to attend in person can also enter virtually and complete their run anywhere in the world. Virtual entrants receive their run number, T-shirt and medal ahead of event day.
This year’s virtual participants took part as far afield as Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States.
Run For The 97 is organised by BTR Liverpool, which delivers a programme of running events across the Liverpool City Region including the Liverpool Half Marathon, Liverpool Santa Dash, Mersey Tunnel 10K, Port Sunlight Road Race, Women’s 10K and 5K Liverpool and Wirral 10K.
Alan Rothwell, BTR Liverpool Founder, commented:
“Run For The 97 is the most poignant event in the BTR portfolio. It brings together young and old, red and blue, to honour The 97, their families, and the survivors. We must always remember, and educating the next generation through sport is a fitting way to do this.
“The event is accessible to all, the route is wheelchair friendly and follows the main pathways through Stanley Park. Everyone is welcome as we walk, jog, and run to remember The 97.”
The event has taken place every year since 2015, continuing virtually during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
BTR Liverpool and its portfolio of events were acquired by Run For All in 2025. Run For All is wholly owned by the Jane Tomlinson Appeal and continues to support her legacy through mass-participation events.
The next event in the BTR Liverpool calendar is the Women’s 10K and 5K Liverpool, taking place in Sefton Park on Sunday 6 September 2026.
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