Liverpool FC legend Kenny Dalglish said fans of the club have been "totally and utterly vindicated" by the Hillsborough inquest verdicts - and should be unbelievably proud of their efforts to uncover the truth.
Dalglish attended numerous funerals of Hillsborough victims after the disaster, including four in a single day.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, the 65-year-old said of the bereaved families: "Everything they've fought for over the past 27 years has come out - and they have won every argument.
"The truth that they knew 27 years ago has just come to pass now - and it's taken them 27 years of their life to fight for the person who went to watch a football match and lost their life.
"You cannot surmise or even begin to guess what those families have been through.
"They have been through some very, very bad days - times when things looked bleak - and they stayed totally true to their loved ones and fought the fight."
Dalglish, Liverpool's manager on April 15 1989, added: "The only thing we saw the supporters do on the day was to try and help.
"People tried their very, very best that they could - to help people survive."
Answering questions put to him by his daughter, BBC Radio 5 Live reporter Kelly Cates, Dalglish said: "For me, the families were always the most important thing.
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"For me, I wouldn't change anything that I did - and I just wish I could have done more
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