Hillsborough Trial Collapses

[butlers 260]

It's in the Hillsborough Report the Lepp.was under it's stated capacity at the time of the disaster.

The lack of crowd management by the police within and outside the ground was the  cause of criminally inept policing

[Jim Hardie 527]

10 hours ago, spilldig said:

It should have been obvious from the start that the ground was no where near big enough and therefore should never have been held there.

It’s best to keep quiet when you know nothing about the subject. Semi-finals have been all ticket for about 100 years.

[butlers 260]

At the time I think Hillsborough was the 2nd biggest club ground in England

[Padders 2,863]

Just now, butlers said:

At the time I think Hillsborough was the 2nd biggest club ground in England

If I remember correctly Hillsboro was always chosen as a neutral ground for Semis.

Out of curiosity, anybody know how many Semi Finals were held there.

[butlers 260]

Villa hd the most at 55.

Hillsborough was next with 34..

 

I have it in mind also held a league cup final reply too

I went to two semi finals at Hillsborough.

Capacity then was 50,174 in 1981.

Had more seats than any other english ground 

Edited May 28, 2021 by butlers

[Padders 2,863]

4 minutes ago, butlers said:

Villa hd the most at 55.

Hillsborough was next with 34..

 

I have it in mind also held a league cup fin reply too

I went to two semi finals at Hillsborough.

Capacity then was 50,174 in 1981.

Had more seats than any other english ground 

Thanks for that Mr. Butler.

34 trouble free Semi's then.

[HeHasRisen 3,394]

Just now, Padders said:

Thanks for that Mr. Butler.

34 trouble free Semi's then.

Well, lets not go nuts.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/fa-ignored-warning-crushing-1988-semi-final-8135609.html

[Padders 2,863]

4 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said:

Well, lets not go nuts.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/fa-ignored-warning-crushing-1988-semi-final-8135609.html

I never knew that HHR.. thanks.

[butlers 260]

Thing was crushing was almost part of the culture then.

In retrospect I had been in very risky spots at Oxford ( of all places) Barnsley,Burnley and Rotherham.

The Barnsleys one was the only one where panic was not far away .

Once the crush eased you immediately put it out of your mind

[spilldig 188]

13 hours ago, Jim Hardie said:

It’s best to keep quiet when you know nothing about the subject. Semi-finals have been all ticket for about 100 years.

Who knows anything about the subject. I have never seen so many armchair experts, but did a lot of fans arrive with no tickets or has another expert lied to me?

23 hours ago, butlers said:

How on earth do you come to that solution.

You do realize it was under the capacity when the diaster happened?

 

Err, because people got crushed.

[butlers 260]

19 hours ago, bassett one said:

i think you will find,the end where it happened was way over the limit,but why did it go ahead with no stadium safety certificate.?

Untrue.

The Leppings Lane end was several hundred below it's capacity.

It's in the Hillsborough Report

It's only been able to be reported today and after the second inquiry that the missing log books for the event had been found in the basement at ...Snig Hill police HQ.

 

[Jim Hardie 527]

2 hours ago, spilldig said:

Who knows anything about the subject. I have never seen so many armchair experts, but did a lot of fans arrive with no tickets or has another expert lied to me?

 

You should choose your experts more carefully.

Five Hillsborough myths dispelled by inquests jury http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-35473732