Let me get this straight
How are the police to blame for 3,000 football fans trying to squeeze into a pen designed for 2,000?
There were 3 tunnels; right, centre and left. The choice to go into the centre tunnel AND PUSH FORWARDS TO GET A VIEW was made by the fans.
Somone who got to the ground AT 2PM saw that the centre pen looked full AND HE TURNED LEFT INSTEAD (User Posted Link
So there was a choice; the police did not force fans into the central tunnel, and those who tried to enter the already-full section contributed to the crush on those at the front.
Let's not kid ourselves; SYP were poorly prepeared and reacted badly to an event that was, to them, just another outbreak of hooliganism, but the fans who arrived late and surged down that central tunnel were the cause of the deaths.
Posted By: east of hampstead on April 14th 2009 at 23:40:03
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- All this "20 years since Hillsborough" obsession by the BBC, ITV, newspapers etc. (Other Football) - South stand corner, Apr 14, 22:05:57
- Jesus (Other Football) - The Judge, Apr 14, 23:39:46
- Totally agree Judgey (Other Football) - duke of york, Apr 15, 00:31:20
- Perhaps the people who made the silly remarks would like to read some of these (Other Football) - Klobo04, Apr 15, 03:28:24
- Totally agree Judgey (Other Football) - duke of york, Apr 15, 00:31:20
- Hey, read up properly about the disaster before you start making throw-away comments (Other Football) - Wayne Biggins, Apr 14, 22:52:38
- Let me get this straight (Other Football) - east of hampstead, Apr 14, 23:40:03
- WW II (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Apr 14, 23:27:14
- and anyway, there's more important matters like a few emails (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Apr 14, 22:36:07
- Phil Neals did (Other Football) - Small, Apr 14, 22:10:22
- here here - with you on that one (Other Football) - green n yella beaver, Apr 14, 22:08:32
- i feel sorry for anyone who goes to a match and does't make it home (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Apr 14, 22:08:28
- Hey, read up properly about the disaster before you start making throw-away comments (Other Football) - Wayne Biggins, Apr 14, 22:50:17
- tomorrow should be fun on here (n/m) (Other Football) - Dave in France, Apr 14, 23:11:05
- mebbe (Other Football) - Tombs, Apr 14, 22:14:06
- Remember the minutes silence around the country for Ken Bigley?? (n/m) (Other Football) - South_West_Canary, Apr 14, 22:15:11
- Wasn't it Boris Johnson who called them "Mawkish". (Other Football) - South stand corner, Apr 14, 22:22:42
- good spot. (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Apr 14, 22:25:15
- madness. Britain loves a good excuse to collectively blub over no marks like jade goody (Other Football) - Tombs, Apr 14, 22:20:24
- The original Double Glazing Salesman. (Other Football) - South stand corner, Apr 14, 22:26:43
- Wasn't it Boris Johnson who called them "Mawkish". (Other Football) - South stand corner, Apr 14, 22:22:42
- Remember the minutes silence around the country for Ken Bigley?? (n/m) (Other Football) - South_West_Canary, Apr 14, 22:15:11
- Very true - police, FA & some of the Liverpool fans to blame (Other Football) - South_West_Canary, Apr 14, 22:12:59
- stop that you'll go to hell - how dare you blame them (n/m) (Other Football) - green n yella beaver, Apr 14, 22:09:53
- Hey, read up properly about the disaster before you start making throw-away comments (Other Football) - Wayne Biggins, Apr 14, 22:50:17
- Jesus (Other Football) - The Judge, Apr 14, 23:39:46
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