ROLF

Correct! Supporters who had been shepherded in to ONE section of the Leppings Lane End by the police were determined to be in place before kick-off! And your point is?

The Health & Safety Executive determined that it was highly unlikely that there were too many supporters in the away end.

The Taylor Report lays the blame squarely at the door of South Yorkshire Police.

There is absolutely no evidence of large numbers of drunken or ticketless supporters.

?The immediate cause of the gross overcrowding and hence the disaster was the failure, when gate C was opened, to cut off access to the central pens which were already overfull,? ? The Interim Taylor Report, paragraph 265.
?Planning apart, however, it should have been clear in the control room where there was a view of the pens and of the crowd at the turnstiles that the tunnel had to be closed. If orders had been given to that effect when gate C was opened, the fans could have been directed to the empty areas of the wings and this disaster could still have been avoided. Failure to give that order was a blunder of the first magnitude,? ? The Interim Taylor Report, paragraph 231.

Posted By: norway on March 15th 2012 at 17:18:00

Message Thread

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.

Log in