The design of that terrace was the biggest problem. It was divided into pens by lateral fencing, yet there was no mechanism to count how many fans had gone into each pen once they had all gone through the outer turnstiles. The tunnel leading onto the terrace led straight to the central pen behind the goal, which was already overcrowded when the police took the decision to open the outer gates. Because of the lateral fencing the fans couldn't spread out to give a more even distribution of fans throughout the terrace. So when the disaster happened, the pens at the ends were underfilled, but the fans couldn't spread out to reach the available space. (And nor could they move onto the pitch to escape the crushing, because of the fences in front). So it's not true to say that the disaster was caused by thousands of ticketless fans turning up, as the terrace as a whole wasn't that far over capacity. Tim W.
--- On Fri, 21/10/11, Wayne <[email protected]> wrote: From: Wayne <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LU] Hillsborough To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Friday, 21 October, 2011, 8:47 A load of scousers turned up to an all ticket, sold out, game and tried to force there way in, causing mass crushing. Irrespective of if the police opened gates to alleviate the crush, the blame lies squarely with the cnuts that went there without tickets and tried to get in....IMHO regards Wayne [email protected] wrote: There's a petition I'd like you all to consider signing, it's been signed by over 20,000 people already. Petition to force the Sun newspaper to release its Hillsborough "The Truth" sources and documents: Full disclosure by the Sun Newspaper to the Hillsborough independent panel of all its records, including sources and documents relating to the 'The Truth' story published on 19/04/1989 You can find it at https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/19350 And The Guardian�s David Conn has written a piece on the subject that you might be interested in, it�s at http://tinyurl.com/62862up _____________________________________________ This message was sent using InSPire Net Webmail. http://www.inspire.net.nz _____________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
