Originally Posted by MR. Macavity:
“I'm surprised it didn't happen more often given the state of English football grounds in those days, like something out of the stone age.
I notice the FA have got away scot free as per usual, I still believe there were grounds available far more suitable for that match than Hillsborough and the ticket allocation seemed to me to be a factor too.
An 'accident' waiting to happen.”
I'd agree with that even though i'm not a football fan. I could never understand the mentality behind crowds packed on to terraces standing behind metal bars, yet peculiarly for some that was what they wanted.

Perhaps some footie fans from bygone days can explain the 'attraction' of that as i'm afraid i never could understand it.
Thankfully Hillsborough put an end to it yet only four years earlier 56 people had been killed at the Bradford City FC fire. An antiquated stand made primarily of wood with piles of litter underneath which had been left to gather over the years. That was a ticking time bomb.
I'm glad about the inquest result which imo was the right verdict.
Originally Posted by Elvisfan4eva:
“Me too. Yes, the police made mistakes but those fans weren't unlawfully killed in my opinion.”
What reasons were they
lawfully killed then?