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It was unpleasantly crowded in the City ground on the wet day that the two Albion trains did not arrive. We could not see how any more fans could be crammed in the away section on that day. The separate pens were safety inclusions ??? The safety recommendations are not always sound in those days.

Tangent: It was unbelievable at the time how safe Highbury was for the 1983 semi-final. I was at the side bit not behind the goal though. I arrived over an hour before the start though, anticipating problems. Not so White Hart Lane in the late seventies (ticketless), but the Police seemed to...

Yep, TRUE. But they were relevant to the Taylor Report. The Taylor Report realised the problems of ticketless fans which is why when capacity crowds are expected (all Albion games) all ticket is the recommendation. It is The Sun that are to blame for making up the story. By 1989, all fans...

Lots of questions: Hillsborough disaster: questions the victims' families want answered | Football | guardian.co.uk However, it would be the Council that issued safety certificates. It is arguable that back then they would be worth the paper they were printed on (arguable)? I have been...

This is ironic. In most games at this time there would be thousands of ticketless fans but NOT this one. It was semi-final and fans needed tickets to get in. The Sun made the story up! The Police knew the fans had tickets and opened a gate to let them into the ground to avoid a horrendous...

It was not really the Taylor Report that brought the end to standing. It might have hurried it along but the Taylor Report identified the trend and did not object to standing areas as intrinsically unsafe (although very large terraced areas are). Neither are most of the fans objecting to...

I don't agree with this. It was a disaster waiting to happen, not necessarily at Hillsborough. It was the design of entrances in most cases when people are channelled into a narrow space. Not only football, any large event. I have been in crushes at Aldershot and the Old Den and it was nothing...