Index:Hillsborough Taylor Interim Report Cm765.pdf

Title	The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Interim Report
Author	The Rt Hon Lord Justice Taylor
Year	1989
Publisher	Home Office
Location	London, UK
Source	pdf
Progress	Proofread—All pages of the work proper are proofread, but not all are validated
Transclusion	Fully transcluded

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CONTENTS

	Paragraph	Page
INTRODUCTION		1
PART I - WHAT HAPPENED AT HILLSBOROUGH?
CHAPTER 1 - THE GROUND AND PRE MATCH ARRANGMETS		4
⁠Fixing The Venue	21
⁠The Ground	22
⁠The Turnstiles	29
⁠Travel to the Ground	33
⁠Allocation of Places and Tickets	35
⁠Access from Leppings Lane	37
⁠Inside the Leppings Lane Turnstiles	40
⁠Policing Arrangements	47
⁠Sheffield Wednesday's Arrangements	48
⁠Police Communications	49
CHAPTER 2-15 APRIL: THE BUILD UP TO 2.30 pm		9
⁠Early Arrivals	54
⁠Public Houses	55
⁠The Gathering Crowd	57
CHAPTER 3 - THE CRISIS AT THE TURNSTILES		11
⁠"Open the Gates"	66
CHAPTER 4-THE DISASTER		13
CHAPTER 5-THE AFTERMATH		15
⁠Rescue Attempts	81
⁠First Aid	87
⁠In the Control Room	91
⁠No Information	97
⁠Misinformation	98
⁠Public Announcements	100
⁠Fire Brigade	101
⁠South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (SYMAS)	105
⁠Gymnasium	107
⁠The Dead and the Injured	108
CHAPTER 6 - SPECIFIC INCIDENTS		19
PART II - WHY DID IT HAPPEN?
CHAPTER 7 - THE LAYOUT AT THE LEPPINGS LANE END		21
⁠The History	119
⁠The 1981 Semi-final	123
⁠Three Pens	125
⁠The 1985 Changes	127
⁠New Radial Fences	128
⁠Barriers	129
⁠The Turnstiles and Concourse	130
⁠Barrier 144	133
⁠Effects of the Layout	134
CHAPTER 8 - LACK OF FIXED CAPACITIES FOR THE PENS		24
⁠Departures from the Green Guide	139
⁠Safety Certificate	143
⁠Why was the Safety Certificate not Amended?	147
⁠The City Council	150
⁠Summary	159
CHAPTER 9 - LACK OF EFFECTIVE MONITORING OF THE TERRACES		28
⁠Who should Monitor the Terraces?	161
⁠The Interim Popplewell Report	163
⁠The Final Popplewell Report	164
⁠Arrangements at Hillsborough	166
⁠Case for the South Yorkshire Police	168
⁠Harris -v- Sheffield United Football Club Limited	169
⁠Police Practice at the Leppings Lane End	170
⁠"Find Their Own Level"	171
⁠When is an Area "Full"?	175
⁠Fear of Hooliganism	182
⁠Summary	183
CHAPTER 10 - THE BUILD-UP AT THE TURNSTILES		33
⁠The Physical Layout	186
⁠The Number of Turnstiles	187
⁠The "Late" Arrival of Liverpool Fans	191
⁠Traffic Delays	193
⁠Fine Weather and Drinking	194
⁠Was Drunkenness a Major Factor in the Crisis at the Turnstiles?	196
⁠Reduced Efficiency of the Turnstiles	198
⁠Were Fans Without Tickets a Major Factor in the Build-Up?	200
⁠The "Conspiracy" Theory	203
⁠Liverpool Supporters at Away Matches	205
⁠No Conspiracy	208
⁠The Police Operation at Leppings Lane	209
⁠Previous Experience	213
⁠Policing in 1988	214
⁠Police Intelligence in Advance	216
⁠Police Intelligence on the Day	221
⁠Mr Marshall and Mr Greenwood	222
⁠Control Lost	223
⁠Postponement of Kick-off	226
⁠Summary	228
CHAPTER 11 - THE BLUNDER ON OPENING THE GATES		40
CHAPTER 12 - THE BARRIERS IN PEN 3		41
⁠Barrier 144	233
⁠When did Barrier 124a Fail?	236
⁠Dr Eastwood's Testing of the Barriers	237
⁠Corrosion	240
⁠Causation	243
CHAPTER 13 - THE CRUSHING NOT RECOGNISED		43
⁠Observation from Control Room	244
⁠Officers on the Track	245
CHAPTER 14 - THE RESPONSE OF THE POLICE		44
⁠The Officers in Command	250
⁠Police on the Pitch	253
⁠Fans on the Pitch	255
⁠False Reports	257
CHAPTER 15 - THE PERIMETER GATES WERE TOO SMALL		45
PART III - CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 16 - BRIEF SUMMARY OF CAUSES		47
CHAPTER 17 - THE FA'S CHOICE OF GROUND		48
CHAPTER 18 - POLICE		49
⁠Choice of Ends by the Police	272
⁠Police Planning	273
⁠Policing on the Day	277
⁠The Police Case at the Inquiry	285
CHAPTER 19 - THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE SAFETY CERTIFICATE		51
CHAPTER 20 - THE CLUB AND DR EASTWOOD		52
CHAPTER 21 - FIRST AID AND EMERGENCY SERVICES		53
⁠No Fault by the Emergency Services	296
CHAPTER 22 - COMMUNICATIONS		54
PART IV - INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS
CHAPTER 23 - INTRODUCTION		55
⁠Limited Objectives	304
⁠Perimeter Fences	306
⁠Reduced Numbers	313
⁠Safety Certificate	314
CHAPTER 24 - THE RECOMMENDATIONS		57
⁠Maximum Capacities for Terraces	1
⁠Filling and Monitoring Terraces	4
⁠Fences and Gates	6
⁠Crush Barriers	11
⁠Safety Certificates	13
⁠Duties of each Football Club	18
⁠Police Planning	26
⁠Communications	31
⁠Co-ordination of Emergency Services	35
⁠First Aid, Medical Facilities and Ambulances	39
APPENDICES 1. Plan of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, Hillsborough Ground 2. Leppings Lane: the perimeter gates and turnstiles 3. The west stand and terraces 4. Arrangement of barriers at west terrace 5. The west terraces at 2.59 pm 6. Specific incidents ⁠Mr Hicks' Evidence ⁠The Goalkeeper and Gate 4 ⁠Oxygen ⁠Calling the Fire Service ⁠Mr Kenny Dalglish 7.List of parties and their representation 8.List of those giving oral evidence to the Inquiry in order of appearance