CONTENTS
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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 |