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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