Dr Eastwood, the Officer Working Party and the local authority can be criticised for failing strictly to conform to the Guide, the real failure was common to all those who have been responsible for considering safety on the terraces. The anxiety to protect the sanctity of the pitch has caused insufficient attention to be paid to the risk of a crush due to overcrowding. Certain it was, that once the crush occurred on 15 April gates 3 and 4 were wholly inadequate for rescue purposes.
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