Hillsbrough Flashcards
Where?
Sheffield, Hillsbrough stadium
Why are people there?
To see the semi final (football) between Liverpool and Nottingham forest
What happened?
There was a crush in pens 3+4
How many people died?
96
When?
15th April 1989
Who did the newspapers blame it on?
Liverpool fans
What did the newspaper say the fans did after the crush?
Kicked police giving mouth to mouth
Urinating on and pickpocketing dead body’s
Who sent the ambulance and fire services away?
Duckenfeild
Who was running the police at the stadium that day and why shouldn’t he have been doing it?
Duckenfeild and because he had minimal knowledge of football and Hillsbrough stadium
How many of the police briefings mentioned crowd safety?
1
What didn’t any of the emergency services do that they should have?
Activate the major incident procedure
What did the senior police do to the police statements?
They ‘amended’ them so they didn’t blame the police by taking out words like chaotic.