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Originally Posted by King-Osgood-NZ
New stadiums we wouldn't have seen if it were not for Hillsborough and the Taylor report.
But i agree that Hillsborough was just waiting to happen, anyone else who has been caught in a frozen mob being forced into the same turnstile by old bill will agree with me on that one. Also if you have ever been stuck up against a crush barrier, it feels really life threatening when you cant move away and your getting crushed up against it, taking away a lot of your breath to say the least. Terracing had it's problems yes, but it was not at fault for the disaster, and with modern safety improvements it can be just as safe as seating. Germany is a great example of this.
The taylor report was screaming for change, but not saying that terracing was to blame or was unsafe.
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yehh i know well one of the major causes were the hooligan fences, no one could get over the crowd and onto the football field.
This was also at the height of football hooliganism so they had good cause to do so, but the irony was that the thing that kept the players safe ended up killing the spectators.
And i do agree that some of the new stadiums in the world might have been completely different hadn't the Taylor Report been the same.
But forever in the minds of the liverpudlians are those 96 people.