Not to say whether he was blameworthy or not, but Duckenfield was given that job only 19 days before the match. Consider that in the light of the earlier history of previous near-disasters at Hillsborough -
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/the-dreadful-day-when-leeds-united-fans-escaped-their-own-hillsborough-disaster-1-7880063
That article doesn't even mention of at least two further matches between 1981 and the fateful one in 1989 where crushing was a problem.
Given the history, a lot of people must share the blame it seems to me.
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