>> They should have. But the crush itself was caused by fans at the back trying
>> to push their way forward.
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>> I've been in that situation a few times myself, where people feeling the pressure of
>> bodies building up were shouting "For eff sake, stop pushing at the back".
It's a cumulative thing surely. I don't think individuals in a crowd can be blamed. Crowds need management when tens of thousands are trying to get to the same place at the same time.
Blame the police, the club and the FA - the writing has been on the wall since at least 1981
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/the-dreadful-day-when-leeds-united-fans-escaped-their-own-hillsborough-disaster-1-7880063
The article makes no mention of at least two other matches between 1981 and the fateful one in 1989 where crushing was a problem.
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