Quote: Starbug "Any fan of any large club that played a high profile match in the 80 s is fully aware of what used to happen, a large number of Liverpool fans turned up without tickets, the options to them were either steal a ticket from a fellow fan, bribe a turnstyle operator or steward, or finally ' force ' entry
It is those fans that caused the Hillsborough disaster , what happened afterwards was completely wrong, but it wasnt the cause , I also await the day when 1 single fan stands up and says " I was there that day without a ticket, I am partly to blame, I am sorry'"
Cant say I remember many if any occassions of ticketless fans forcing entry en masse in the 80's. Trying to gain entry without a ticket ("jibbing"icon_wink.gif certainly went on, it still does. But it always seemed to be one of those activities that was more effective when carried out individually in amongst fans with tickets. Doing it in large numbers and drawing attention to yourself wouldnt have been a good idea.