Quote: isaac1 "sadly the nature of football grounds and football crowds in the 70-80s brings many tales of similar instances where this type of disaster was waiting to happen!
at least two were noted between 1981 and 1988 at hillsborough. its just that SWFC, the FA, SYP and SCC decided to ingore it! fans were routinely treated like cattle in those days.'"
I have seen the video numerous times. As a SWFC fan of 30+ years who used to stand on the Leppings Lane every other week, including during that period, I am well acquainted with the location. I have been in crowds of that intensity, not just at football, many, many times. It has frequently been very uncomfortable, but I have never feared for my life, & the situations were not too different from the videos I have seen. I am not denying there was crowding & (relative) crushing, I am asking for evidence for the possible loss of life suggested & why that is different to, say, the scrum after the GF at Trafford tram stop, where I have seen far more drunkeness than I witnessed on the video.