Quote: isaac1 "I agree, thats the point i made in my earlier, longer post! Its important that Hillsborough and the actions of people on that day are not viewed in isolation. It was "of its time". That isnt to say the police were right, because they werent, but for people who werent around, or werent around in football grounds in the 80s, its important to make this very clear!'"
And to be fair most of the well behaved fans were prepared to accept a degree of heavy handed policing as a necessary price to pay to keep the nutters under control.
I can recall a couple of occasions when I was quite relieved to see a charging police horse or indiscriminately wielded truncheons, arriving just as I was about to receive a kicking or an introduction to someone's friend "Stanley".