grandad wrote:
MR T wrote:
and as for not having a ticket...... people go there hoping to buy one, that's their choice.
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The report states that fans were turned away at the turnstiles. Now to me that does not seem that they were trying to buy a ticket from a tout or anyone else. They were trying to get into an already overcrouded ground. For your information, I am a Forest fan who wasn't there that day. Do you know why I wasn't there? It was because I couldn't get a ticket so I did the right thing and stayed at home.
As I have said before, I am not a football supporter,..... I was surprised when you said you couldn't get a ticket... because I have always been under the impression that your team's allotment of tickets was never sold out, thus leaving thousands of seats.... I could well be wrong....
24 of the dead were killed in the crush before the tunnel and in the tunnel..... they all had tickets and were not drunk... I find that surprising.... considering the supposed amount of ticketless fans around them....
ps.. I am genuinely glad you weren't there... it's not something I would like to remember.
The restricted approach to the Leppings Lane end and the comparatively low
number of turnstiles resulted in inevitable congestion and delays in entering the
stadium at capacity matches. The HSE noted that the number of fans that had to
pass through each of the Leppings Lane turnstiles was between 2.9 and 3.5 times
higher than at turnstiles serving other parts of the stadium. The calculated rate of
admission shows that the crowd could not have completed entering the ground
until approximately 40 minutes after the kick-off.