Title

Football correspondent on being at the Hillsborough disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

16 Apr 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:11:00

Description

LBC’s football correspondent Andrew Gidley talks to Douglas Cameron and Peter Deeley on the AM programme about being at the Hillsborough stadium as the disaster unfolded on 15/04/89; what happened; whether alcohol and hooliganism had a part to play; police action; and if fences round pitches should b e removed.

Contributors

Douglas Cameron; Peter Deeley; Andrew Gidley

Keywords

Police; Association football; Hooliganism; Policing practice; Safety; Sheffield; Football stadiums; Liverpool Football Club; Disasters (events); Nottingham Forest Football Club; Hillsborough Stadium disaster (1989); AM (radio prgramme)

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