LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Hillsborough disaster - MP defends allegations of fans’ misconduct

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:20

Description

Interview with unidentified male speaker (poss. Irvine Patnick, Conservative Sheffield MP) about Liverpool fans’ alleged misconduct during the Hillsborough Stadium disaster. He talks about how he was told that police were being urinated on whilst administering first aid, that fans spat at and abused police, that fans were stealing from the bodies of the dead and injured, and how drunken fans held up the emergency services. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Irvine Patnick

Keywords

Sport; Emergency services; Crime; Police; Conservative Party; Association football; Hooliganism; Members of Parliament; Football stadiums; Liverpool Football Club; Disasters (events); Robbery; Behaviour; Hillsborough Stadium disaster (1989)

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