Title

Hillsborough steward interview

Genre

Interview

TX Date

3 May 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:58

Description

Interview taken from ITN (must be credited to them) with the steward that police ordered to open the gate that allowed the rush of fans in that caused the crush in the Hillsborough stadium disaster (15/04/89). He describes what happened, says there were problems the year before and he is surprised no one from the clubs or police has contacted him. Male‌ interviewer not identified.

Contributors

ITN

Keywords

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

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