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S~name ~ DUCKENFIELD l~J ~ ~Forenames DAVID GODFREY

DOCUMENT

STAT"EMENT NUMBER $213

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Age Date o~ birthAddress -"~£_’CCL.ESFIELD’ POLICE: STATI;ON

THE COMMON, ECCLESF IELD, SHEFF IELD

Occupation POt. CSU

I Telephone

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Facial. ~lai r

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Dated " r"-~ % i ~] r’le d0 ::, J...,’89 \\"\ \ ~\

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A’t ’~i]am ( ~0[.,~..~, Wednesday 2"~ March .’~9’.-*%e (~20"L"%9~ i a’tte~e~i a%

t:1, i a n n i n g rr, e e t. i n g a t i--i a m iT, e r t o n R o a d P o i i c e S "[. a t i o n, c i"~a i r e d b y C it i e .~"

Superintendent° ~iOL.E "to uiscuss "the organisatio~’~ o.~" ~,i-’,e F.A Cui:, Semi

F~, ’tie bet, ween Liver~i and Nottingham ~F°rest Footbal! Clubs.

~ b’ioY]da~, ~7 March !989 (270389’), i was pro d Chief’ Super:i. nt, en~ie.,"l,

e i , D.v,=lo~ and fas...,um~,- , _.,~o,ns~u.~...it ..... +’ol u

~:ootbali match.

In the periou which .~’oilowed leading i]o t, he semi £inai t liaised with

Assistant Chiei" Cons’bab!e (Operations) Mr ,.i~CKSON ,"egartiing "fine

At (iOO0) Wedne .9 March "i989 (~:90o6~), ~. d a meeting with

Superintend RRAY, (]hie~ Inspec’tor BEA]_ anu Insgect;or S ’= .... in

my o~’gice to discuss the operaZional o, uer and our arrangements t’or

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the uay anti to ensure these~e progre~.ising s~actori].y.

~x~j At 2.30pm~(1430) on I0 April 198,9 (104089) I ha~a meet-ing ~’:~-th the

Sector Su’bu~P-p-rin~ij~dents, representatives .From "O’ Divisio~, Roac[

\Tra~{’ic and British Transpor% Police to ~s?uss our ar~ngemen~s.

t ~’" 20~ a r~ess~j At 2pro 00) Wednesday 12 April 1989 1 9), I held

con{’e~r nce a~ Hammer,on Road Police S1-.ati~[, and r ~".neu wit.h media

r e pr es~ntat i yes.

~At lOa~(~O00) Friday

\\ briefing in thex~ortln

14 April "1989 (140489), t held a ~,re match

Stand at !~he Hiilsborough Football Stadium .Form/ .....

| o ¥o~icer’s o~ Irnss uor and above. See Appendi;." A’,

The purpose o.F ....", . "t,,,is v#as !;o give a .Pull briefing to supervisory

o.?{icer’s and T~hen .Car t~hem 1..o have theoppor’L, uni~y to examine their

respe.,:tive ar’eas o{ l-esponsibiilt.y and .Fan,iliarise then’,’’:"~ ves

Or’i cornl::,].e’t:{.on o.? the brie’F:[T;g I si:::oke ~,vJ. th o+".,r.’icers .i.n ti]e g~ou~"d anu

t, oured "Che area,

I re--entered the ground about 1.15pm (’i315) and in due course made my

,way to t, he Pol.tce con’trol Bo;-’ abou’c "1o5L]!:,m (’I350) and liaised with

Sur..,erinl;endent MURRAY. IVllt~

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We left a short ti er to see

them of our’ emergency procedures.

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the 0 referee and linesmen 1o advise

They were on ’the pitoCll and even,ua~ly they left an~l we followed them

1o ’the official’s room.

i.~].~1o . . .c ControlOn leaving there about ~pn, (’1400~k~we returned e

wi~3 Ioo n.,o \ o h,o; oos,o o ,o ,oIn the Con1~rol Box ~ were the regular operators - POLPS GODDARD, PC

/~’- RYAN and PC BICHARD.

I had a geX~ral discussion with Mr JACKSON about the operation, which

~was progressing satisfactorily at finis stage. He ie~t a little while

later .~

Abou-~3Opm (4430)..,.. when examining the ground situation, i notedt, ha% %he Spion i-<oo was almost full wit!n the Notting!;am Forest fans,

x.and %ha% was the general vl. ew :i.~ respect of their oth.~ areas o-f %he

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XA nu.mOer o-~" L.:~.veri:,ooi su, pport, ers h~x~ oo%ained\ticke%s for the SF, ion

XKop a.nu were accomrnod.-Ited in ’bb, eNort;h East par% of %hi,=~ section o-f

the gro .rid, They were segregated from the Nottingham ,r:ores%

supporters by a ].:i. ne of’x@otice officers, ~--=-~-~--_ ~ "-\ \. T~,e ~o,"th st.÷,~ ~o~. Liv~,.~,-~,oi ~,~,~,F,o,’t..er:~ wa.-’.~ ~,o.~.~iy h~ii,i ~l~.~ ~t

~age ’to be relayed for fans t,,~ move .forward and SF:,read along the

’~ ~.i can recall aoou% ..3uperir~’teT".denl] i’{AR~HALL, asked for

jr ~e~:i::i,.~,,.~ L:-, ~.be ,~’i,.__2:~,e,~_~,",,’i ~a~, o", the cm-r,, ,’,,on.i.~:or th~ ,:ro,~,:i.~~ ilituat:[on and ~TE double decker i’.,us~pas.~:.ing.

/52/I " ,. r ~-F’.~ .~. ~ ,~,a s ..~,’~; ~. ~. a b t e ’L..’.:~ .F" io,,,T was .÷Iware of a crowd bu:L!d up ou ....

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~% 16 and ~ que:~tio~ed :i~, "V mind the ,~e~ ~o, ~’,e ~Iosure.

~,~, At.. %his time ÷’- ’ "e, b 1 } e ~ m u s t ria v e b e e n s o m e o. i -? f i c u t t y i n c i o s i T’~ g t i] e r o a d

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because i remember more than one request .f:or ’this to be done as

though the -First. had not be~u~ implemented.

I was aware ,Prom "the ~]C’TV monitor o-~’ the Increasin,~ number of

supporters in Leppings Ln and in those waiting to enter the ground.

Whilst examining the situation outside i visually made an assessment

Cro’~he Contro! Be;." o{" ’the way ir~which the ground was {iiiing andI~I1 l,~ .

asked Superintendent MURRAY -For his assessment o~ the situation,

bea~mind the crowd outside and the space inside at this time.,\

This was ab-~ut 2.30pro (-1430) and he said that wxNixth hai’P an hour to

kick of{ we should get ,them in on time,

w,i, th ,T,er e n ~cAbout this time I asi-::~d Su~ ..... :.i.nt MURRAY ~a~’-i.?y t,i~e

circumsZances under which we would consider de].ay~’ng ’the kick of{’.i

..... tWe iqad orev:i.o,,.,~.,.y agreed ~tiqat, i{’ there was an iden’tl.f’~=bie.,.,..~ i::,robierr~,

e.g. a serious incident, accident on Lhe motorway or" {og on the

Pennines wi’lich wou].d i:’,revent large nurnbers o+" ’fans arrivi.qg or: i.’,ime

we should consi, cier a ~.e~ay as epposeci to ’those who iqad l:,een brought

%o Liqe area w.~. b~,.~ n a reasonable time ~Ju~, ~.e,u c~u:)sen not ’to er;’L, er Lhe

g r 0 Lil"~d as

,o ’ t

avai lab].e,

actions oei[~g 3Jaken by o.P{icers there.

i e~’amined the sit~.ia,,ion aL the Le~Fings Ln En~ o.f ,.,~.e ground {’rein

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÷t3rn.s~iies.

2...(.~Opm (1440) ~he radio developed a ,~auit and %here were

obvious (:omrnunicatio’~n di~-Picuities.

A request, was m~ue a Communications Officer to al;tend and repair

l~the {au~ he arrived almost immedia!~eiy.

He restored communications and we were able to contact o,P~icers once

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. . I~ The crowd was continuing to increase at~the Leppin,~s Ln end¯ ,, .-l’i~h.n~ ~ ’ IM I10~ ~17~So~bvJ.-J~I~" "turnstiles, .a~n Superin’tendent MARSHALL asked~,~r POL PC 8UXTON !~o~

~’2~/,~m~- . + . ¯ ~ . , - ,,+’ , - , , ¯ +~. ~%_~ attend wlth"~he Land Rover whlc,, is e:luiFFeo ,~,ith~ ~ul:,ilc addr~ ......f rH ~ ~ --

in addition, at 2,44. pm ~,4.4-), I r’equested’a tra{.Pic ri’vol)il~., to ao’~is£~,.,l

~’I~ bLI, &,e ~.t.,h,e ~:,ressure upon t .....~ r~"~s’Li. "~,

~--~1~ ’~he ,t:i’owd had £;y no~, j.n~:,’eased cons:i, ciei"ably and .¢ar;s were be,:2inr.’ing

t..o c:iimb over’he wa:l.:Ls into the ground.

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~ ers, SuperJ.nteFdent MARE~HAL.L. ha~:i a.s~::eci .i:or a veh,. ....... ,~,~,~ a ~... .

\XP a (: .i..~. J. "6 y, !] a T~ T’~ o y m e {,4 s a g e s sv e +" e b e .i. r~ +.~i r e ], k~ y e (,I ~’o o e ,:~ s e i:) r e s s u. t" e, i"~ c u ~-., t e ~:i

~iceP’s were having di.t?¢’:i+cu].1~y and exl]ra teso+irce!+; had .z;eeY~ sen1". ’to

a s s J. S ~, .

i iooKed at t~he sJ.tu,z.itio+~ or} +the :..ei::,pings L.n terrace and sav.~ ’there

was too;r, ,Pot suppoP"~ers, and considereu oecause o~’ the deter:i, or,:~.t,:i.’n,:j

~,~’tuation whe’ther oP not, t;o d~]av ~he kic:k ~.).p.p I:.o ease ~b~

\~.~on~ x%w:+, "’ ,v"%~ righ’tdi’P’P:Lc:u.~.1:ies. I ioo~.::ed ’til,’ougin t;he ]:’’ %r,::)i 13o --do~ ":So IT+y~s~-K,~ ~ .e~--.j~.

and sa,~, a ha].+" circle c:,.l." ~,ress photographers on the pi’tch at the

[:,la~ers tunne!., obvious:;.y wai’ting .Pot !]he %eam,~aF:,l:,eai~, and :~i,,

’t, ha~ point, whilst co,~sideP"ir~g ~he posit, lot’s, ~ghe .Pirst %earn ran out

ronto the pitci2.~

I considered l~his option had been removed.

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-.,,.,I looked at the ~CTV carner~rain he service road at the

LeF, F.~z~gs Ln end showing Gate C, and a Mounted o@~’icer was in some

~di~icult’y as his h°rse ~ibeing J°st!e%Y the ~x~’,¯ ÷ , . $ , ¯ ¯ ÷ - ~ ¯ ÷ . ~: - ÷

It was about t~~me~ 14.%7pm ~.h~, {i~ message\came ove~ ~he

radio ~rom Superintendent%MARSHALL wi 7 a request to open "the gates.

I &gain looked at the CCTV monito g Gate C and my immediate

~~~i;i~°I~ reaction was not to do th.ts. We had ,~;uppor’ters outside the ground

who ma o1 have tickets, some may be drunk or worse ~or drink, they

were no~ Co-operating with the police nor responding to Our’/

~ " requ~/’ts. To open the gates and allow them into the ground would

de.Feat our oojective that no one would get, in w’.i. tinout a tic~::et,, who

~was drunk or may be carrving weapons,

~/:iiv~" ’"equ~st~The crow, an~:a~ioT:h was e’..’tr:mely: ,:i.iP.~icuit and this~was an unu.sualIs I was (orsider T’g the position, ssing the

i rid. iookir’g the .... ~ v .~ .... ¯ s.+i~, G&.~ :;

~’~-~,u~ ,7 " burs’[’, open ,.:,rid s u.__p,:,o tiers enter ’[’.he c:o,’,~:,:,ur ,, 1:he ,"ear o{ the

i.,.epi:,:i.~]gs L.n s~;and and ~,errace

~) ~. remember ’thinking, ~%he ...... ~.

,". -~_..~ ’ " ~:~::’~ on, bu~: at ;.;hat i::oi~",~, ~. a Mounted u~.~icer’.,- re’~’.rieve~i ’tiqe

situation and closed the gate

A .~er age came over the radio {r’,ilm E~,~iperi~’~tender’,t MARSHALL. to

!~,en ’the gates and he used wo.:"<ts to 1:ne e.£fe~:% %hat i{ the ga’i:,e:s were

not opened someone was going ’to be killed.

This was an urgeni, mess’age winich (::onveye~’.i ’to me by the tone o{’ his

¯÷ " ? n " ÷ ~ ~, h,.3 nvoice t, hat this was a serious 51utla~.io,,} 2.4 d was a cte~’i’~af"~d ra~,,~er

~3 request.

The previous ,~loughts crossed m:/ mired once ag~j,n about, ,~|~orli~or:[rlg aTId

control o,£ supt:,orters entering %i";e ground.

It was a serious step~ to "take. I ioo~,:ed at the CCTV moni%o~ ..... there

was crushing outside, supporters were ~:iimbing over the tu:nstite

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walls, o{~icers were under pressure.

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On the inside of the ground there was space in the terrace, there was

space on the inside o’F the turnstiles in concourse, and room to ease

the situation.

i~ the gates were opened there may be cruslqing and injury on the

inside but the mesaage I was receiving ~rom the outside was that

~]nless I opened the gates and eased the pressure people would be

~serX~4~usly injured or killed.

#~u~rint~ndent MARoHALL is a very experienced police o.r.ricer and

he wanted the gates opened, which is not normally a consideration,

then the situation must. be very serious indeed.

¯ Whilst. I am considering "6he position and considering the oi::,tions

SuperirYtender~t MURRAY said to me,

.~.LL.u, are you g~!)iT’.’g to open the gat, es?’~

! remember stanching 1:here and saying rny thoughts a].oud so that

. ~’ .~,ard it, WoLild reaiise it was a consideredol, iqers, i.¢. uhey "’~’- "

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dec:i.s:Lon° l said;

"i.~ ’bhei"e’s lithely t.o 2,e serious injury or deat, h l’ve no o~.,.t, ion but

, . ....... +"e g~,(:; (:)~::,er~ "the ga~,es o,r::~ ate,::. " w

c:: ....’ perint.e’~dent MURRAY passecl 1:his message°

&bout l,~’"~J.s time :-[ heard another radio message f’rom soneone who sa:i.d.

words ’~o ’the e{{ect,

.... g.-J.~es or nuu, t, his ga’te’s"It, does no~ matt.,er whet, her you open utqe , .....

going :i.n anyway"

Z was aov.i, sed t, his was ’A" Gat, e o

I too~:: th:i.s ’to meaner, r, ~Ccrowd l:,re:ssure on a part, icular gate was su. cr’}

that it was in danger o"¢ col].apsing and i:,ee~le being J. njured.f

My immediat~.~ reaction to that was T,~.,~, :i.~ a gate collapsed due t,e

ct.owd pressure those irnmedia’tely in ~’ront o{ ’the gate would {a].l and

no doubt oe injured, in addition, these -t:aliing may be tramF.,.l, ed upon°

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provide cover on the .1. and:i, ngs and p.,o’event a pitch znvasioT~ ?rofn non

ticket holde r’s.

pearli also asked ~or" ~,anpower ~or the ,eter’ track to monitor the

sition.

I watched the L.eppings Ln terrace intently {or any deve!opmeiYLs as a

... ~:.-’{’,-is gate ar’~d allow these

" ~ -’ ÷- ~-;~ .... t " -~ . ’~E- whoeop~.c ~n~ ..... !..,~:,~ ur the grou~~(i Chie.~ l~~si::,ect.or .~..

,~.. %/’,Wi~r~as in the Control Room :i.n c:~.v].].iar’, c].o.,i..ng r.

:a’.= s ~ s "~er a.qd d,°’aw a£t,er’~l]ion1. o wh..a t., was H; t~,~i°°e" " . n:i.T]g.

b., a s a T] i ~1 ~.: r E~. a s :[ T~ g T’I U m i:~ e r o f p e o p 1 e c o m i n g o "~ h e t r a c I.:: 4 r o rr,

Ga’tes 3 and 4. area. No, radio l.’.ra.?-~ic was being received and. .1: was

t e/+s’ti].:~: unable to ass,.,~~~..,~, the situa!’.ic, n b:.i-~ considered, t, here n’,a/ have

22__5 0 LIbbeen a , .i tcin invasion or t., a,. i:’eo-~.e were bei~~,:~ £ai.::en " ÷ +~or re-

:~ocatJ. oTl in the two wing pens.

I as~.~,~ ~or Super:i. ntenden% GRFENWOOD t,o go 1:,o LePl:,zngs i._r,, end an,.i

..~ind ou’t what was happening. I saw him coming 9tom the players"

tune, el, waiting along ’fine perimeter track towards the Police Control

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8oxand cident behind it" ppings L,,n eod g,~ax. An increasing

number of" people were now"~ng helped on ’to track through the

gates and some were c limbin,:j o’~er the perimeter fencing on ~co the

t ra[ k.

The supporters from this location were now spi!].ing on to the track

and were standing on the grass behind t~uch line. I was notIVIVl 0

aware o1" any radio messages but then saw Superintendent GREENWOOD

standing head and ~4Eoulders above the people at the back of the goal,

presumably~lianding o~n advertising hoarding and waving his arms.

He was wavin,.~ his arms and crossing them as he ~’iid s~lich

x,indicated to me he wari~ ~he game ’to be s~opped. I agreed the game

ixl t I I;1,shou!~ be >l:,F, ed ~?~d I tsenl, Super:~nt.eilderit MURRAY groin the Control

R o o m o n t o 1; h e t r a ..... t, o ’,4~t, o p D h e g a m e. I t a w S u r:’ e r i n t, e n d e n t,

C~.R,-!-~ ... ,~ , ............~:,:.ix4iz..JO[~ l"Ullllif~l~} OlluO ’Dhe :L~,ch to stop the game. SUl:,erin’Dende;1,~Ixl I I iz~ .

, ur~r-~AY t, hen re’t, ui"T",,ed ’1’-’~’~’~-~ I .

I saw o.~.£icers trying to indicatoe 1;o ~ - in the rear o-P ~he pens "to

rrnove bac~:’,. X,,

F’ " ~ we f:’ i ].¯ .eop~.e .re s ].j. rlg onto the i:,].tch ad were moviru:3 .Pur1;her across ar;d

. " .... ~ J.cto-wart-.i.s tfqe centre line. I was b,.ill unaware o’f’ ariy rau:l.o tr.a-P.°

and exac~].y whas L,~e problem was, but some peop].e were now sJ. tt,ng on

the pit:cr~=

Assj, s15al’lt Ch:i. ea Co,- ........ - ..... c, v, , s,,-..~uxe (Operatic, ns) M,r Jv~v.K,.,~04 jo~.riect rr;e J.r~

,. ~’ -,~�" ¯ T S1;he Conti-"o.]. 8o>,’ a~]da¢-il<ec)..Por an ar..,l3r’az’.’7,a]. o.P ti",,e si uta-..,~.l. Or.,. .~ wa

:~ +,, -t .t-,t-~D..e to give an a,c:curate accoun’C o.f~ what the situation was other

.1 c.~ ~"~ed n US =ouppJ. Ftg ~,i"lel,h,:-i,~n a possioie l;:.i];ch invasion wn...: .... 1" "/ "-2~.; ].-,.-:. i

-’;.7. a rrt e .

The,.Assistant C~ie{" Constable (Opera~ions1) went I;o t, he pit. ch and a

short whi!e ].al;e~t, urried.

Ull]4Superinter~dertt MURRAY was asked

get J.t cleared so that .Prom the

t,o r~u , theF~.u-"+ch and try and

\LControl~o;.( we could assess the

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were injured°

An ambulance was requested hut i was unaware o~ any radio message

asking {or tinis and was still relying on my visual assessment o.~ the

s i tuat i o n"

\ t h e~b~<o w’~~~dIt ~mJ~s. difficult to ass~s as was ~lowing onto the pitch in

increa rs, police o~icers were ]~resent, and there was a

movement o~ supporters towards the centre line.

I was concerned about tlne ~’..’rowd situation: a di’F~icu].t situation was

developing and we could~control "the pitch. It was necessary to

~or[r~ a cordon to r-on%in~le se~. ~"ega%ion and .~ir"6her ;assistance w,:.:.isr-

requested to he].p with %he increasing injur:kes I could see in ~er(:)nt

[i~ ~vas awa;"e o,.r a ~"equ, es%

Counseliing oer,ice and Vi~:’tims

wire cutters and {ol]owing on .Prom that

attendance Servi ce.

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i~I~I~ A~~Wh~-1~% ail this was ~aking ,:.~ace I as k ed POL F ~ BR{AN ~o

~ ~~ pi~cln so we couid deterrnlne w,’~;a~ people were injured a,~,J

1~O~r~ because the ~ans were milling around and obstructing the

Advertising hoardings~were by now being broken up ~or use as

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continue

1o clear the

whe r e

view.

stretchers and i~Lured people were being removed across the

t the exit by tfl police

Fans wer~ist, res.ed and e sin,.~le ambula,nce was in position

pitch

behind

the Leppin,~s Ln ~oa!. --

ire Service cleared a gangw r the Police Control Box in

{’ton% o+" utin Stand !;o remove casual,,ies ~’rorr, the gr.ound by a

more e;.pedient route.

WlllE ,Su~:,. erin’;~enden% "MU~.~.R~f’ "" *’ returned Lo the Police Control Box and t, olcl me

’that ther’e were many injur-ies anL1 possibly SOtT4~ .f’&l~ia].itieso

’ " "~ ]’ a ~ e r" [1 e q U e s t, e d t, o a t ’~ e n d t h e 8 o a r d R o o m �~ M r" J A C K S 0 N, t h e

ACC (Opera’t:i. ons) and le erinuend.ent MURRAY ....

reef, ors L.ounge a% ~ne

c!ubs and the F °A.

had beeF~ a ser’ious incident aI’~,zi a ].arge numi’:~er o}" casual~ies.

I was Doid oy one gentleman that, he had seen two .~au suppol"tei"s or~

t he pi t c h.

I related ’tiqe situation as i saw it. at that time, and that :i.n rny view

, ,. a~, T did no1] want thisthe game would have ’(,o be postpone~?~ but ~ ...... .,

COfl’dTitirli cating t.o She crowa o

]-he r’easons /’or this were that they may create an additional public

order i:,roblem - at this state I d,:Ld no’t lqave the manpower to dea.~.

with this - and it was essential that all the casua].~ies and dead

were refl’~(;)vetTi ~rom the area before any ,:.if’lFiOUllCelTlef’l~$ were i’l’iad~,

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~m!t was a,.~reed T~he ,~ame would be postpone~’t "tha~ no one

crowed wotild be ’to].d un’~il l gave permission. "Nblr JACKSON

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i n the

reirWorced

this, and we very quick~ !}’~o.\

I returned to the Police Co~-itrol Box’ with ACC (Operations) and

continued to moni, tor tlne situation. Tlne rescue was progressing, we

i~~ had fatalities and a temporary mortuary had been arranged in the

~’4(t was, ar~p2roached in the Police Control Bor by Mr CLOUGH and Mrt ’,- ~LGLEI~H. %1 I~ ~ ÷

~hey asked -?or an assessment o÷" t.he situatior~ and whether or no~ the

game was post, pone,:i. Z told them it, ~,as my intenliion t,o posl;i::one ’the

game but asked t, hem not ’ e].l any’c~ne and gay easons for -r-’~.

Mr CLOUGi4 le’¢% b~. " : asi<ed M~ ..... ’ ..... ~e~’[.~ ,. l~, t-~ ~- u L- L:. i O, t I:, 0 ~"I’~ .~. !< e

a f"i ,.~ n n o ti F~ C e m e n ’i~ T~ 0

.r, he L. iverpool .Paris .~’,’:)r calm and to bear" ~i%h us .For’ ’the >Dime being:

t ha %

hospital arid the l::,oir~t had arrived where t~he crowd could ~.,~. told o.P-x.

%he s:i.’tua%io~~, ~ "~

Z asked {or" an as.sura;’~::e ~Cha’t a’~l trains and were j~’¢ai.l, able ’~o

~,ranspor-+ * ~ supi:,ort, ers away 4tom %lqe 9rount], a:i.], available o,~’?:’.Lcers

the st, ree’ts and ~,,.~ ~,e were ready ,P’or the crowed~vere pat, rolling

s pe ¢ sal odi

TH�.~.T~E(~]. ~.t’[tBL~IE.I[’Ice ].e{~ the ground arid ..:~;] ,~ii]TtOLJi]ce.mei~.’l[, v./;is rf’~at~.e by

S.uper:~n’Cen e MURRAY I:o ghe ~:~,:~t~,d [:hat 1:,he match l-~ad beer~ posLp~.:)ned

a’nd ....,.~,ey were asked to ieave

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The crowd applauded ~,~e decisior~ and le?t withou% any major’ di??icu].ty,\

A.P~er ’tiqe ,:jround and the. surrounding area ha~ixc].eareXXd Clqie.~

\\ ,~,.no o \\Superir~tendent MOL.E arrive~J and ’Look over responsibility ?or the

\~.] round.

IPAGE$2 "3

I te.Pt the Police Control 8ox wiq~r JACKSON and walked across the~ ~I.~i

pitch to the Ponce Room. ~,We n,et with rector of

otb~ki i ~]kub, ~ ......~he.P.Pield Wednesday Fo a and passed .,.omHenu abou’t thex4

disaste~he was in tears but praised the police operation.

~ 1715.), together wi~k. the Assistant Chie{" CoW’stable (Operations) Mr

Deputy Chie-¢ Constab.,.e, Mr HAYES, and in due course the Chie.F

~Constable. "~ -’- ’ "

About 9pn’i (2’100) that evening I leer F~rce Headquarters .,~or Niagara

N~oo 3Police Sports Ground to meet the Minister -~or Sport who was due to

arrive by helicopter to meet w~~e Chie~ Constab-~>e~.

I~ e arr.i, ved about "~" ...... (2,.-...~.b) and :’!~, escorteH hirn I,o &he .F’oo!’~ua.l.t\ Ngoo I

ground where he me% with Mr WRIGHT, the Chie¢ Co_ns2~b].~

I was present whilst i" ’the ground and me{, w:i.{;~~°%,

When_~t~e co~uded iYLs visit ~,o the ÷’ootball s’!;adium, I escorted ,]J. ffl

to Force F-ieaaquarters to see Mr HAYES, fine De:,.,,.~’~., ,.,hie.Fr’ Constable.

t he

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r o-Picers wtno triad been involved in %he events that a.l:ternoor~

~l’iohadjus%re%ired~’romduty.\~ .. ’ Lia’ ~ y r’ e u r n eo amm e o n~ " ’%I e~,en% I t d t t-4 rt Road Poilce Station an nt o’~’f"

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