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DAVID GODFREY

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VE’CCLE5F XELD POLICE STATIONTHE COMMON, ECCLESFI ELD!, SHEFFIELD

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At IjDaifi (1000) Wednesday 2£ March 1989 (£20369), I attended a

pIa n n ing me e t i n g at Hammer t on Road PoIi ce S t at i o n , cna1 red fay C hi e f

/ s / ^ & o ' ' ' 7 T " I I 'Superintendent MOLh. to discuss the organisation of une i~ «A Cup Semi

Final tie be twee si Li ver^jo^l and Nottingham Forest Football Clubs.

oiT^MSnday 27 March 1989 <270369), I was promot^d Chief Super:i.ntendent

of ’ F * Division and ,a s s u m e cr r e s p o n s i b i 1 i t ies for the forthcoming

t (!) 0 t jQci. X 1 i ii •£* t C !'”i «

* X n the per i od which fol1 owed Ieading to the semi f inal I 1 iaised with

*“W F * s r \Assistant Chief Cons table (0perat i ons) Mr JACKSON fegarding the

*a r r a n g e m ents

had a meeI i ng wilnAt tQam (10Q0) wednesda;ys€!9 March 1989 (£90369)

‘ Superintendent MURRAY, Chief Inspector BEAL and Inspector SEWELL i n

my office 'to discuss the. operational order and our arrangements for

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Vithe day and to ensure these prog res s i ng s atsL^fa e t o r i 1 y .

At 2.30pm J 1430) on 10 April 1969 (104089) I h^d a meeting with the

RoadSector Sup&r i nt-sjrjdents , representatives from 'D* D :i1 V 1 S 1 0

Traffic and British Transport Police to Jiscuss our ar s^angements«

120^9) , I’nn s ^ At 2pm>N<\4QQ) Wednesday 12 April 1989 \,12Q*te

confeV^nceat Hammerton Road Police StatiVn

he 1 d a xress

and met with media

repre^entatives.

At 1 0 ^ ( 1 0 0 0 ) Friday 14 April 1989 ( 140489) , I held a pre match

briefing in the \|*Jo r th Stand at the Hillsborough Football Stadium for

of f i cers of I ns pec^to r and above. See Appendix ’ A ' .

T he purpose of thi s was to g i ve a f u11 briefing to supe r visory

officers and then for them to have the opportunity to examine their

respective areas of responsibility and fami 1iarise themselves with

*\*Jx the 9“ X\ v I conducted the main B X e f i n g with Superintendent MURRAY, and thenW U i N :--------------------

\t h e r e 3 p e c t i v e a r e a S u p e r i n t e n a e n t s h e i d t n e i r a w n js r i e f i n g s , i n a n d

around the ground, dealing more specifically with their needs, and

requi r^ments of thei r areas of r i bi 1 i ty .

At 10am (1000) Saturday 15 April 1 9 8 9 N 150489), I briefed the

3 f f i c e r s o n d u t, y f o r v t h e s e m i f i n a 1 t i e i rs t h& N o r t h S t a n d o f t h e

H ills bo r oug h F o o t ba 1 1 Stad i ufn . See A p pe nd i * B

It was a shortened version of the previous day’s briefing.Wlll^ ^ inTT^o^ .

Superintendent MURRAY,, Detective Sergeant CHARLESWQRTH and Inspector NUQl \SEWELL also dealt witHqmatters li ich as E ni e r g e n c y E v acuati a n

Procedure, Crime Intelligence, and Administration.

On completion of the briefing I spoke with officers in the ground and

t o u r e d t h e a r e a .

I r & - entered th e g r ou n d about 1.15pm (1315) and in due course made my

way to the Police controI B o a b o u t 1 .50pm ( 1350) and liaised with

Supe r i rite nde nt MURRAY . -

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We left a short t ime\a t e r to see t h e ,referee and linesmen to advise

them of our emergency procedures.

They were on the pitch and eventually they left and we followed them

to the official’s room.

On leaving there about 2pm ( 1400S^ we returned to the Police Control

» z n i ^k andkmet with Mr JACKSON, Assistam>-€hief Constable (Operations)./p_B£K

® »• t I had a c

In the Control Box were the regular operator

n/fr N6 0 3 4 ■ ^ s s q sRYAN and PC BICHARD. <

A/(r- -s n u ' £•S ~ POL PS GODDARD, PC

I had*a ge'hslral discussion with Mr JACKSON about the operation, which

rwas progressing satisfactorily at this stage. He left a little while

laterX' ^ * 1 About^E, 30 pm (4430), when examining the ground situation, 1 noted

that the Spion Kop was almost full- with the Nottingham Forest fans,

and that was the general view in respect of, their othehc areas of the

g r 0 u n d ,

A number of L .1 v e r p o o .1. s u p p 0 r t e r s hdd obtai nedNti ckets for the Spion_

Hop and were accommodated in the North East part of this section of

the q round. They were sc-?qrecjated from one Not 1 1 ngharn F oresi,

s u p po rt e r s by a i i ne o f Ss|>c) x c e o f t i ce r s »

The i>iorth Stand for Liverpool supporters was possibly half full at — ■X " ------------------------ x

this t ijpe , the west Stand was f i 1 11 ng , out there w<Hi space at the

fro n t and s i d e s 0 f the L e p p infl s L n 1 e r r a c: 6 * ^Ks&sked ■for' a t a n n 0 y

message to be relayed for fans to move forward and spread along the

T ^ t H ^ N 11 o £ \ -3. n r e c a 11 a bout t h i'lNvt i m e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t M A R 5 H A L L. a s k e d f o r

I<J5A

be closed and saw 0 rt t h e C/C T V in o n 1 1 o r the crowdc

L e p p x n g s L.. n

s i tuat :i.on and a SYPTE double decker bus/ pass i ng

/ --------I was aware of a crowd build up but t j/af f i c was still able to flow

< ^ 1 5 and I questioned in my mind the nepti for the closure.

At this time there must have been some difficulty in closing the road

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because 1 remember more than one request for this to be done as

though the first- had not bee-v implemented.

I was aware from the C.CTV monitor of the increasing number of

supporters in Leppinqs Ln a nd in those waiting to enter the ground.

Whilst examining the situation outside I visually made an assessment

frSTTK^the Control Box of the way ir^which the ground was filling and

asked Superintendent MURRAY for his assessment of the situation,

bearirfg^in mind the crowd outside and the space inside at this time.

This was about 2 >30 pm (1430) and he said t ha t w'ist h half an hour to

kick off we should get .them^al\ in on time..

\ <\i l l t z .A b o u t t h is t i m e l a s k e d S tip's r i n t e n ci e n t MUR R AY t-o c 1 a r i f y wit h m e t h e

c: i r c urns lances under which we would consider del ay*i ng the k i c k off.

We had previously agreed that if there was an identifiable problem,

e.g. a serious incident, accident on the motorway or fog on the

Permines which would prevent large numbers of fans arriving on time

we should cons i-d er a delay as opposed to those who had been brought

to the area within a reasonable time but had chosen not to enter the

g r o u n d a s s o o n a s 'pftsssj. b 1 e .

I took the <*^ew that time, wit^N^l^JLhe information

a v a i 1 a b 1 e , t h ers; w e r e no grounds to delay the kick off ,

8 e e n £ . 30 pirn ( 1430) and £. 40 pm v (1440) N rie cr owd c o nt x nue o t o

X n c r e a s e a n d I, monitored t h.e Live r pb o 1 f a n $ on the S p i o n K o p and

a ct i ons be i ng X ak e n by o f f i c e r s t he re.

I e x am i ne d t he situation at the Leppings Ln End of the g ro und fro m

he CCTV monitor and saw tHj» i n c r e a s i n g c r owd situ a t i. a n .

is aware that a c t i o n -was being taken to increase the number of

officers at this location a s \ o r s e s and reserve serials were being

directed, to assist by Cositr'h 1 Room personne 1 .

In addition,\a tannoy^message was bei ng r e 1 ayed to the ci-owd outside

"e n '3s ~n ent 0 6ase back and not to push forward against

uie u u r

Aboul? 2 .AO pm (1440) the radio developed a fault and there were^ :-----------------

obvious communication difficulties.------------- f ^ T F W S | 5 l(p

A request was made ’h x ^ a Communicat 1ons Officer to attend and repair

Vt Kie faulV and he arrived almost immediately,

He restored communications and we were able to contact officers once

nvej^e^

The crowd was continuing to increase at the Leppinqs Ln end

N II0«=\b I J t S o

'turnstiles, arfti, Superintendent MARSHALL asked "T^r POL PC BUXTON to

^attend wi

&

wit’fiX'he Land Rover which is equipped witHNa, j-iublie address

facility.

increased mi

In addi t i o n , at 2.44 pm (1444), I requested"a traffic mobile to assis, / 1 ' "" "l_T"

and for continued tannoy messages to the crowds outside to relieve

t h e p r e s s u r e u p o n t h e t u r n s t i 1 e s .\ X, N*

The crowd had by now increased considerably and fans were beqinning

to climb over the walls into the ground.

I i*\e c r'o w u s its^a 1 1 o n was changing r a px ci i. y , i t

'«4j m W r s

f a c i I i t y , tannoy messages were being relayed to ease pressure, Mount

o.ft icers were having difficulty and extra resources had been sent to

assist. -

I looked at the situation on the Leppings Ln terrace and saw there

wa s r o o m f o r s uppo r t e r s , a n d c o n s i d ere d be caus e o f th e det e r i o r a I :i. n g

Superintendent MARSHALL had asked for a vehicle a «" a »

bU w / M/4 s i. tuat i o n w

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whet her or not to delay Jhe kick off to ease iM^e

- , n N . „r o A 8 o winaow i o my r i g h II i o o k e d t n r o u g h C h e u o n x, i

s, ,v. . IM-S /hVvKS <3^ -Sct-CancM .and saw a half circle of press photographers on the pitch at the

p 1 ayeTs^*" t unrie 3., obviously waiting for the teamSsto appear, and at

^ ’t ha t point, w h i1s t c on s i de r i ng t he po s i ti o n , the f i r s t t e am ra n out

\ A S l ± ' p nto t he p i t ch ,

I considered this option had been removed .

I looked at the QCTV camera\trained

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the service road at the

Le ppVggs Ln end showing Gate C, and a Mounted officer was in some ---------

difficulty as his horse m s being jostletl by the

si me came over theIt was about thisVt^ime, 14 .% 7 pm tHXt the^ f\J II o =1

radio from Supe r i ntendent MARSHALL wi t>b a request to open the gates,

I again looked at the CC7V monitor showing Gate C and my immediate

"J& P ' reaction was not to do this. We had supporters outside the ground

f t r / iW * who may not have tickets, some may be drunk or worse for drink, they

were no^ co-o pe rat i ng with the police nor respondi ng to dur

t b * 'requests. To open the gates and allow them into the ground would

defeat our objective that no one would get in without a ticket, who

^ was drunk or may be carry?,, ng weapons.

The crow ituation was extremely difficult and this was an unusual

equest, and whi 1st I was considering the position, ^s^gssjLng the

ound and looking at the CCTV monit^u'1, I saw Gs*te C■ iT^S^rstr«s4^e^ i n t

burst open and supporters e n t e r t h e t: o n c o u r s e a r e a a t* the rear of the

XLeppinqs Ln stand and terrace.

{^3 /^ x I remember thinking, ’the gates ’ s a^en arfryj ay * s I had not given

_s s i o n , b u t at^ t ha t p o i n t a M o u n t e d Office r retrieved t h e

situation and closed the gate,\ rJ H O °J

A iN<r t h e r message c a m e over the r a cl i o f r 9 m S uperinten d e n t M A R S H A L. L t o

ojjen the gates and he used words to the effect tha

not opened someone was going to be killed.

This was an urgent mes.s'age which conveyed to me by the tone of his

voice that this was a serious situation and was a demand rather than

a r e q u e s t ,

The previous thoughts cross e d m y m i n d once a g a i n a bout m 0 n i I o r :i. n g and

control of supporters entering the ground.

It was a serious step-to take. I looked at the CCTV monitor - there

was crushi ng outs ide, suppo rtsrs were climbing 0 ver the tur nst i 1 e

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walls, officers were under pressure, v ) A C C T ^ /

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

space on the inside of the turnstiles in concourse, and room to ease

the situation,

If the gates were opened there may be crushing and injury on the

inside but the mesaage I was receiving from the outside was that

unless I opened the gates and eased the pressure people would be

.seriously injured or killed.

Superintendent MARSHALL is a very experienced police officer and if

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

then the situation must.be vary serious indeed.

Whilst I am considering the position and considering the options

Superintendent MURRAY said to me,

"Mr DUCKESMFI ELD, are you going to open the gates?”

I remember standing there and saying my thoughts aloud so that

others, if they I”!eard it, would realise it was a considered

"If there's likely to be serious injury or aeath i ’ve no option but

to open the gates - o p e \ t h e gates".

N f l U ^ N*3 u pe r 1 nt ertde nt HURR AY pas s e d t h i s me s sag e .

About this time I heard a n o t h e r r a d i o ni e s sage from s one one who said

w a r d s t o t h e e f f e c: 1,

"It does not matter whether you open the gates or not, this gate's

g oi n g i n a nyway".

I was advised this was ’A* Gate,

I took this to mean'^hs<^crowd pressure on a particular gate was such

that it was in f l a n g e r o f c o 11 a p s 1 n g and people being injured.

My immediate reaction to that was that if a gate collapsed due to

crowd pressure those immediately in front of the gate would fall and

no doubt be injured, In addition, those faliing may be tramp1ed upon.

Q v r t \

The gats to the North Stand was o pened and I immediately issued

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instructions for e ;< t r a r e s o urc e s to be its ployed, into the area to

rovids cover on the landings and prevent a pitch invasion from non

ticket holder's. V

rj I also asked for manpower for the perimeter track to monitor the

rvjjr j F I watched the Lappings Ln terrace intently for any developments as a

result of the gates opening.

IrT^tc^king stock of tfte sitn^ation I 1 ooke4 at the West Stand and it

AS-2l 3 rea fu n . The centre two pens the^tXj^race appeared to be

almost full, but there was still some room at the front of the two

nw

wi ng pens

I saw a rC opening either Gates 3 or 4 f iNprn the L e p p i n g s L n t e r r a c e

cynto'^he perimeter track and a handful of paopie were coming out on

to the track and walking towards Gate 1. ftiey seemed to be calm and

a p pt^ar e d l_o T. And aimlessly on the track without any di rection. The

po 11 c e w o iti a n s t a n d i n g at G a t e 1 , who was only a few yards away, was

unawar s of thei r pressnce . There was roam at the f ront of

u s pen and there was a need to opejn this gate and allow these

peo pI e i n toxhi s par t of the g r ound. Chi e f I ns pe cto r ilcROB3 Ib. who

as in the Control Room in civilian clothing went down on to the track

to assist her and d raw X*s|^ at t e nt i o n to what was happening,

sj^ere was an 1 n c r e a s i n g n u m b e r o f p e o p 1 e coming onto t,he track f rom

Gates 3 and 4 area. No radio traffic was being received and 1 was

still unable to assess the situation but considered there may nave

A 5 2 Z 5 been a pitch invasion or that people were being taken out for re

location in the two wing pens.

^ nloI asked f o r Super i ntendent GRLE~NiwOOP to go to Le ppi ngs Ln end anti

find out what was happening. I saw him coming from the players’

tunnel, walking along the perimeter track towards the Police Control

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Boxand'^UiK^i^c i dent behind the^~eppings Ln e-cidgoal . An increasing

number of people were nowNtieing he 1 ped on to tnb track through the

gates and some were climbing oVer the perimeter fencing on to the

t rack.

The supporters from this location were now spilling on to the track

and we re standing on the grass behind t h e X o u c h line. I was notN i n o

aware of any radio messages but then saw Superintendent GREENWOOD

standing head and >4^cnLUiers above the people at the back of the goal,

presumably^standing dTK^n advertising hoarding and waving his arms.

He was waving his arms and crossing them as he did st%« which

indicated to me he waiitr^d the game to be stopped. I agreed the game

NII13,should be shopped and I sent Super i n t e n d e n t H U RRAY fro in t h e C a n t r o 1

Room on to the tracio tov^top the game. I therNsaw Super i ntendent _ _ _ _ _ ' s ,

GREENMOD running onto the pitch to stop the game. S u peri n ten dent

N (HZHURRAY then returned toXsae Control Room.

I saw officers trying to indicate to fans in the rear of the pens to

fo o v s bs c k n

P eo p 1 e we r e s p i 11 i. ng o nt o t he p i t ch ad were mo v i ng f ur the r a c r o s s and**YVY\

towards the centre line. I was still unaware of any radio traffic

and exactly what the problem was, but some people were now sitting on

t h e p i t c ft.“ 1 * 3 J

The Assistant Chief Constable (Operationsi Hr JACKSON jo1ned me in

t he Co n t r o 1 8 o a n d asked for an appraisal of the situation. I was

unable to give an accurate account of what the situation was other

t ha n a p o s s i b .i. e p 1 1 c h i n v a s i o n w h i c n r e s u .s. t e ci i n u s s t o p p i n g t h©

game .

The Assistant Qhief Constable (Operations') went to the pitch and a

s h o r t w I"! i 1 e 1 a t e r r & t u r n e d ..

Superintendent iiURRAY was asked to rfe<tu rn\)to the pitch and try and

get i t cleared so that f rom the Cont rolNSos-: we could assess the

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situation, especially as now peop'ti9ssappeared to be on the pitch who

were injured,

An ambulance was requested but I was unaware of any radio message

asking for this and was still relying on my visual assessment of the

situation,

It difficult to assess as the X ^ o w d was flowing onto the pitch in ----------------

increasing^>Himbers, police officers were p resent, and there was a

movement of supporters towards the centre line.

I was concerned about the crowd situations a difficult situation was

developing and we couldfNqot control the pitch. It was necessary to

form a cordon to continue segregation and further assistsnce was

requested to help with the increasing injuries 1 could see in front

of rrie f r om th& Cont ro 1 Box .

I)called for * 0 pe r a 1 1o n S u pp o rt’. In turn I was aware of a request

i V 1’ A o r a f ,1 e eV7 o f am b u 1 a n c e s ? and as a result of that message I became

aware of the gravity of the situation.

AI t h & n b e g a n tjs give i n s t r u c t i o n s t o t h e C o n t r o 1 R o o m s t a f f i n

c:: o n 'h*r> c t ion with Mr J A C K S 0 N for the i- m p 1 e m entat i o n

Disaster Plan,

the Major

J. asked for tiae Casualty Bureau tNa be set up, to warn hospitals of

the 1 a r g e n u rn b e r o f jTTrj u r .i e s , a n y d o H o r s_ i n t h e g r o u n d to Leppings

m d r e n de z vo us a t Hamme r t o n

L. n g o a. 1 for d e p l o y m e n t » q/ff duty police o f f lcXps to foe called to duty

d P o 1 ice St a t i o n . ^ ^>5

A S z ^ y hr JACKSON supp 1 em s nted my recfKestsask i ngKSupe r i ntendent T0RR to

, li,/*")-5 —* / ■ "L 3 n o i Vi r" &s p c \r o C n s &u-b, i uy h u r &--b.u g|| D s u & c w i v & Cii 1

7 S Pri fa tW I Superintendent ADDIS? to attend to co-ordinate the investigation side

— JSv T “ -------------------of t h e S' n q u :i, r y . I a s k e d f o r a Counsell i n q S e r v ice a n d V i c t i m s

S t a f f ȣ) u p p

was aware of a requestNfor wire cutters and f o 11 owi nq on from that

• / D ^ l n e attendance of the Fire Service1 U C U T K, i 15? f J.

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Whils^\?ll this was taking place I asked POL PC BRYAN to continue

broadcast ing for cairn among the supporters and for them to clear the

pitch so ws could determine what people were injured and where

because the fans were milling around and obstructing the view.

Advertising hoardings were by now being broken up for use as

stretchers and i Yvjured people were being removed across the pitch

t o w ^ d s the exit by trfSsjpolice room.

Fans werK,di stressed and a single ambulance was in position behind

the Leppi nqs Ln goal. — ^V

fh>^F j. r e Se r vice cleared a g a n g w a K n sar the Police Control Box in

front of thieN5fluth Stand to r e m o v e c a s ua 11 i e s from the gr.ound by a

more expedient route. \

Mill 'Superintendent MURRAY returned to the Police Control Box a nd lold me

that there were many injuries and possibly sonje f a..ta 1 i t i es .

J! was later requested to attend the Board Room witSal Hr JACKSON, the

^ N in 4 ^ .ACC (0 p e ration s ) and left Sthjae r i nt e ndent MURRAY x vr c ha r g e of the

o p e r a t i o n i n P o

i«e attended the 13bard Roorn withjjn the directors Lounge at the

footba11 c1ub and saw officials of Doth clubs and the F.A.

I was asked for an assessment of the situation and I told them there

had been a serious incident and a large number of casualties.

I was told by one gentleman that he had seen two dead supporters on

C n © p x C c r I n

I related the situation as 1 saw it at that time, and that in my view

the game would have to be postponed but that I did not want this

cornm uriicat i ng t o t he crowd .

The reasons for this were that they may create an additional public

order problem - at this state I did not have the manpower to deal

with this ~ and it was essential that all the casualties and dead

were removed from the area before any announcements were made.

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It was agreed the game would be postponedNjut that no one in the

crowd would be told until I gave permission, ''■fir JACKSON reinforced

this, and we very quid-

I returned to the Pol

left.

-itrol Box with ACC (Operations? and

continued to monitor the situation. The rescue was progressing, we

now had fatalities and a temporary mortuary had been arranged in the

W gymnas i urn ,,

§\/~— — ■—A t r Q -i/1 was ajxproached in the Police Control Box by Mr CLOUGH and M r

i ' n «> •jv' ®^LGLEISH. SI lo ^

A ^ \ / ^ r — ^ h ey asked for an assessment of the situation and whether or not the

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g am e was p os u p one a , I to1d thern i t was my intenti on to post pone the

ions for t h i s .game but asked them not toN^ell anyone and g a v e^t^^r e a *

Mr CLOUGH left bta^I asked Hr DALGLEISH to make an announcement to

the Liverpool fans for ca 1m and to bear with us for the time being,

It is my view that this was beneficial to the operation.

The rescue operation progressed arKl^evantually, #^aout 4pm (1600) that

af t e r n a o n , t h e r e was o n 1y one casualty awai t ing transpo r t a ti o n t o

hospital and the point had arrived where the crowd could be told of

u h & s x c u a 11 o n n

s k & cl f o r a n a s s u r a n c & t n a L a 1 x L r a i. n s a n d

i f d l ib uu r t, I,!

w e r e a v a i .i. a a jL e t s

s u p p o r t e r s a w a y f r o m t h & g r o und, a i. 3. available of f i cer;

were pa t r o 11 i n g t h e s t r e e t s and t<sat we were ready for the crowd

di s pe rsal.

( he X i * ambulance left the ground and an 'annouricernent was made by

^ A M i * •Su pe r i nt e ncie nt MURRAY to the crowd, that the match had been postponed

and they were asked to leave.

The crowd applauded the decision and left without any major difficulty,

Afs|er the ground and the sur rounding area had clearea Chief Nhioo \ ^Ss\ k

Supe r i nt endent HOLE arrival and took over res pons i b i1i ty for the

ground,

I left the Police Control Box wi

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ftr JACKSON and walked across the

l a Di rector ofpitch to the Police Room. ~^We met with

gheffield Wednesday Football C?\ub, and passed comment about the

disastent<^jTe^was in tears but praised the police operation

I left the football ground for Force Headquarters aboutNil 15 pm

<1715), together wifrfci the Assistant Chief Ctf^stable (Operations) Mr

. ~ N/ II Q <=\JACKSON a M . Supe r i ntendent MARSHALL.

On arrj.v^i a t Vlrrce Headquarters, about 5.45pm"N»1?45) , I met with the

V vDeputy Chief Constable, Mr HAYES, and m due course the Chief

Constable.

About 9pm <2100) that evening I left Farce Headquarters for Niagara

N ^ O O 3Police Sports Ground to meet the Minister for Sport who was due to

arrive by helicopter to meet w h h the Chief Consta&I

e arrived about IQ.SD'fNO (2220) and escorted him to the football

\ MCjOOjground where he met with Mr WRIGHT, the Chief Constable^

I was pressnt whi 1 st hsT‘TcnIr1j>i he ground and rnet with the phess.

When he conisluded his visit to the football stadium, I escorted him

rVS^JlS1 -to Force Headquarters to see Mr HAYES, the Deputy Chief Constable.

I? t U r n e d t o t h e P o 11 c e S:f]SQ r t s & S o c i a 1 C 3. u b a t N i a g a r a a n d

o u n s e H e d oficers who had been involved in the events that afternoon

xwho had just retired from duty.

I eVe n t u all y retu r n e d t o H a m rn e r t o n R o a d P o lice S t a t i o n a n d w% n t o f f

duty at 1.30am (0130)«

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