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Briefin8 Notes
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On Friday the 14th April after the main briefin g to InsDectors and above held at
Hillsborough I then briefed Inspectors and above \~he were to be under rr 5" command at
the semi-final match.
I told them that in particular from e_x.-Derience I could forsee two problems arising.
One was the question of supporters frern the Leppinos Lane terrace being hauled up by
fellow supporters into the ~-est Stand at half time thus creatin¢ over capacity in
the ~est Stand. The second problem I related was based on e-x.’perience of the s~’ni-
final match ber,\een the same te~_m.s last year in that it \:as qu’~te forseeable that
there would be a large element of Liverpool supporters \:-he by ",~hatscever means \vould
be purchas ~ ~.
,n~ tickets for the Snion Koo. This probi_~n had been evident last year
and that cordoning Police Officers had ccrne under threat tc, persona! safety. It was
agreed with the Inspectors concerned that \~ would go to the Epion KOD after rm"
briefin~ and examine the area and how it could best be Drot_=C!e~.. . and reserved for
Liverpoo! supporters.
I specifically spoke in clear ten~s about behaviour of Liverpool supporters based on
rrB’ previous e.x~perience. I tolo Officers that in rex’ view ge.qeraily speaking if
things were ~oino.. _ well for Liverpool SUODOrters.. crc~vd mana__,le..tr~’, ’, should be
reasonably we!! achieved, however should, rhinos in any \-’av no" go wel! them then
they had proved e_xtremely difficult to contain and moods \vo,uld easily change. I
re!ate.d_an_inc_fdent, tO, them \’,hich..i .had. \’,’i tqes_sed uccurrin5 at a Sheffield Wednesda.v
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tlr:..~ a~ , rein’! tb.a~ the th~n ~:op v,’a~ n\-er caDac-’-:v with Sne.’.:iuld V~ednesoa.v
supporters ant: ou! ol net:essi:’, sore,.., ::ere Iransfcrred tn ~ ~en t)n th,: Leppings Lane
terracing (the Liverpool supporters occupying the r, es.’. End 0~ :ne £round including
the terracing). A pen was le’l: empty between Liverpool supporters and those
Sheffield ~\ednesda\, supporters ,~ , "
,,,a. Rad been trans!erre~ ar£ a line of Officers was
pu~ in the vacant pen bet~veen the supForters. On tr~ns~err~.n~ the Sheffield
~\ednesda\- suppcrters the Liverpool supporters went wild att_..~.zting to scale the
len:in~ ~n an at’C-mZ" t.’~ ee~ ~c, "’~,: ¢’-.~ffie!d ::edr.-,