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i,;" P i~a’ves ~arile:" L.~y, I \vri~.e in rela=lon ~.o acd;’~ional fa.:zs ;~;,icn n~ve
ua.~r ui~z.c:v~:’~.], p,_’:’L,,in;,;~ ~o "~he Upper i~o,’ti~ Wes~ Terr-~c::*.g a- ::ie flil]sborough
S:iui;ii:i .~!Id, in pai’L;CU]~.ff, In rala£ion ~o -he calculazeu capaci-w fo." znaz
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....,:., .,,~: .,eli1 I-l;;Jl ~.~..’..:K p]a,-e on iu april iyo.~ ~i~e capac~Ly for ;~e upper
#,,,....; ,,~3 ~e,-ro.~e ;;as -,~uu ane, ouvto,.;sly, :.na’~ nu~:’,z,e." OT" ~ic,’~rs ;:o.Jl,_1.
be SO].’-’. FO]lO;;~r,; ’~,.e (~;~aszar,~;~s seczion of ~ne grcuna rem~]neu ur..us~d,
~:ave,.’c:,:less, ~he Loca] ,,u;.,;ori-~yin lille wi~.h ~he r,.~co,~:~=,qua~or, s of Lord
Cusz]ce T~;’lor, r:assc.ssec -he capacity as z,Juu. As ~;,~ season prc,~ressed
i-. ~:~ca:’.e heces~a,’:’ ~o use :.,ie dpper ,~o,’~;~ n~s’~ Terro,-e ~s an ez’~-rg,-n,zy cc.r, tingen,Jy
area zo accoF,~,~ocaT.e ’~iSl~if, g fans~ and LllIS ,vlas encapsu!azed in ::no 3,~fe~..’,’
before zne evenlr, g of Z~ ,iOvem~ber i~ only a few nundreo speczators had
buen accc,~~o~ated ~n zhe area referred ~o buz on the evening ~en’~.ioned ie:
’21 llover;ber 15~U 3heff;e]d Iqeonesday played Si~effielo United a~ zhe H11isborough
bLedium in zi~e Zeni~n-Daza Systems Cup. As ;all] be appreciazed, l;l~ere was
nuch local in;eres:, in ~nis mazcn and with ~he consent of the Local I( ~=,~.aor~’zy
A~visory Group, zt, e Upper llor~h Wes~ Terrace was used ~o accoz~nodaze Sheffield
bnizea fans. I repeat that at this ti~e the authoriseo capacizy hao been
assessec as 2,3uu and ~l~at amount of tickets, or thereabouts, were Solo for
:.:~i s erea.
F:v= ,:.;~:~s before kick off ;he area was full and no more spectators coulo
be safely accor~oda;ea. I~ was seen that there was between 2uu ane 3uo people
standing in the gangways to the terrace and at the bottom of the stairwells
waiting to gain access, but due to the density of the crowd they were unable
to do so. The Chief Superintendent in charge, Mr Nesbit, concluded that
no more spectators coulo be safely acco~raodated witnin this terrace area
and those who were waiting to gain access were taken to another part of the
ground. Whilst this exercise was being carried out it was seen that a further
100/150 spectators were still outside the turnstiles in Lepplngs Lane, waiting
to be admitted.