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EAS3".’~,OOD ~ PARTNERS v ¯
merits and :hcse scaled from ’-he draw±ng ~ased upon tha
:r~,:ided bv the Club. --,=~=---d ,~f :he ~:~O .... ,~..__.,-’~’~ ..~’-~
-~ =,-~llv bee., ,:cnsidered -c De :h~ caFacit’:- cf ~he u~_cer
>:cr’_h ;¢esn corner, -~ .... toga’ ,r==: ~- available would on~v_ take
’2 ~-._ cn the _’~asis of 54 spec:ators :o lCm:
Yhe di=crecancv_ . . betxeen -’-~ ~ dr:-winc_ and :he actual measurement
is non_..~ any way_ =p~-~--_ ~ ...._ _=~_~.,. a ".:tsua~_ _.."~s:ec:icn_ of the terrace.
At the time when we were re~cr-in~ tn 197~, we were made
aware that in $ep:ember !970, following a re~or~ by the Club’s
c~e-ious._ . ~¢ult=n---~..- - = == the - ’ .mc!ic= na;~ =creed_ - = capac.=y ~ ~ " for the
¯ -% .
eievaned :;crth ,’;es- corner cf 3,uC~ _=pectatcrs. Thatfigure
cra higher one had been used ~- -i! the major ~...es from the
Wcrid Cup in 1966. Ther-~ was thus no reason for us to be alerted
in 1978/,-9. he enclose a copy cf the 1970 report and the Chief
Constable’s "_’enter to the Club dated 30 Septe-i~er 1970.
Obviously we have been concerned about the possibility that
the calculations for the terrace in front of the West stand might
also have been based on a misleading plan. Cur check measurements
have shown that the actua! area is such that it could accommodate
the ’notiona!’ n~Ti~er of spectators with a slightly lower density
than 54 per !Om=.
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Yours sincerely,