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Overcrowding and the fencing at the front were the main issues in those days, there was no proper crowd control and the numbers in the stands were always a lot more than the official number. That can’t happen now with the modern ticketing systems and the removal of cash at the gate-the vast majority of the problems that did occur then were more due to those things than the standing itself.
I just wasn’t there but I believe from a lot of our older fans that it was a near miracle it (hillsborough) didn’t happen at one of our games (think it was a match at wolves but could be wrong)
yep 81 semi's over crowded, can't remember if the fencing was in place then, which mean quite a few went over the hoardings (if fencing gate was opened) I was there, not at the front though