Taylor Report

The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry report is the report of an inquiry which was overseen by Lord Justice Taylor, into the causes of the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989, as a result of which, at the time of the report, 95 Liverpool fans had died (a 96th fan died in 1993, and 97th in 2021[1]). An interim report was published in August 1989,[2] and the final report was published in January 1990.[3][4]

The Taylor Report found that the main reason for the disaster was the failure of police control.[5] It recommended that all major stadiums convert to an all-seater model, and that all ticketed spectators should have seats, as opposed to some or all being obliged to stand. The Football League in England and the Scottish Football League introduced regulations that required clubs in the highest divisions (top two divisions in the English system[6]) to comply with this recommendation by August 1994.

The report stated that standing accommodation was not intrinsically unsafe, but the government, nonetheless, decided that no standing accommodation should be allowed.

Other recommendations of the Taylor Report included points on items such as the sale of alcohol within stadiums, crush barriers, fences (as many Liverpool fans had been crushed to death against the perimeter fencing at Hillsborough), turnstiles, ticket prices and other stadium items.

  1. ^ "Hillsborough's 97th victim was unlawfully killed, coroner concludes". BBC News. 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Lord Taylor's interim report on the Hillsborough stadium disaster" (PDF). Her Majesty's Stationery Office. August 1989. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Lord Taylor's final report on the Hillsborough stadium disaster" (PDF). Her Majesty's Stationery Office. January 1990. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  4. ^ "THE HILLSBOROUGH STADIUM DISASTER (INQUIRY BY THE RT HON LORD JUSTICE TAYLOR)" (PDF). 15 April 1989. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  5. ^ ^ Taylor, Lord Justice (15 April 1989). "Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry – Interim Report" (– Scholar search). p. 49. Retrieved 22 January 2011
  6. ^ Slater, Matt (14 March 2007). "Call grows for return of terraces". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2009.

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