Hooliganism 'was the scourge of English football'

Hooliganism was the “scourge” of football in the 70s and 80s – but no one claims it caused the Hillsborough disaster, the inquest heard.

But the fear of crowd violence did have a “profound” effect on the way grounds were designed and was “relevant” to how police approached football matches at the time of the tragedy, jurors were told.