Hillsborough files blame ‘drunken Liverpool fans’

The documents show that four days after the tragedy, a member of Thatcher’s No 10 policy unit met senior Merseyside officers who told her Liverpool fans turning up without tickets had been a “key factor” in what happened.
Ninety-six fans died in a crush on the overcrowded terraces at the stadium in Sheffield, where Liverpool were due to play an FA Cup semi-final in Apr 1989.