Hillsborough files blame ‘drunken Liverpool fans’

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was told that a senior Merseyside police officer blamed “drunken Liverpool fans” for the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster, according to leaked government papers.

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.

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