Steel fences, turnstiles, and stewards gave the illusion of perfect order. But in nineteen eighty-nine, as thousands funneled toward Hillsborough Stadium, no one saw the cracks beneath the surface. The real danger wasn’t rowdy crowds—it was the very system designed to control them. Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield was a familiar place by nineteen eighty-nine.
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