Football Grounds of Britain - Simon Inglis

In April 1981, Wolves played Spurs in a cup semi final at Hillsborough, home of Sheffield Wednesday. Late arrivals to the game contributed to thirty eight people being injured in the Leppings Lane End. Exactly eight years later, ninety five people were killed in the exactly the same circumstances. In fact over four thousand people had been killed or injured at football grounds in Britain before Hillsborough. Since the disaster of Hillsborough, and the resulting Lord Justice Taylor report, many football grounds have gone under a fundamental redesign, with some being demolished altogether and their club's relocating to new premises. I first bought ...  Read the complete review