Which English football team's stadium had all those people crushed back in the 90s?

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I remember those photos being all over the news but I can't seem to google the story.

[ColbertWatcher]

1. I googled "English soccer riots 1990"

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=english+soccer+riots+1990&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

And a link to BBC came up and a Wikip*dia list for riots and a Wikip*dia page for soccer hooliganism did too.

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3. Sheffield! And it wasn't a riot

It was a crowd that had been misdirected and crushed like 20 people to death against a gate that was supposed to be open.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster

[ColbertWatcher]

8. You are correct.

But, I hadn't remembered what you were talking about so I basically googled "soccer riot."

I've read some of the articles (including Wikip*dia's page on compression asphyxiation) and watched the video and am sorry I got it wrong.

What a tragedy.

[elleng]

2. 93 Killed in Crush at English Soccer Stadium

April 16, 1989

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEEDD123CF935A25757C0A96F948260

Gotta pay for NYT Archives?

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5. Yeah, thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster

I remember the photos from the sports photographers who were standing right on the other side of the gate but couldn't do anything except photograph the people being crushed to death. Crowd dynamics are scary.

[canetoad]

4. Hillsborough stadium

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/15/newsid_2491000/2491195.stm

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6. Wow, a trial in 2002

I had no idea the legal wrangling went on so long after it.

[ColbertWatcher]

7. And there are videos.

The BBC had cameras at Sheffield and there is footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a16gV5ZQ8g0

That's part 1.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. I went looking for photos, and found a link to an interesting site ...

... for a company that specializes in crowd control http://www.crowddynamics.com/Main/Crowddisasters.html

Fascinating stuff.

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Here is a link to a site created in remembrance (link inside) ...

... http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/history/fans.shtm

[sasquatch]

10. It was bound to happen in this country as well, the way Wal-Mart plays to our reptillian disires

I'm just glad it was only one person.

[BlueManDude]

12. Hillsborough - I think 100 Liverpool fans died. FA Cup match.