Fan safety top priority
NZPA-AP London Spectator safety was given top priority on Saturday as the English league soccer season began, shadowed by last April’s Hillsborough stadium disaster. Stadiums around the country reduced their capacities, and several games began late to allow fans to take their seats. The Hillsborough tragedy, which f
left 95 people dead, was Europe’s worst sports disaster. The deaths were blamed primarily on overcrowding. At Hillsborough, home of the Sheffield Wednesday club, officials closed the stand behind one of the goals where fans died at last season’s F.A. Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest On Saturday, there were no
i incidents of overcrowding or of serious crowd control problems ■ anywhere in the country. , The defending champion Arsenal was upset by Manchester ; United 4-1. I Liverpool, beaten by Arsenal in ■ the final seconds of the battle for i the championship in May, began the new season by defeating Mani City 3-1.
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