According to the current WSC, Wednesday were warned by SYP after Spurs fans came damn close to a similar incident in the Leppings Lane end during the 1981 FA Cup semi, and their concerns were dismissed by Wednesday's chairman. Pretty damning stuff.
In today's laws, that Chairman would be up for multiple manslaughter charges, plus the responsible H&S officer if it was not one of the same
There's plenty of reason to, as well - he knew the ground didn't have a safety certificate, he knew there had been a near miss (and was informed of this, dismissing the fears), yet at no point was the ground brought up to standard. Of course, he's long dead (he died in 1995), and the guy who replaced him - and spent a decade refusing to put a memorial at the ground - is the current Premier League chairman and a member of the FA board, so he'll be bulletproof as well.
What are you girls nattering on about Sheffield Wednesday? There's very little mileage in pillorying them except as the route that leads to both Sheffield City Council, SYPA and the FA
