[St Charles Owl]

Problem is after all the government and police cover ups, no one will ever truly look into ALL the causes of the disaster. The fans were at fault in what happened, the culture of turning up late, the drinking before games, the prior trouble that caused the fences to be there in the first place, the fans without tickets etc were all minor causes. Sure the police and others need to take a huge chunk of the blame but the fans (and football fans in general) were not blameless!!

Now though after 25 years and all the shit surrounding this inquest and what the families had to do to get it in the first place means they will imo want to find someone to be responsible for the deaths!! SYP will take the lions share of the blame and rightly so, but the lack of a safety certificate, the standard of the barriers, the god awful turnstiles at that end, the design of the pens on the terrace etc etc will in some ways come down to the club, and if that proves to be the case then we should at least expect 96 civil suits against the club even if we do not see criminal charges as well. Obviously the club has changed owners since then and is effectively a new company but I am not sure how much protection that gives us. I really fear it could be very costly and messy if these verdicts go against us!!

Does anyone out there know enough about the law and could enlighten us as to what may happen if we are found to be negligent??