Editing Taylor Report (section)

{{Short description|Result of the inquest into the Hillsborough disaster; key British stadium safety document}}
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The '''Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry report''' is the report of an inquiry which was overseen by [[Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth|Lord Justice Taylor]], into the causes of the [[Hillsborough disaster]] in [[Sheffield]], [[South Yorkshire]], England, on 15 April 1989, as a result of which, at the time of the report, 95 [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] fans had died (a [[Tony Bland|96th fan]] died in 1993, and 97th in 2021<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-58011373|title=Hillsborough's 97th victim was unlawfully killed, coroner concludes|work=BBC News|date=29 July 2021}}</ref>). An interim report was published in August 1989,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southyorks.police.uk/sites/default/files/Taylor%20Interim%20Report.pdf |title=Lord Taylor's interim report on the Hillsborough stadium disaster |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information|Her Majesty's Stationery Office]] |date=August 1989 |access-date=2 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619160223/http://www.southyorks.police.uk/sites/default/files/Taylor%20Interim%20Report.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2013 }}</ref> and the final report was published in January 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southyorks.police.uk/sites/default/files/hillsborough%20stadium%20disaster%20final%20report.pdf |title=Lord Taylor's final report on the Hillsborough stadium disaster |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information|Her Majesty's Stationery Office]] |date=January 1990 |access-date=2 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330053408/http://southyorks.police.uk/sites/default/files/hillsborough%20stadium%20disaster%20final%20report.pdf |archive-date=30 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epcollege.com/EPC/media/MediaLibrary/Knowledge%20Hub%20Documents/F%20Inquiry%20Reports/Hillsborough-Taylor-Report.pdf?ext=http://www.epcollege.com/EPC/media/MediaLibrary/Knowledge%20Hub%20Documents/F%20Inquiry%20Reports/Hillsborough-Taylor-Report.pdf?|title=THE HILLSBOROUGH STADIUM DISASTER (INQUIRY BY THE RT HON LORD JUSTICE TAYLOR)|date=15 April 1989|access-date=24 September 2012|archive-date=3 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203040933/http://www.epcollege.com/EPC/media/MediaLibrary/Knowledge%20Hub%20Documents/F%20Inquiry%20Reports/Hillsborough-Taylor-Report.pdf?ext=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epcollege.com%2FEPC%2Fmedia%2FMediaLibrary%2FKnowledge%20Hub%20Documents%2FF%20Inquiry%20Reports%2FHillsborough-Taylor-Report.pdf%3F|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Taylor Report found that the main reason for the disaster was the failure of police control.<ref>^ Taylor, Lord Justice (15 April 1989). "Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry – Interim Report" (– Scholar search). p. 49. Retrieved 22 January 2011</ref> It recommended that all major [[stadium]]s convert to an all-seater model, and that all ticketed spectators should have seats, as opposed to some or all being obliged to stand. [[The Football League]] in England and the [[Scottish Football League]] introduced regulations that required clubs in the highest divisions (top two divisions in the English system<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6444083.stm |title=Call grows for return of terraces |first=Matt |last=Slater |date=14 March 2007 |access-date=28 May 2009 |website=BBC Sport}}</ref>) to comply with this recommendation by August 1994.

The report stated that standing accommodation was not intrinsically unsafe, but the government, nonetheless, decided that no standing accommodation should be allowed.

Other recommendations of the Taylor Report included points on items such as the sale of [[alcoholic beverage|alcohol]] within stadiums, crush barriers, fences (as many Liverpool fans had been crushed to death against the perimeter fencing at Hillsborough), turnstiles, ticket prices and other [[stadium]] items.