Posted: Oct 31, 2018 | Updated: 5 months ago
In January 1990, the Rt Hon Lord Justice Taylor concluded his investigation. Authored the comprehensive final report known as the Taylor Report, which provided recommendations for improving stadium safety in sports venues.
His inquiry followed the Hillsborough stadium disaster which claimed 97 lives and caused over 700 injuries.
The Taylor Report deals with many subjects.
Investigating the root cause of the disaster, strategies for prevention in future scenarios, and debunking false claims that hooligans were responsible – all crucial aspects that shed light on the truth behind this catastrophe.
Embed from Getty ImagesThe effect the Taylor report has had on football and other sports over the last twenty years is immense. The big effect is that all major sports grounds, including the Premier League. All football grounds must be all seater stadiums. This means that the old-fashioned football terraces had to be abolished by 1994.
One reason for this was so that a game could never oversell again. Each fan had a bit of room to move.
By taking such actions, it would also cut down on hooligans. Who as a rule were in the terraces since they were the cheapest area in the stadium.
It is clear to see that hooliganism has died down, long since the 80’s, this could be linked to decline of standing areas.
There is little or no acts of hooliganism in modern domestic football, with the exemption of major rival games such as the example shown at West Ham v Millwall in 2009.
Other notable areas that are blooming since the 90’s also include major sponsorship of football although this could be more down to the forming of the EPL. Football has also become more corporate, and most stadiums now offer directors boxes.
Reasons for this could again linked to the decline of hooliganism, as football of late has extraordinarily little negativity by comparison making it favourable for advertising.
Embed from Getty ImagesHillsborough disaster crushed fans against fence during FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest
For example, a company who sponsor a stadium such as Fly Emirates (Arsenal’s Emirates stadium) would rather have their name mentioned in a headline such as, “Arsenal win in flying style at the Emirates” as opposed to one such as “Fight breaks out at the Emirates”.
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