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WHISTON,
LIVERPOOL,
MERSEYSIDE,
COACH PROPRIETOR
Occupation
T e 1ep h o n e
He ight
IC
Hair
900
colour
r~ t y p e
C otTi p 1 e x i 0 n
Eyes
Facial
hair
G I.a s ■&s s
Number
u se
of P a g e s
Dated
5
J Q i J.h 0 o J.e y
150489
1 an'i a m a r r i e d
man
living
at
the
above
address
with
my w i f e
and
tnree
c hi 1 d re n .
a self
I am
and
drove
On
Coach
s 1 0 r e t h s c 0 a c:h e a
At a b o u t
see
employed
my
the
the
10.3 0 a m
FA C u p
eoacn
Semi
at
the
mini
0
pa r a t i n g
from my
n u it;& acidr as s
C h e ■&h ii.r e ..
11.n
(1030)
10 s e a t e r
Pro^pr>4?tor
on S a t u r d a y
"15th A p r i l
aus
Sheffield
F'inai
time
towards
between Liverpool
wera^Tni r e n
19 8 9
(1504198?)
in o r d e r
that
and N o tt in gh am
people
including
my
we
I
may
Forest.
n ep h e w !
•h t Z I*'} 0*9 eb [ $ 3 — -
:o h n P a u l
G 3.L.h 0 0 L E Y \w>i 0
\t
<1435)
g .3 5 p m
t s n ye a r s of
I parked
walked
to H i l l s b o r o u g h
whilst
others
my
vehicle
Football
including J o h n
Clu b .
age .
in W o l f e
I had
RD,
Sneff:;. eld,
tickets
h a d tic k e t s f o r t he
for
t e r r ace.
the
we
stand
rxn'z- o o .
PAGE::
S285
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2 fif“
ether
w it h my
1r> y r s
daughter
ana
son
-------10 y e a r s
It w a s
could
obvious
see
single
were
went
good
wrong
view
on
the
were
side
was
in
a
stand
turnstiies
not
abreast
lot
of
breathing
enough
all
trying
pushing
but
turnstiles
and
open ana
to get
through
struggling.
eventually
I
a
People
we m a n a g e d
to
get
/
s t a n d jam R o w 2 4 S e a t s
of
the
back
playing
from
of m i n u t e s
e 1 i inb the
his
the
feet
couple
There
the
there
were
difficulty
into
20
that
to
ground.
clear
about
A
the
went
people
entrance.
inside
We
to me
th a t
having
we
the
into
terrace
and
retaining
th e
match
b e l o w me
fenc 1 n g , o n c e
area
103/104
the
105« / W e
terrace
fence
it
and
around
the
became / l e a r
D e h i n d the
g/oal
inflow
I could
see
ground.
that
posts.
ha d
something
was
1 s a w a .man
we n t t a
o v e r t h 3.s h e c^yl 1 a ps e g a n d s o m e o n e
aid.
After
this
People
ail
hell
t r y i n g to
clear
that
there
could
tell
tnat
seems\u
to
bre/fk
loose.
I could
see
hundreds
get
away.
c 1 i m a t n e\ t ejyfi n Q i n an a t t e m p t
to
was
these
pressure
people
Deing
coming
from
injured
and
behind
possibly
It was
people.
killed
m
of
I
tna
crusn
d e 1ow «
After
about
minutes
and
as c i d e a
to
and
towaras
Leppings
rest
of
our
L e p p i ngs
«—
ft
fifteen
went
and
group,,
cane
wai ted
back
I went
leave
for
to
to
the
a
three
coa c n .
look
for
t h is
crush
fa m i i.y „
We w e n t
this
saw
about
my
uan e .
At
I
a na
wiUi
of
time
quarters
I places
anybody
mace
our
o n t o the
there
c a u p 1 e of
1 c o u l a n ’t stand
wa s
road
only
w a y a own
anymore
tns
ana w a i t e d
aoout
40
rthink
h e "s 11
Eventually
b r o t h e r arid m y
years
I made
my
of
A m b u ia n c e m s n g o i n g i n t o the
of
my
from
an
sp n
our
hour
and
wnen
no
daughter
group.
was
one
s o n s f r ie n g w n o
back
to
the
on
g ro u n d .
in the
coa c n
jaineo
o’
I o n 1 y k now as
g r o u n d w i t h my
the
a p p e a r s a we
age.
way
for
people
afl-r
my
steps
brother
PAGE
S 28 5
began
to
as k
Policeman
and
minutes.
When
description
Together
asked
he
had
with
relations
A
if a n y o n e
other
<2£40)
request
the
he
taken
n e p h e w was,
anything.
for
went
boy
from
news
1 went
away
filling
the
of
to
for
a
about
J o h n ’s
ground.
Ineir
friends
and
15th April
in the
shown
1969
<15041989)
Gymnasium
a number
of
at
the
of H i l l s b o r o u g h
photographs.
1
~
i m rne d ia t e 1 y
A
(frf
short
t i me
Sergeant
t ha t n um b e r b 3 w a s a
sa w
lat e r
1 was
ten
R o a d Po 1 i c e S tat i o n ,
I attended
I wa s
He
said a young
waiting
on S a t u r d a y
Then
my
by A m b u l a n c e
people
Police
C l u b.
knew
to tf,a m m e r t o n
f%'"k ’1 Q - ^ Q P m
Football
he
returned
been
I went
of
if
knew where
si>efwn the
-----rottenX
C O X . . I id e n t i f i e d
body
of
h i rfi as
2 .3 3 8
6 U * ft
p n o t o g r a p h of J o h n b 11-H Q 0 ^J L Y
Jonn GILHQOLEY
b e i n g th e s a m e
by P o l i ce
person
that
a \
was s n o w n a n t h e p h o t a q ra p n ,
I do not know whi ch Doctor Jo nil was
c\VtV
u n d e r but 1 can say t h a t he a p p e a r e d to be in g o o d h e a l t h
jonn's
Father
b u i 1d in q site
is Honai. a u i.LHQu^.ty>f ' s s ^ y r j t r e m p l o y e d
i n L.o n d o n .
In m y
/dn d
opinion
were
t h is
to
get
wit n the
into
the
:onn w en t
coach
ca use d by
seemed
to m e .
I k n ow
p o o r P o 1 ij/ln g b o t h
I it tie
ai t h o u g h all
his
into
ground
be :i.nq
the
address
last
the
y e a r and
sear c n e a , P r o per
m ore
c o sitf
d
I of
turnstiles
the
crowd
in our
g r o u n d w :i.t h a m a n
/.
it was
Par
area
m a r sna 1 1 n g of
more
o rqani s e d
t he
c r o w d arid
I
he
n a ve
lives
seen
in W h i s t e n .
him
since
the
Me r sayi/i d e .
accident
anc
H e ’s
I Know
he * s a l r i g h t .
TAKEN
PLACE
T IM E s
ar
don' X
called Hodney
Gilhooiey
STATEMENT
outside
organised.
other / n a n
a b o u t 45 y e a r s
that
wa s
There
ground
same
e v e r y t h i ng a p p e a r e d
<CJ^' -
i s u n s u re
o pen.
1 attended
Know
accident
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on a
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