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Accident Waiting to Happen

Dispatches · Season 8 · Episode 26
An investigation into safety standards at football grounds and how they are being ignored in spite of the Taylor and Popplewell reports which were issued after the Hillsborough disaster and Bradford stadium fire. Our reporter uncovers through secret filming the many ways in which football clubs are still ignoring these safety regulations. Club chairman are confronted on camera with the evidence collected and are asked to justify their lack of concern.

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Season
8
Episode
26
Air Date
12/Oct/1994
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An investigation into safety standards at football grounds and how they are being ignored in spite of the Taylor and Popplewell reports which were issued after the Hillsborough disaster and Bradford stadium fire. Our reporter uncovers through secret filming the many ways in which football clubs are still ignoring these safety regulations. Club chairman are confronted on camera with the evidence collected and are asked to justify their lack of concern.

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