Calls to scrap football ID cards scheme

Title

Calls to scrap football ID cards scheme

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 Jan 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:38

Description

Liam O’Donoghue interviews Chairman of the Liverpool City Council Hillsborough Working Party, councillor Harry Chase, on their demands to scrap the controversial football ID scheme the government had proposed to reduce football hooliganism. Follows the Hillsborough Stadium disaster and prior to Lord Justice Taylor’s report on it, predicted not to recommend the scheme. Originally on Radio City.

Contributors

Radio City; Liam O’Donoghue; Harry Chase

Keywords

Reports; Margaret Thatcher; Association football; Hooliganism; Prime ministers; Safety; Football stadiums; Liverpool City Council; Sports stadium disasters; Identification cards; Disaster prevention; Hillsborough Stadium disaster (1989); Lord Justice Taylor; Peter Taylor

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