My dad tells stories of being in crushes back in the day where he could pretty much take his feet off the ground and not fall over such was the crush from either side. Quite honestly it’s amazing that these incidents didn’t happen far more regularly.[/QUOTE]

I know what your Dad means.

I was at Ipswich v Arsenal in the early 80's and the middle pen (of three) was left empty in order to separate the two sets of fans. By around 2.30, the Arsenal bit was packed and people started to argue with each other because of the crushing.
Eventually, the Police opened the middle section and created a line next to the railings between us and the Ipswich supporters.

Someone used a bit of common sense that day. To be fair, Hillsborough was an accident waiting to happen for many years