In 2001 I went to Madrid in May to celebrate our first wedding anniversary - Real Madrid had just won the league and played Alaves. The fans mobbed the city centre and were impeccably behaved right into the night having had all day to enjoy the occasion - it was a sight to behold.

I was 18 when Hillsborough happened and those terrible pictures left a deep impression on me - an individual once in a big crowd cannot singularly control how a mass of people behave. There's no doubt some fans would be ticketless, drunk, and arrive late - many games in the past had enormous crowds without what happened there that day. The majority of fans in those days would be early and get their favourite position on the terraces, the report states roadworks on the motorway caused a huge bottleneck.

The same game the previous year between the two sides had a police cordon to stop ticketless fans - no cordon in '89.

Lessons were not learned after crushing injuries at the Spurs and Wolves SF there a few years earlier - some idiot decides to add radial fences which prevents sideways movement. In '89 the ground's safety certificate had I think expired.

David Duckenfield was match commander that day, appointed to the task 3 weeks earlier with minimal experience - when he gave the order to open the gate (by which time he had little choice) - there were no police in the concourse area, none!

Many grounds were sh1tholes back then and fans were treated like animals because of hooliganism despite the majority being law abiding citizens.

There is clear evidence of a police cover-up as testified by coppers there on the day, South Yorkshire Police have a terrible reputation after Orgreave, this and Saville. I applaud the resolve of the Liverpool families who fought for so long for the truth to come out.

The one thing I saw a few months after the verdict of unlawful killing was given was a tweet from a guy who lives in the area that said it's common knowledge amongst the pub landlords that the pubs were rammed not long before kick-off. I can't ever recall this being covered by the media or any of them being called to give evidence, it might not however have made any difference to the verdict as no fan having a drink could have foreseen such grave consequences.

The authorities failed before, during and afterwards - Heysel was completely different and people have served time for that.

Overall - the drink/drug fuelled behaviour of a section of society doesn't ever look like it will change.