Newcastle fans complained of safety issues in their game against Sheffield Wednesday in January 2023
Sheffield Wednesday commissioned a review with Sheffield City Council which recommended increased CCTV and stewarding as well as a significant reduction in capacity to the Leppings Lane end.
“When we received responses from Newcastle supporters they raised different issues to the issues raised by the journalist and we carried out a full investigation. “We tend to go back to Hillsborough quite often, part of the therapy and healing. The stadium hasn’t changed a great deal, it’s still quite a daunting-looking place. It’s still a dangerous stadium, it doesn’t matter whether you reduce it by 50 per cent, it still needs to be policed in the right manner.”