{"id":4005,"date":"2020-07-22T21:25:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T20:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2025-06-10T19:34:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T18:34:56","slug":"hillsborough-sheffield-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/index.php\/1990s\/hillsborough-sheffield-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"HILLSBOROUGH – SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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First County Visit:<\/td>Saturday 23rd January 1999<\/td><\/tr>
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Competition:<\/td>FA Cup – (Round 4)<\/td><\/tr>
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Result:<\/td>Sheffield Wednesday 2 – 0 Stockport County<\/td><\/tr>
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Attendance:<\/td>20,984<\/td><\/tr>
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Away Trip:<\/td>93<\/td><\/tr>
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Away Day:<\/td>400<\/td><\/tr>
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County Line-up<\/td>1 Carlo Nash; 2 Sean Connelly; 3 Tony Dinning (12 Jim Gannon); 4 Paul Cook; 5 Mike Flynn; 6 Martin McIntosh; 7 Waynne Phillips (13 Rob Matthews); 8 Derek McInnes; 9 Brett Angell; 10 Ian Moore; 11 Colin Woodthorpe; (Subs not used: 14 Ian Gray; 15 Kevin Cooper 16 Aaron Wilbraham)<\/td><\/tr>
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Manager:<\/td>Gary Megson<\/td><\/tr>
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County Visits:<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Reflections on Hillsborough to be published in due course<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Main Stand at Hillsborough – a magnificent structure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Kop – a huge covered stand. On my first visit, (back in 1962 with my Dad), this was an uncovered terrace, holding 18,000 – an impressive sight when full<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The wonders of You Tube!! A Pathe newsreel of the very first time I visited Hillsborough. The FA Cup Semi Final in 1962. A trip with my Dad which I can vividly recall to this day. It poured down, we went on the train from Guide Bridge to Wadsley Bridge<\/strong> .. my first experience of a big crowd. (Click on the image to view)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The North Stand, erroneously claimed by many to be the first cantilever stand – that honour of course goes to the Old Showground<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The West Stand, commonly know as the Leppings Lane End – we were always located in there in the upper tier<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Tyldesley talks about refereeing the first game at Hillsborough after the disaster<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark interviewed Peter for a piece on Tameside Radio. Here’s a short extract from it in which Peter reflects on taking charge of the first game held at Hillsborough after the disaster in 1989. It’s a poignant recollection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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