article_snippet: Shortly before kick-off the officer - who had never previously overseen a major football match - ordered a gate to be opened in order to ease overcrowding outside the ground, but this allowed fans to rush into to already packed terraces.
article_snippet: When fans started dying, David Duckenfield told Football Association officials that 'some fans have got in through a gate', which David Duckenfield now admits was a 'terrible lie'.
article_snippet: Crush: 96 Liverpool fans were killed by being pushed up against barriers on the overcrowded terrace .
article_snippet: Chaos: Fans flooded onto the pitch in the aftermath of the disaster .