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Indeed.
One positive was that they were never switched on but Bates was (and remains) bonkers and showed then a lack of respect for supporters that has forever endured.
I remember being horribly crushed at the Vetch Field in Swansea and then again at Grimsby. Both times the crush was caused, to an extent, by the netting placed around the ground. On both occasions the police acted to make things worse rather than better.