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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Nearly 30 years ago great and very balanced article in the Telegraph today. One striking point is in a time when black armbands and minutes silence are now the norm in football Heysel still seems like an elephant in the room.

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

It is ironic that your post has gone uncommented. Especially since I have always felt that Heysel sowed the seeds for that other disaster.

What not many people realise is that the very same month police in Sheffield were deciding how to police a match, 14 Liverpool fans were being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Belgium.

English football's lowest point.

Mr ddc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We lost a family friend at Heysel. Terrible for his family.

Heysel and Bradford go largely ignored, which I think is a tragedy on itself.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is part of the problem that the strength of feeling around Hillsbrough is such that any mention of Heysel is shut down immediately, as a kind of slur on Liverpool fans. It's seen as unmentionable now because of the second disaster where they were wrongly blamed, unlike Heysel.

Very poignant part of the article where it suggests that had lessons been learned through a proper exploration of what happened at Heysel, Hillsbrough might never have happened. Chilling.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As a Liverpool fan, May 29 1985 was definitely, the darkest day in our Club history. I still feel a sense of shame, even though I wasn't there,for what happened that evening. May the 39 Rest in peace!

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By *amelhunterMan
over a year ago

newcastle

Liverpool fans were not to blame at heysel.

Uefa and the Belgian police where.

Uefa for allowing a high profile game to go ahead in a ground that was disintegrating into the ground. Allowing juventus and Liverpool fans in same part of the ground, with a thin mesh fence seperating them.

The police for not realising the situation with the fence, not using common sense and putting a cordon between both sets of fans.

Allowing juventus fans to throw things and spit in Liverpool fans.

And finally for standing back and allowing fans to fight with each other, which resulted in a wall collapsing leading to deaths.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Liverpool fans were not to blame at heysel.

Uefa and the Belgian police where.

Uefa for allowing a high profile game to go ahead in a ground that was disintegrating into the ground. Allowing juventus and Liverpool fans in same part of the ground, with a thin mesh fence seperating them.

The police for not realising the situation with the fence, not using common sense and putting a cordon between both sets of fans.

Allowing juventus fans to throw things and spit in Liverpool fans.

And finally for standing back and allowing fans to fight with each other, which resulted in a wall collapsing leading to deaths. "

I suggest you read Tony Evans article "Our Day of Shame, just Google it.

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