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The Heysel disaster

 

The Heysel disaster of 29 May, 1985, led to the deaths of 39 fans and
a five-year blanket ban on English clubs in European football.

More than 60,000 supporters of Liverpool and Juventus had made their
way into the ageing  Heysel stadium in northwest Brussels, many having
spent the day drinking before the European Cup final.

At around 7pm local time, about an hour before the scheduled kickoff, the
trouble started.



Heysel: a tragedy waiting to happen

Fans had been chanting, waving flags and letting off fireworks,but the
atmosphere became more violent and a thin line of police was unable to
prevent a contingent of Liverpool followers from stampeding towards rival
fans.

A retaining wall separating the Liverpool followers from Juventus
supporters in sector 'Z' collapsed under the pressure and many were
crushed or trampled when panicking Juventus fans tried to escape.
Thirty-nine Italian and Belgian fans died and hundreds were injured.



Fans from both sides were
involved in clashes

English banned

The game eventually went ahead late, despite objections from both
managers,
and Juventus won the match 1-0 from a second half penalty.
Some Liverpool fans claimed that Juventus supporters precipitated the
violence by hurling stones and other missiles.

Others have blamed poor organisation and lack of crowd control by the
Belgian authorities,  saying that there were insufficient police inside the
stadium to prevent fans from clashing.

UEFA acted swiftly to ban all English clubs indefinitely from participating*
in any of the three  European competitions in the wake of the tragedy.
This restriction was gradually lifted five years later.

The Heysel stadium itself has changed beyond recognition since the
disaster. The old venue, built in 1930, was demolished after the disaster
and replaced by the all-seater Stade Roi Baudouin, which has never been
used to stage club football.

'Runaway train'
No plaque commemorates the 1985 horror, and the only reminder of tha
 time is a reconditioned gateway near the main entrance, the last remnant
of the original stadium.

Gerald McKinley, a Liverpool fan who was at Heysel but not involved in the
rioting, said:
"Heysel was almost certainly going to happen because no one, anywhere,
seemed capable of stopping the violence. "There was trouble at almost
every game, at home and abroad and not just involving English teams.
It was like trying to stop a runaway train.
"It had to stop somehow and since Heysel, there have been far
fewer incidents. But what a tragic loss of life."

 

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