QUOTE(Mikeshashimi @ Oct 18 2011, 01:52 PM)
A mini history lesson: (because I suddenly had the urge to youtube Hillsborough and Heysel tragedies respectively)
The Heysel Tragedy
The Heysel Stadium disaster occurred on 29 May 1985 when escaping, fans were pressed against a wall in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, as a result of rioting before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool of England and Juventus of Italy. Thirty-nine Juventus fans died and 600 were injured.
Our very own tragedy:
Hillsborough
a reminder that we weren't always the good guys. And I use the term 'we' lightly because IMO we're all Liverpool Supporters, near or far.
We were at fault during Heysel, no doubt. Fans had been throwing projectiles at one another prior to the incident and this sparked of a violent retaliation from those in red. Nothing can justify what happened in the end as lives were lost. English teams were banned from Europe thereafter and Everton are still bitter because they would have qualified for Europe had the ban not been imposed. Not something we want to see happen again (Heysel or Everton qualifying for Europe). When we played Juventus in 2005 at Anfield, the Kop held up a mosaic that read Amicizia which means "friendship" in Italian. It was generally well received by the away fans but a small section turned their backs in protest. The Heysel Tragedy
The Heysel Stadium disaster occurred on 29 May 1985 when escaping, fans were pressed against a wall in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, as a result of rioting before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool of England and Juventus of Italy. Thirty-nine Juventus fans died and 600 were injured.
Our very own tragedy:
Hillsborough
a reminder that we weren't always the good guys. And I use the term 'we' lightly because IMO we're all Liverpool Supporters, near or far.
As for Hillsborough, we were definitely not at fault. The police packed too many bodies into the Leppings Lane and it was a disaster waiting to happen. It's fantastic to hear that the Hillsborough documents will finally be revealed and hopefully the truth will be out and justice will be done. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/...sclosed?cc=4716
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