
The Heysel Stadium disaster took place at the 1985 Football (soccer) UEFA Champions League final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium. ==Events== There has never been an official inquiry into the causes of the disaster, but the main events are well established. On May 29, 1985, Liverpool F.C. played Juventus in the European Cup final. The Belgian authorities had allocated a section of the ground to neutral fans. This was an idea opposed by Liverpool and Juventus, as it would easily provide an arena for fans of both clubs to obtain tickets from ticket and travel agencies or from ticket touts outside the ground and thus evade measures designed to segregate the fans of both clubs. A flimsy wire fence had been erected to separate the Liverpool fans from the neutral area. A contingent of Liverpool fans began to stampede towards the Juventus fans—some Liverpool fans alleged that this was a response to the act of throwing rocks and other missiles by Juventus fans—leading to the collapse of a retaining wall. In the panic that ensued many people were trampled or crushed, resulting in the death of 39 people (32 Italians, 4 Belgians, two Frenchmen and an Irishman). Despite the scale of the disaster, it was felt that abandoning the game risked inciting further trouble, and the match eventually kicked off. Juventus won 1-0 with a controversial penalty kick (football) scored by Michel Platini—video replays suggesting that the foul giving rise to the penalty was outside the box. The hostility that gave rise to the disaster had its root cause in the events of the 1984 final, when Liverpool had played AS Roma in Rome. The English club had won the match, but their supporters were attacked afterwards by violent Italian ultras hooligans. This experience may have led various English hooliganism firms to set aside their differences for the chance to collectively settle the score with another Italian club at the Heysel stadium match. ==Aftermath== As a direct result of this event, The Football League banned Liverpool from participating in European competitions indefinitely, and all other English clubs for five years [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk/768142.stm] - a move which UEFA ratified (many believe that The Football League acted first to avoid a heavier punishment from UEFA). The length of Liverpool's ban was eventually set at ten years, though this was later reduced to six. The Heysel stadium itself has since been completely rebuilt, and is now called the Baudouin of Belgium Stadium. Juventus and Liverpool were drawn together in the quarterfinals of the 2005 Champions League, in the 20th anniversary year of the tragedy. This was the first time the clubs met in a match since Heysel. Liverpool won the first leg of the encounter at home 2-1 with goals by Sami Hyypiä and Sanz Luis Garcia. The second leg, played in Turin, ended goalless, sending Liverpool through to the semifinals with a 2-1 aggregate victory. By the end of the match, Juventus fans turned their anger towards their team in the form of chants and boos. Although many measures were taken to stop violence and anti-social behaviour during the 2005 matches, including public expressions of forgiveness and reconcilliation between major figures in the two clubs, both matches were marred with problems. Juventus supporters turned their backs on a banner of forgiveness and friendship brought into Anfield Stadium before the first leg; just hours before the second leg, a Liverpool supporter was assaulted in a bar in Turin by a gang of Juventus supporters; and there was some minor throwing of missiles by a small number of fans from both clubs minutes before kick-off of the second leg. == See also == *Hooliganism *Hillsborough disaster ==External link== *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/768380.stm BBC news account of the disaster] *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/768142.stm BBC remembers twenty years later] English footballItalian footballBelgian football Brussels 1985 th:โศกนาฏกรรมเฮย์เซล
this article is terribly biased. it did not mention the liverpool fans starting the surge were DRUNK, and the use of the term "italians" instead of Juventus supporters suggests nationalistic and xenophobic undertones. : Forgive me for being perhaps a tad ignorant, but when exactly did 'Italian' cease being a reasonable description of someone from Italy? I could see where you're coming from if they were referred to as 'Eyeties' or 'wops', but no. Sometimes it's 'Italians' (and sometimes it's 'Juventus fans'): but then, the supporters of the opposing club are sometimes referred to as 'English'. Does that make whoever put that in automagically an anti-English bigot? : Secondly, if drunkenness is to be mentioned in the article, shoudn't the possiblity that 'supporters' on both sides had been drinking before the game be mentioned? English people aren't the only ones who like a drink. User:Hig Hertenfleurst 17:50, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC) Okay, seeing as how it's been two weeks since this was flagged and nobody has appeared to support it (including the person responsible), I'm going to take the NPOV/factual flag down this evening, unless anyone's got an objection they can be arsed to follow up. User:Hig Hertenfleurst 10:00, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC) why not edit it so that it is juventus fans then!? juventus fans fans are well known as ultra right wing fans along with lazio and inter fans. to assume the disaster was a one sided affair without any provacation from any juventus fans is not only naive but also foolish. Video footage proves this. I also think that the Belgium FA should have been punished for failing to properly organise and police the game. I also think that if the wall had not collapsed that night the blame of any incidents taking place would have been split equally to liverpool fans and juventus fans. some of the liverpool fans were drunk and rushed over to some juventus fans sitting in the neutral section of the ground. the article doesnt mention this, but talks of juve fans raining missiles?! where did that come from? == Raining Missiles - read some articles == Read Alan Hansen's account in the BBC Sport page (05th April) on his experience at Heysel. There's one source, for you. Personally , I remember seeing News footage of the event (BBC and ITV) - and there was a lot. Juve fan's were throwing bits of cement, and fireworks - yes I know it happens alot in Italian (can I say Italian?) football, but following a few days after the Bradford fire disaster.....a bit provocative. The Liverpool fans rushed the Juventus fans, yes there is no excuse for this behaviour- However -remember this is the '80's and rushing the opposition supporters was a common , and amazingly at the time regarded as a fairly harmless, practice. (Read Nick Hornby - Fever Pitch, and the other dozens of lesser books on Engish Football in this period). The events were horrible, no one was ever really punished - but following years of English Clubs doing this kind of thing,all over Europe, this was the final and most tragic straw. Before this, Liverpool fans were not known as hooligans quite the opposite; but that was by the standards of the day. No excuses should be made ; but at least a balanced view from recorded archives to understand why something happened. We should also not forget the legislation brought into the game following this, especially around barriers - created many of the problems which made Hillsborough such a tragedy.(Taylor Report). == The 2005 Champions League tie == I think the bit about the 2005 CL tie between the clubs could use some rewriting. If I didn't know better I'd get the impression that there were a lot more trouble than there actually was. At Anfield in Liverpool, all that happened was that some of the Juve fans turned their backs to the apologies to show they weren't quite ready to forgive yet. There were no physical confrontations between fans there at all. In Turin there were some minor confrontations between fans and Juve ultras quarreled with the police outside the stadium and yes, there were a few seats and bottles and things thrown inside the stadium but there were hardly more problems than what's par for the course in a game in Italy these days. Considering the worries people had before the games, everything went AMAZINGLY well.
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The Heysel Stadium disaster took place at the 1985 Football (soccer) UEFA Champions League final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium. ==Events== There has never been an official inquiry into the causes of the disaster, but the main events are well established. On May 29, 1985, Liverpool F.C. played Juventus in the European Cup final. The Belgian authorities had allocated a section of the ground to neutral fans. This was an idea opposed by Liverpool and Juventus, as it would easily provide an arena for fans of both clubs to obtain tickets from ticket and travel agencies or from ticket touts outside the ground and thus evade measures designed to segregate the fans of both clubs. A flimsy wire fence had been erected to separate the Liverpool fans from the neutral area. A contingent of Liverpool fans began to stampede towards the Juventus fans—some Liverpool fans alleged that this was a response to the act of throwing rocks and other missiles by Juventus fans—leading to the collapse of a retaining wall. In the panic that ensued many people were trampled or crushed, resulting in the death of 39 people (32 Italians, 4 Belgians, two Frenchmen and an Irishman). Despite the scale of the disaster, it was felt that abandoning the game risked inciting further trouble, and the match eventually kicked off. Juventus won 1-0 with a controversial penalty kick (football) scored by Michel Platini—video replays suggesting that the foul giving rise to the penalty was outside the box. The hostility that gave rise to the disaster had its root cause in the events of the 1984 final, when Liverpool had played AS Roma in Rome. The English club had won the match, but their supporters were attacked afterwards by violent Italian ultras hooligans. This experience may have led various English hooliganism firms to set aside their differences for the chance to collectively settle the score with another Italian club at the Heysel stadium match. ==Aftermath== As a direct result of this event, The Football League banned Liverpool from participating in European competitions indefinitely, and all other English clubs for five years [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk/768142.stm] - a move which UEFA ratified (many believe that The Football League acted first to avoid a heavier punishment from UEFA). The length of Liverpool's ban was eventually set at ten years, though this was later reduced to six. The Heysel stadium itself has since been completely rebuilt, and is now called the Baudouin of Belgium Stadium. Juventus and Liverpool were drawn together in the quarterfinals of the 2005 Champions League, in the 20th anniversary year of the tragedy. This was the first time the clubs met in a match since Heysel. Liverpool won the first leg of the encounter at home 2-1 with goals by Sami Hyypiä and Sanz Luis Garcia. The second leg, played in Turin, ended goalless, sending Liverpool through to the semifinals with a 2-1 aggregate victory. By the end of the match, Juventus fans turned their anger towards their team in the form of chants and boos. Although many measures were taken to stop violence and anti-social behaviour during the 2005 matches, including public expressions of forgiveness and reconcilliation between major figures in the two clubs, both matches were marred with problems. Juventus supporters turned their backs on a banner of forgiveness and friendship brought into Anfield Stadium before the first leg; just hours before the second leg, a Liverpool supporter was assaulted in a bar in Turin by a gang of Juventus supporters; and there was some minor throwing of missiles by a small number of fans from both clubs minutes before kick-off of the second leg. == See also == *Hooliganism *Hillsborough disaster ==External link== *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/768380.stm BBC news account of the disaster] *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/768142.stm BBC remembers twenty years later] English footballItalian footballBelgian football Brussels 1985 th:โศกนาฏกรรมเฮย์เซล
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this article is terribly biased. it did not mention the liverpool fans starting the surge were DRUNK, and the use of the term "italians" instead of Juventus supporters suggests nationalistic and xenophobic undertones. : Forgive me for being perhaps a tad ignorant, but when exactly did 'Italian' cease being a reasonable description of someone from Italy? I could see where you're coming from if they were referred to as 'Eyeties' or 'wops', but no. Sometimes it's 'Italians' (and sometimes it's 'Juventus fans'): but then, the supporters of the opposing club are sometimes referred to as 'English'. Does that make whoever put that in automagically an anti-English bigot? : Secondly, if drunkenness is to be mentioned in the article, shoudn't the possiblity that 'supporters' on both sides had been drinking before the game be mentioned? English people aren't the only ones who like a drink. User:Hig Hertenfleurst 17:50, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC) Okay, seeing as how it's been two weeks since this was flagged and nobody has appeared to support it (including the person responsible), I'm going to take the NPOV/factual flag down this evening, unless anyone's got an objection they can be arsed to follow up. User:Hig Hertenfleurst 10:00, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC) why not edit it so that it is juventus fans then!? juventus fans fans are well known as ultra right wing fans along with lazio and inter fans. to assume the disaster was a one sided affair without any provacation from any juventus fans is not only naive but also foolish. Video footage proves this. I also think that the Belgium FA should have been punished for failing to properly organise and police the game. I also think that if the wall had not collapsed that night the blame of any incidents taking place would have been split equally to liverpool fans and juventus fans. some of the liverpool fans were drunk and rushed over to some juventus fans sitting in the neutral section of the ground. the article doesnt mention this, but talks of juve fans raining missiles?! where did that come from? == Raining Missiles - read some articles == Read Alan Hansen's account in the BBC Sport page (05th April) on his experience at Heysel. There's one source, for you. Personally , I remember seeing News footage of the event (BBC and ITV) - and there was a lot. Juve fan's were throwing bits of cement, and fireworks - yes I know it happens alot in Italian (can I say Italian?) football, but following a few days after the Bradford fire disaster.....a bit provocative. The Liverpool fans rushed the Juventus fans, yes there is no excuse for this behaviour- However -remember this is the '80's and rushing the opposition supporters was a common , and amazingly at the time regarded as a fairly harmless, practice. (Read Nick Hornby - Fever Pitch, and the other dozens of lesser books on Engish Football in this period). The events were horrible, no one was ever really punished - but following years of English Clubs doing this kind of thing,all over Europe, this was the final and most tragic straw. Before this, Liverpool fans were not known as hooligans quite the opposite; but that was by the standards of the day. No excuses should be made ; but at least a balanced view from recorded archives to understand why something happened. We should also not forget the legislation brought into the game following this, especially around barriers - created many of the problems which made Hillsborough such a tragedy.(Taylor Report). == The 2005 Champions League tie == I think the bit about the 2005 CL tie between the clubs could use some rewriting. If I didn't know better I'd get the impression that there were a lot more trouble than there actually was. At Anfield in Liverpool, all that happened was that some of the Juve fans turned their backs to the apologies to show they weren't quite ready to forgive yet. There were no physical confrontations between fans there at all. In Turin there were some minor confrontations between fans and Juve ultras quarreled with the police outside the stadium and yes, there were a few seats and bottles and things thrown inside the stadium but there were hardly more problems than what's par for the course in a game in Italy these days. Considering the worries people had before the games, everything went AMAZINGLY well.
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