There were ticketless Liverpool fans in the cordon at the final in Madrid last season climbing into the stadium through the tiny slats. Saw it with my own eyes. Unbelievable for a modern stadium and brutal policing around but it happened.
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There were ticketless Liverpool fans in the cordon at the final in Madrid last season climbing into the stadium through the tiny slats. Saw it with my own eyes. Unbelievable for a modern stadium and brutal policing around but it happened.
Salt of the earth eh?
www.dailymail.co.uk
'Ticket stealing' Liverpool fans branded worst in Europe by UEFA
A UEFA report which will be presented to sports minister Richard Caborn today will brand Liverpool fans the worst in Europe. European football's governing body, who commissioned undercover police agents to compile the report over the last four years, say there have been more incidents involving...
Liverpool should have been banned for 20 years from European competition and given a huge fine, they literally murdered people
yet it was everyone else that suffered
Funny how Hillsbrough is remembered every year but fuck all about Heysel isn’t it
yet it was everyone else that suffered
Funny how Hillsbrough is remembered every year but fuck all about Heysel isn’t it
The initial ticket check about 100 yards outside the stadium, there were maybe 50 Liverpool fans without tickets trying to intimidate the armed police, I went in straight away so didn’t watch to see if they tried to bum rush, but they were certainly contemplating it
rats
Coventry's Fan Forum was called Gary Mabbut's knee. I wonder if it is still going....
EDIT : I checked, and it is.
That story is from 2007, but I noticed these quotes, and the irony of them is almost literally mind blowing:Salt of the earth eh?
'Ticket stealing' Liverpool fans branded worst in Europe by UEFA
A UEFA report which will be presented to sports minister Richard Caborn today will brand Liverpool fans the worst in Europe. European football's governing body, who commissioned undercover police agents to compile the report over the last four years, say there have been more incidents involving...
Les Lawson, spokesman for the official LFC supporters' club, said: "This is typical of UEFA. Rather than look at their own shortcomings, they want to shove the blame somewhere else.
"The fact they are not willing to stand up and take responsibility is worrying for fans, because that means they will never learn from their mistakes."
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"Cllr Clark, who attended the Athens match, added: "To make matters worse, instead of looking at their own faults UEFA are blaming the people of Liverpool."
"Saying this is typical of Liverpool fans is unfair and reflects badly on the image of the city."
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Council leader Warren Bradley said: "UEFA is dragging Liverpool's name through the mud to deflect attention from themselves. Big governing bodies like UEFA always look for scapegoats and never accept any blame.
Slightly different tangent but I wonder whether the ban might have been the starting point of the Premier League, a more corporate approach to football, a rebrand once the ban was over..
If that ban had not have happened and this was still Barclays Division One, would Serie A or the Bundesliga be the major force in Europe???
That ban could arguably be the sliding doors moment..
There are other things too, like all seater stadia & Sky coming in with big money but probably a combination of all of those things led to a Premier League.
Also once the ban was over, look at how the Champions League and Premier League shot up and domestic competitions became ever more insignificant.
If that ban had not have happened and this was still Barclays Division One, would Serie A or the Bundesliga be the major force in Europe???
That ban could arguably be the sliding doors moment..
There are other things too, like all seater stadia & Sky coming in with big money but probably a combination of all of those things led to a Premier League.
Also once the ban was over, look at how the Champions League and Premier League shot up and domestic competitions became ever more insignificant.
I still think it was more down to English clubs beginning to dominate europe. Other countries fans were every bit as bad, and Italians being the worse of the lot. I don't think there was an English team that came up against an Italian side back then that hasn't got horror stories about blade wielding shitheads attacking ordinary fans Yet, its all brushed under the carpet. Still leaves a nasty taste in my mouth.
Yes, the tea was a bit stewed in those days. You can get Earl Grey chucked at you now. How times have changed.
Sums up perfectly how bourgeois football has become.
Last time I was on the terraces some oppo scallywag insulted me by aggressively reciting medievel french poetry at me.
Thankfully my Latin is up to scratch and I showed 'em who's boss!
That deserves a double haha - at the very least.Last time I was on the terraces some oppo scallywag insulted me by aggressively reciting medievel french poetry at me.
Thankfully my Latin is up to scratch and I showed 'em who's boss!
