"Heysel football [soccer] disaster remembered 25 years on". something to remember, in europe.

[demoleft]

On 29 May, 1985, 39 football fans died during violent clashes between Liverpool and Juventus supporters at the European Cup final in Brussels.
As a result of the disaster at Heysel Stadium, UEFA banned English clubs from taking part in European football for five years, with Liverpool serving an extra year.
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Thirty-two Italians, four Belgians, two French and a man from Northern Ireland died while hundreds of fans were injured.
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"We saw chaos around the turnstiles and the shabby state of the ground."

bbc, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/merseyside/10176462.stm


some pics of the tragedy.









yes, this crazy it was.

[Berry Cool]

1. Such a horrible tragedy.

The thing we can all learn from this is: Stay away from overly emotional crowds if at all possible. An overly emotional or panicked crowd is like a huge monster...it crushes people underfoot.