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[woodsyni]

Heysel 40 Years On: Our Day Of Shame, A Piece Written Two Decades Ago

In 2005, I wrote this article in The Times, where I was football editor. It caused fury on both sides of the city. One Liverpool website "outed" me as an Evertonian. I tried to be brutally honest

tonyevans92a.substack.com

Interesting read. Thanks for posting. Takes a smidgen of responsibility but still spreads it around. Better than most tbf

 

[Benicetoourboys]

I used to know one Red who immediately stopped going the match after Heysel, just put him right off.
The rest never ever mention it.

 

[trueblue84]

Heysel 40 Years On: Our Day Of Shame, A Piece Written Two Decades Ago

In 2005, I wrote this article in The Times, where I was football editor. It caused fury on both sides of the city. One Liverpool website "outed" me as an Evertonian. I tried to be brutally honest

tonyevans92a.substack.com

Got to say, that's a disgusting article that cuts to the core of what them lot are really like, especially the author.

Every crime committed by a red is diminished to a drunken indiscretion:

He didn't assault an police officer, he merely punched him in the face for daring to try and stop a fan illegally entering the stadium. "He ran away, lol"

He didn't mug a juventus fan and take his hat. He merely bullied him because he's "dead 'ard" and rs are just fighting against discrimination on behalf of the rest of us.

That lad on the bus with the iron bar who attacked 2 people was just drunk. He didn't know how strong the beer was and he wasn't going to fall victim to any attack that might happen.

The 39 fans who died? "But what about what some Roma fans did to us a year ago?"

Meanwhile every action against them is a heinous crime that was totally unjustified. Basically signs off with "what we did wasn't great, but those Everton fans who sang about it were pathetic... Always making it about them"

 

[Pejic300]

The European Team - Sport Alive | 1985
Uriah Heep, Motörhead, Girlschool , Slade, Venom, Alaska, Heavy Pettin', Warlock, Rock Goddess, Robin George, Pallas, Rogue Male, Waysted, Lionheart, Jump, and Edoardo Bennato.

A collaborative effort to raise funds towards the victims and families of the Heysel Stadium disaster of May 29, 1985.

 

[West Side Charlie]

Will be nice to watch a Euro final tonight without worrying if our City will be shamed, or worse some poor soul gets it.