(29 May 2015, 9:29 am)Andreos1 wrote http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-mer...e-32898612From what I read and heard over the years, Heysel was a disaster waiting to happen, it was badly managed, security was not thought through properly and while I am not trying to take any blame away from Liverpool fans, I believe they and English football were unfairly and harshly treated, it is devastating that 39 people should have died, but the issue I always found was
Didn't they say Bradford was the forgotten disaster?
That's the one.
The area the dead were was supposed to be a neutral zone and neutral tickets ended up in the hands of Juventus fans, and I always wondered why the authorities never stopped Italians getting neutral tickets.
As for being a forgotten tragedy, Bradford seemed to be slightly forgotten as Heysel was about 3 weeks later and once Hillsborough happened, Heysel was pushed to the back of people's minds.
No tragedy should ever be 'forgotten' when we forget history may start to repeat itself.
With Heysel, there was a lot more to it than 'murderous' Liverpool fans, the authorities from UEFA to the Belgians should have took some of the blame, I am not actually sure if some Belgians were sent to Jail, I know some Liverpool fans were extradited to Belgium and sent down for the manslaughter of the 39 dead. Blaming Liverpool imo was the excuse UEFA and FIFA needed to ban English Clubs from Continental Competition, the ban also nearly extended to the England National Team as well.