Anfield Red

On 29 May, 1985, fans of both Liverpool and Juventus went to Heysel Stadium in Brussels to watch a European Cup final; sadly 39 of those supporters never returned from the match. In what was arguably the darkest hour in UEFA history, 39 fans died after an retaining fell, crushing supporters in the process.

I don’t want to go into great detail on the tragedy because to be honest, it just brings up too many debates about the incident. Everyone can have their own opinion, but when that opinion turns into something more vile — well that’s where I draw my line in the sand, take a deep breath and walk on.

On this day I’d like to remember the victims of the horrible tragedy and ask all of you to take a moment of silence in their honour…

In Memoria e Amicizia, in Memory and Friendship:

Rocco Acerra
Bruno Balli
Alfons Bos
Giancarlo Bruschera
Andrea Casula
Giovanni Casula
Nino Cerullo
Willy Chielens
Giuseppina Conti
Dirk Daenecky
Dionisio Fabbro
Jacques François
Eugenio Gagliano
Francesco Galli
Giancarlo Gonnelli
Alberto Guarini
Giovacchino Landini
Roberto Lorentini
Barbara Lusci
Franco Martelli
Loris Messore
Gianni Mastrolaco
Sergio Bastino Mazzino
Luciano Rocco Papaluca
Luigi Pidone
Bento Pistolato
Patrick Radcliffe
Domenico Ragazzi
Antonio Ragnanese
Claude Robert
Mario Ronchi
Domenico Russo
Tarcisio Salvi
Gianfranco Sarto
Giuseppe Spalaore
Mario Spanu
Tarcisio Venturin
Jean Michel Walla
Claudio Zavaroni

RIP – You’ll Never Walk Alone.