hooliganism

May 29,1985.More than 60,000 Liverpool and Juventus fans paved their way into the ageing Heysel stadium in northwest Brussels. Nothing forebode the disaster which was to follow. However, it is worth mentioning that Liverpool fans had been spending their day drinking before the European Cup final. At around 7 pm local time about an hour before the kickoff the trouble started. Fans had been singing, waving flags and letting off fireworks but the atmosphere was charged turning more violent when a thin line of police was unable to prevent a contingent of Liverpool supporters from stampeding towards rival fans. A wall separating Liverpool followers from Juventus supporters collapsed under the pressure and many were crushed or trampled when Juventus fans, in a state of panic, tried to escape. Fifteen years later at midday bells in the city’s municipal building pealed 39 times in memory of the 39 Italian soccer fans who lost their lives, that day, fifteen years ago when the terrace wa...