May 29th- Remembering the Heysel Disaster

By: agiamba | May 29th, 2008

Today is the 23rd anniversary of what is called “the darkest day in Uefa competitions,” the Heysel Disaster. For any unfamiliar with it, during the European Cup final in Brussels, Liverpool fans knocked down a retaining wall of the Heysel Stadium, killing 39 people, 32 of them being Italian Juventus fans.

It’s a sobering day to remember and we must all remember somethign- no matter how much we love to bash those at the Palermo Offside, the Chris-led Roma cult or even, yes, the Interistas, that we all love football, soccer, calcio, the beautiful game, and there is no reason why any fans should die watching the team they love.

Per non dimenticare:

* Rocco Acerra (29)
* Bruno Balli (50)
* Alfons Bos
* Giancarlo Bruschera (21)
* Andrea Casula (11)
* Giovanni Casula (44)
* Nino Cerrullo (24)
* Willy Chielens
* Giuseppina Conti (17)
* Dirk Daenecky
* Dionisio Fabbro (51)
* Jacques François
* Eugenio Gagliano (35)
* Francesco Galli (25)
* Giancarlo Gonnelli (20)
* Alberto Guarini (21)
* Giovacchino Landini (50)
* Roberto Lorentini (31)
* Barbara Lusci (58)
* Franco Martelli (46)
* Loris Messore (28)
* Gianni Mastrolaco (20)
* Sergio Bastino Mazzino (38)
* Luciano Rocco Papaluca (38)
* Luigi Pidone (31)
* Bento Pistolato (50)
* Patrick Radcliffe
* Domenico Ragazzi (44)
* Antonio Ragnanese (29)
* Claude Robert
* Mario Ronchi (43)
* Domenico Russo (28)
* Tarcisio Salvi (49)
* Gianfranco Sarto (47)
* Amedeo Giuseppe Spalaore (55)
* Mario Spanu (41)
* Tarcisio Venturin (23)
* Jean Michel Walla
* Claudio Zavaroni (28)

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romabaha

It was so devastating to watch it. I wish noone to see such a tragedy "in the name of football".
My prayers go to the families that have lost loved ones.
Alessio, that was a great Juve team but for some reason I chose Falcao and La Magica!
Marco P.

R.I.P.
Edgar

We missed them, Heysel will not be forgotten
roberto

The fucking youtube video's are depressing as hell.
Johonna

It was and is a terrible tragedy. All I can say is that at least the European football leagues were just as horrified as the fans. At least now stadia all over Europe have been rebuilt and local and regional law enforcement take fan violence and threatening behavior seriously.

I think the tragedy also changed the behavior of many fans. I am reading a book right now by an obsessive Arsenal fan - not a hooligan, just a guy who goes to all the games - called Fever Pitch. He has a chapter in the book about his reaction to the tragedy. Apparently, as a life-long fan who always stood in the terraces, he had participated in "running." He describes it as when a group of supports from one team charge the area where the fans from the other team are sitting. It is not violent per se, but definitely threatening. He describes it as a goof and something all English fans would have been familiar with. Unfortunately, the Italian fans were not. They panicked, and, well, the rest is a horrible tragedy that never, ever should have happened. After Heysel, he stopped all of that: no running, no taunting of the other fans, no bullying of any kind.

Of course, he also writes about the shame he felt after watching the game. I still dont understand why they didnt cancel it.

Thanks for reminding us of this, Alessio.
Rob

R.I.P.
roberto

RIP we will never forget you.
LorenzoRosanero

this is true...it's a shame stuff like this still takes place.
Sofia

RIP all that have lost their lives in the name of the football.
Anthony

Likewise, pretty tragic...