A report into what went so badly wrong on the day of the 2022 Champions League final has found UEFA bears 'primary responsibility' for the drastic failings, despite Liverpool fans coming under fire at the time for the scenes witnessed in Paris.
I am glad it has all come out, and the proof is in the pudding. We have emerged from this in the right manner and the experience of people who were at Hillsborough has saved lives in Paris. It is something that should never happen again. I feel sick and I am glad the report has shown what Liverpool fans are really about.
Another thing that has no place in the game is the continued theme of tragedy chanting, which was most recently witnessed during Sunday’s game between Leeds and Manchester United. Some Leeds fans were singing about Munich, prompting responses in the away end about the two Leeds supporters killed in Turkey in April 2000. It’s rank and disgusting. There is absolutely no place for it in the game and I am so tired of it.
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For every bad fan, there are good ones. But this bizarre trend is just getting out of hand. We’re used to hearing it all the time at Liverpool: You see away fans doing pushing gestures in reference to Heysel and singing ‘always the victims’, but what is that all about? It is wrong on so many levels.
The fans around them should call them out and stop them, but maybe they are too frightened to do so. I don’t know. Those who do it should be banned from games, there is no question about it. They are giving their fanbase a bad name, as well as their actual clubs.
Some have suggested ‘always the victims’ refers to the mentality of the club and is not mocking the past tragedies associated with Liverpool. That is utter nonsense. People know what they are talking about with that song and it sickens me. They know what they are doing. It happens at about 50 per cent of the games I go to and we all know the teams who sing it.
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