The XNUMXs were a dark period for football, with the horrors at Hillsborough and Bradford stadiums forever etched in people's memories.
But has the disaster at the Heysel stadium in Brussels, when Juventus and Liverpool played the final of the European Champions Cup 37 years ago, become a forgotten tragedy of this sport?
It must be hard for generations of modern soccer fans, seated in stadiums and covered in make-up television broadcasts, to imagine that a day spent at a match could become a matter of life and death.
The fire that spread through the Raxlimat stands of Bradford, claiming 56 lives, and the horrific events at Hillsborough Stadium, left a dark stain on the sport and the officials who ran it, leading to many changes in the meantime.
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Then again, for some, the Heysel Stadium disaster in Brussels, Belgium, which took place on May 29, 1985, stands out uncomfortably in this series of calamities.
39 people died and 600 were injured when fans were packed against a wall that then collapsed during the European Champions Cup final.
Earlier, Liverpool fans rushed supporters of the Italian club, which caused chaos.
As a consequence, UEFA imposed a five-year ban on English clubs from participating in European cups, and the already bully reputation of English fans further worsened.
Guilt and remorse have simmered between the two sets of fans for years, and the emotions were still palpable in 2005, when the two clubs met for the first time since the Champions League quarter-final disaster at Anfield.
Liverup fans held up colored cardboard with the letters "Amicizia" (Friendship) written on it, and while many Juventus fans applauded the gesture, some others made it clear what they thought of him by turning their backs.
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Dr Rogan Taylor, a lecturer in football studies at the University of Liverpool, said the accident was accompanied by complex emotions because people were embarrassed to face the unpleasant reality of hooliganism.
This Liverpool fan said Heysel was a "black day" for the city.
"There was a sense of desperate, desperate shame and depression in the city," he said.
"At that time we had a controversial local government and everything went to hell in an hour.
"There were only two great sources of success in culture - music and football."
"We had the best football team in the world and it was a stab in the heart of the city. It was a black, black day."
What happened during the Heysel accident?
About an hour before the start of the 1985 European Cup final, a group of Liverpool fans jumped over the fence that separated them from the "no man's land" where Juventus fans were mostly.
While fleeing the threat, the fans were pressed against a part of the terrace surrounded by a concrete retaining wall, which eventually collapsed.
39 people died.
The match was played despite the disaster to prevent further riots, and Juventus won 1-0.
Among the dead were 32 Italians, two Belgians, two French fans and one fan from Northern Ireland.
As a consequence of this, English football clubs were banned from playing in Europe for the next five years.
Fourteen Liverpool fans were found guilty of manslaughter and each was sentenced to three years in prison.
Dr Taylor says that because the accident happened in Belgium, it was not something that English fans - and the authorities - could analyze and deal with as they would if it had happened in the UK.
"It was a tragedy that happened in a foreign country."
Four years later, 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives in a fatal stampede during the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium.
The circumstances of what exactly happened are being revealed to this day, mainly thanks to the truth-telling campaign launched by the grieving families of the victims.
New investigations have been launched into the disaster based on allegations of a complex series of failures by the authorities that day.
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The blame for Heysel was initially placed entirely on Liverpool fans, and 14 of them were later found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to prison terms.
However, the investigation showed that part of the responsibility lies with the authorities and the derelict state in which the Heysel Stadium was located.
Phil Hammond, who lost his XNUMX-year-old son Philip at Hillsboro, says he remembers Heysel well.
"I think when Hillsborough happened, everyone immediately thought it was just another Hazel," he says.
"If Heysel hadn't happened, things would have been very different, because people automatically thought 'hooliganism'."
"But as we see now, we finally got to the truth [after the new Hillsborough investigations].
"I remember Heysel well, because one of my friends had a ticket. He was pulling out injured people."
"People didn't want to talk about it and just pushed it in their heads. They were ashamed."
"I think that is forgotten today. You only have a small commemorative plaque at Anfield. But the club can't forget that."
The Hillsborough disaster is marked by large memorials at both Hillsborough and Anfield, and in the form of the Hillsborough Eternal Flame on the Liverpool club crest.
References to Heysel, however, are much harder to find.
There is a small memorial plaque to the victims in Liverpool's club museum, with the shirt worn by Kenny Dalglish that night hanging next to it.
Some Juventus fans believe that many in England have indeed forgotten the Heysel accident - although the reasons for this remain complex.
The Bianconeri staged several poignant gestures in 2015, including a giant display of placards bearing the names of the victims during a Serie A match against Napoli.
But there was very little mention of Heysel in earlier football seasons in England, apart from one small private wreath-laying at Anfield.
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Lifelong Juventus fan Gurjit Kalon from Coventry says:
"I think that is forgotten today. It's not something that's talked about here, and maybe it's talked about more in Turin."
"I think in the case of Hillsborough and Bradford there was a sense of unfinished business and justice that had to be done.
"And those accidents happened closer to home, in local clubs, so it's more likely to be talked about more.
"But for Juventus fans, the feelings are quite strong, and divided between those who would like to move on and those who are still angry, as could be seen in the 2005 game at Anfield.
"It would be really nice if there was a commemorative gesture here. Something that would start a conversation when they started talking about Heysel again."
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