Have you read Nick Hornby's passage on Heysel in Fever Pitch?

Quite interesting - basically states that the behaviour of the Liverpool fans was normal, even quite tame, by English standards of the mid-70s to mid-80s. The problem was that the Belgian police weren't prepared, the Italian fans had no idea how to react and the stadium was falling apart.

And Hornby's section on Gus Caesar is one of my favourite pieces of football writing.

Oh, and Berlin, before you scoff, I was 13 when I read it, OK? :)

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on May 23rd 2005 at 23:08:38

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Hysel program on tv.... (Other Football) - Pixelman, May 23, 22:40:28
- i remember watching the game live on tv (Other Football) - maisey, May 23, 23:05:29
  - Have you read Nick Hornby's passage on Heysel in Fever Pitch? (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:08:38
    - I wasn't going to scoff - good book (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:14:27
  - Anyone think there is going to be any trouble tommorow night in Istanbul? ... (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, May 23, 23:06:52
    - depends who wins (Other Football) - maisey, May 23, 23:12:08
      - I've been thinking that myself... (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, May 23, 23:13:09
        
        football is far better of now in this country (Other Football) - maisey, May 23, 23:20:18
        
        maisey - clarification please (Other Football) - oh arr, May 24, 04:25:55
        
        Never saw any of it... (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, May 23, 23:23:30
        
        sounds strange (Other Football) - maisey, May 23, 23:31:36
- I think it was on Danish TV last night - caught the last ten minutes or so of it (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:00:43
- Bit of a coincidence showing it before the Champions league final (n/m) (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, May 23, 22:52:30
  - One word: thick (n/m) (Other Football) - SherryEnema, May 24, 11:08:56
  - OR the fact that it happened May 29th 1985... (Other Football) - Jim Nasium, May 23, 22:55:12
    - or the fact that Liverpool are playing an Italian team in the final (n/m) (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, May 23, 23:02:27
      - You're right: if Liverpool hadn't been in the final or playing an Italian team (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:03:40
        
        They probably would have... (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, May 23, 23:05:30
        
        I was being ironic (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:08:23
- And to think... (Other Football) - Jim Nasium, May 23, 22:41:32

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