Heysel stadium disaster

Title

Heysel stadium disaster

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

May 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:06:45

Description

Report on the Heysel Stadium disaster with eyewitness interviews including that of visiting UK junior minister Peter Bottomley who was at the match. Speaking are Liverpool Football Club fans Chris Mackenna(?), John Hewittson(?), Stuart Ravenscroft; consultant surgeon in Belgium William Walsh; UK junior minister Peter Bottomley. Mike Rowbottom reports.

Contributors

Peter Bottomley; Mike Rowbottom; Chris Mackenna(?); John Hewittson(?); Stuart Ravenscroft; William Walsh

Keywords

Deaths; UK; Violence; Association football; Hooliganism; Riots; Policing practice; Belgium; Football grounds; Football stadiums; Alcohol-related crime; Sports stadium disasters; Liverpool Football Club; Brussels; Juventus Football Club; Heysel Stadium disaster (1985); Joe Fagan

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