LOOKING BACK
STUART STEELYARD LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF THE BAN ON ENGLISH CLUBS AFTER THE HEYSEL STADIUM DISASTER

Thirst for success: Norwich beat Sunderland in the Milk Cup fi nal in 1985

ON MAY 29, 1985, the Heysel Stadium disaster changed the immediate future of English football. Pressure mounted on UEFA to do something drastic, and just two days later the governing body banned English clubs from European competition for ‘an indeterminate period of time’. This period would end up being 5 years for all English clubs and 6 years for Liverpool. So with the Champions League and ...