The scenes I witnessed in Saint-Denis should not be happening in football in the 21st Century.
And the appalling, arrogant cover-up from UEFA and the French authorities afterwards - to try and pin blame on innocent fans - should not be happening either. Let’s get this straight: the organisation for the Champions League Final in the Stade de France was not just inadequate; it totally failed - to a criminal level.
And there must be a criminal investigation into the failures which put lives at risk and opened up the possibility of another tragedy at a football stadium. Fans who arrived as early as 5.30pm for a 9pm kick-off, were corralled into the worst holding areas I’ve ever witnessed in a modern stadium. And that should not be happening with all the lessons we should have learned from the past.
