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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Paul Gorst

Liverpool fan group chair writes powerful open letter with list of demands for UEFA

The chair of an influential Liverpool supporters' union has demanded UEFA accept all 21 recommendations made in the independent report into the chaos outside the Stade de France at last season's Champions League final.

And Joe Blott, who is the head of Spirit of Shankly, believes a full apology must be forthcoming from European football's governing body for the "lies and smears they used to shift responsibility from themselves to innocent fans" following the exoneration match-goers outside the Saint-Denis venue last May.

The 220-page review, which was published on Monday evening and compiled based on interviews and testimonies from witnesses and key stakeholders, absolved Liverpool fans of any wrong-doing and stated that UEFA were "primarily responsible for failures which almost led to disaster".

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