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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Exclusive by David Conn

Revealed: Uefa safety consultant quit and expressed concerns in February

Liverpool fans outside the Stade de France before Champions League final against Real Madrid.
Liverpool fans outside the Stade de France before Champions League final against Real Madrid. Photograph: Christophe Ena/AP

Serious concerns were raised about Uefa’s safety and security department earlier this year when an English safety expert with decades of experience quit his role as a consultant for European football’s governing body.

Steve Frosdick, originally a Metropolitan police officer, has dedicated his career to stadium safety in British and European football since the 1990s and has multiple advanced professional qualifications. He resigned from his Uefa consultancy in February, after 11 years in which he was employed to enhance its expertise, incident monitoring, and development and training programmes.

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