{"id":6147,"date":"2026-05-29T07:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=6147"},"modified":"2026-05-29T07:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:27:31","slug":"liverpool-fc-marks-41st-anniversary-of-heysel-stadium-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=6147","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool FC marks 41st anniversary of Heysel Stadium disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The disaster occurred before the European Cup final in Belgium between Liverpool and Juventus on May 29, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Events in Block Z of the stadium that night led to the deaths of 39 people and left hundreds more injured.<\/p>\n<p>Respects will be paid across the club today, and our thoughts are with all those affected by the tragedy, as always.<\/p>\n<p>These commemorations will include the unveiling of \u2018Forever Bound\u2019, a new permanent Heysel memorial located at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>Formed of two scarves knotted together to symbolise unity, solidarity and a shared bond of remembrance between Liverpool and Juventus, it is inscribed with the names of each of the 39 fans who lost their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from both clubs will observe a period of silence and lay wreaths at the new memorial this morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, as a club, we come together to honour the memory of the 39 people who lost their lives at Heysel and remember all those affected by this tragedy,\u201d said Billy Hogan, Liverpool FC CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts, as always, are with the families and everyone affected on this poignant day, which will always hold a lasting place in the history of our club.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The disaster occurred before the European Cup final in Belgium between Liverpool and Juventus on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}