UCL Final - Independent Review UEFA Champions League Final 2022 Independent Review Dear Dr Rodrigues, We are writing to you in your position as Chair of UEFA’s Independent Review. It is 18 days since the final panel and list of experts were announced, and just on seven weeks since you were appointed to your position, yet neither you or UEFA have made contact with Spirit of Shankly (Liverpool Supporters Union and official Supporters Trust of LFC) or the Liverpool Disabled Supporters Association that represents Liverpool Supporters with disabilities. This is despite your stated Terms of Reference: [...]

Reaction to Senate Report Speaking to the press for the first time since last season, Jurgen Klopp, when asked about the Champions League final, said: “For Liverpudlians, the smallest problem we had that night was that we lost the game. Imagine that at the Champions League final? Crazy!” He was right. That quote from the Liverpool manager captures perfectly the aftermath of events at Stade de France on 28 May 2022. What should have been a fitting finale to a great season, a blue-riband game for the hosts Paris and organisers UEFA, instead turned into a [...]

French Senate Hearings English Version On Tuesday 21 June, Spirit of Shankly chair Joe Blott and Liverpool Disabled Supporters Association chair Ted Morris travelled to Paris to give evidence in front of the French Senate Law and Culture committee. They were joined by Real Madrid socio Emilio Dumas, and Ronan Evain and Pierre Barthélemy from Football Supporters Europe. Below is a summary of the hearing in English. Thanks to Luke Tilden for the translation. Incidents at the Stade de France on 28 May 2022 - Hearing with Ronan Evain, Executive Director of Football Supporters Europe (FSE), [...]

LDSA testimony to French Senate On Tuesday 21 June, the Spirit of Shankly chair Joe Blott and Liverpool Disabled Supporters Association chair Ted Morris travelled to Paris to give evidence in front of the French Senate Law and Culture committee in a vital and historic visit. Below is the evidence provided by LDSA. Click this link to read the statement from SOS. Click this link to listen to Joe and Ted talk about their experiences during the visit in the Allez Les Rouge Podcast, hosted by SOS committee member Peter Hooton. Ted Morris - LDSA Good [...]

SOS testimony to French Senate On Tuesday 21 June, the Spirit of Shankly chair Joe Blott and Liverpool Disabled Supporters Association chair Ted Morris travelled to Paris to give evidence in front of the French Senate Law and Culture committee in a vital and historic visit. Below is the evidence provided by SOS. Click this link to read the statement from LDSA. Click this link to listen to Joe and Ted talk about their experiences during the visit in the Allez Les Rouge Podcast, hosted by SOS committee member Peter Hooton. Joe Blott - Spirit of [...]

French press react to SOS evidence at the Senate English fans recount Stade de France incidents before the Senate By Clément Martel, Le Monde. At a Senate hearing, fans' representatives – in particular from Liverpool, gave their account of the Champions League organisational debacle and called for the resignation of Gérald Darmanin. They were the first to be affected; they were the last to be heard. Representatives of the supporters who were present at the Champions League final on Saturday 28 May, and who are used to being in the stands, swapped the stadiums for the [...]