In 2000, 15 years after the disaster, the city of Liverpool officially commemorated the anniversary of Heysel for the first time. In 2010, 25 years after Heysel, Liverpool FC finally unveiled a memorial at Anfield. It should never have taken so long.

European soccer governing body UEFA apologised to Liverpool for initially blaming the Merseyside club's fans for the mayhem following the release of an independent review on Monday.