BANNED!

English FOOTBALL clubs were banned from all European competitions indefinitely by UEFA on June 2nd 1985. 

This decision followed the Heysel Stadium disaster in Brussels, where 39 spectators (mostly Juventus fans) were killed during a riot before the European Cup Final... chaos below....

The 1985 European Cup final pitted two of the most successful and "storied" clubs in Europe against each other: Juventus from Turin, Italy, and Liverpool, an English team that was the defending European champion. At 7 p.m., right before the start of the match, a group of Liverpool fans, drunk from a day spent at the bars in Brussels, charged after a group of Juventus fans. In the melee, a stadium wall collapsed, crushing some spectators. Others were trampled in the ensuing rush to flee the stadium. In all, 32 Juventus fans were killed, as well as seven bystanders. Hundreds of other people were injured. To avoid further rioting from the unruly crowd, the game went on as scheduled. Juventus won 1–0.

Timeline of the Ban: General Ban (1985–1990): All English football clubs were banned from European competitions for five years.

• Liverpool’s Extended Ban (1985–1991): Liverpool received an additional year, keeping them out of Europe for six seasons in total.
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• Return: English clubs returned to European competition for the 1990–91 season. 
• The FA, as the governing body of the national sport, is to make football accessible to as many people as possible, operating within the law and international football policy defined by UEFA and FIFA.

• The current policy, which allows transgender women to participate in the women’s game, was based on this principle and supported by expert legal advice.

  This is a complex subject, and the FA's position has always been that if there was a material change in law, science, or the operation of the policy in grassroots football then we would review it and change it if necessary.

  The Supreme Court’s ruling on the 16 April means that The FA will be changing its policy. Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women’s football in England, and this policy will be implemented from 1 June 2025.

  We understand that this will be difficult for people who simply want to play the game they love, in the gender by which they identify and we are contacting the registered transgender women currently playing to explain the changes and how they can continue to stay involved in the game. Here's an historic video about this...6 minutes.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPaj7heCAms