Men were — in the years that followed — charged, found guilty and imprisoned for the murders of Loftus and Speight, but it is difficult to believe that even if these punishments had been handed out more immediately after April it would have stopped this group from seeking out their own Old Testament form of justice.
Independent handicraft sellers, shoppers and families ran as riot police tried to fight against something altogether foreign to them. Heavy, early evening rain brought with it calm as Copenhagen recovered. He was released in time for the match. But if you were to rely on the UEFA website for a summary of what happened that day your experience would be minute in comparison to his.
You will find no mention of riots or of stabbings, no mention of Christopher Loftus or Kevin Speight, no mention of football firms or revenge. Fatih Terim, the Galatasaray coach, beckoned questions and accusations towards the referee and his players; when he saw that nobody was responding he laughed instead.
Related Topics. Published 24 November Published 7 September Published 5 April Published 4 April Published 3 April Published 7 April Leeds and Galatasaray fans clashed in April , resulting in the murder of two travelling Leeds supporters in Istanbul. One tweeted: 'No. Ezgjan Alioski don't do it,' tagging the year-old, who spent four years at Elland Road. Another said: 'Alioski moving to Galatasaray will destroy any sort of legacy he had at Leeds.
And all this will do is bring up that night again for trolls on here to make awful jokes about. Similarly, another Leeds fan on Twitter said people should not defend Alioski: 'By the way, I don't want anyone to come on here and try to defend Alioski - whatever he did with us, ruined and forgotten by going to these lot.
Don't want to hear it. A different disappointed fan simply said: 'Wow, I really didn't think Alioski would go to Galatasaray. A reporter at The Athletic quotes that 'everything in Turkey suggests that it's going to go ahead now', though there has been no comment from the player's representatives. Galatasaray fans were not allowed to Elland Road for the second-leg of the UEFA Cup semi-final, which was won by Galatasaray who went on to win the competition.
The loss of Kevin Speight and Christopher Loftus 21 years ago is still felt incredibly deeply and the animosity between the clubs remains. Leeds and Galatasaray fans clashed in violent scenes in April at in Istanbul's Taksim Square. Following the two tragic deaths, local police arrested and charged four Galatasaray supporters with murder. Galatasaray fans were banned from attending the second-leg at Elland Road, in a semi-final won by the Turkish side, who went on to win the competition.
Alioski played 37 times in the Premier League last season and scored three goals for Leeds. One Leeds fan after having a go at Kewell for the move said, if he was to do the right thing he'd be at Leeds trying to get the club back to the EPL! Another said he was greedy and was going to Turkey for the money and that it was a terrible thing considering what happened eight years ago. I personally don't think so and wish Harry Kewell all the luck in regaining even a glimpse of the form that made him a Leeds United fan favourite.
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