Night of SHAME
TV & Satellite Week|May 04, 2024
How ticketless thugs caused carnage at the Euro 2020 final
RICHARD MCCLURE, CAREN CLARK, IAN MACEWAN
Night of SHAME

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It should have been a memorable and joyful night for the England football fans lucky enough to get tickets for the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium on 11 July 2021.

After some thrilling performances, Gareth Southgate’s talented Three Lions side had reached their first final since winning the World Cup in 1966. But not only did the historic day end in disappointment when Italy won the match in a penalty shoot-out, but the event was marred by thousands of ticketless England fans storming the stadium in a riot of drink-and-drug-fuelled chaos.

This story is from the May 04, 2024 edition of TV & Satellite Week.

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