The Final: Attack On Wembley - What on EARTH Happened?!?!

Wednesday 8th May 2024 saw Netflix release their documentary surrounding the harrowing events of the 11th July 2021, at the final of Euro 2020
However, the behaviour of a mindless set of England fans tarnished what should have been the culmination of a tournament celebrating human kinds ability to triumph over adversity
While I recommend you go and watch the documentary, not everyone has access to Netflix, so we thought we would summarise the barbarity, stupidity and downright thuggishness that took place on that fateful day
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[@harlech52]

Where the documentary falls woefully short is in not examining what preparations took place (more specifically did not take place) by the Authorities

[@SimpleSoccer2024]

I completely agree, there are a few things I thought the doc missed too. I think it would be better suited to being a mini series rather than one film, like the Woodstock 99 doc

[@RevStickleback]

I've not seen the full documentary, but one thing usually overlooked is the impact of covid restrictions at the time of the final. In normal times, hundreds of thousands of fans up and down the country would have gone to a pub to watch the game. At the time though, the only way you go go into a pub was if you'd pre-booked a place seated at a table, so going to a pub to watch a game was out for the majority who'd normally have done so.
This meant far larger number than normal went down to the stadium for the unofficial fan zone the area became, and because it was unofficial, rather than drinking the expensive and usually weak beer served in the fan zone, fans were snapping up crates of beer at supermarket prices, and drinking more than they would have done had they been in a pub.

[@SimpleSoccer2024]

Correct, and yes the doc does mention that
How no one thought that would happen though is beyond me!

[@triptools]

Thank you for posting this.
Things were chaotic on Wembley (Olympic) Way leading up to the stadium for hours before the game. It calmed down a bit once inside, well before kick off, but it was obvious in our section that a handful of people didn't have tickets and had to keep moving seats. Not all seats were sold for the game as the country was coming out of Covid. This meant that there were seats available for anyone that gained entry unlawfully. This wouldn't have been the case if all seats had been sold. This video was our experience of the day:
th-cam.com/video/jXZNWxu7ji8/w-d-xo.html

[@SimpleSoccer2024]

No problem, thanks for watching the video, and glad you all made it home safe!

[@triptools]

@@SimpleSoccer2024 Once inside Wembley we didn't have a clue what was unfolding outside. We were stunned to see the images on the news the following day.

[@SimpleSoccer2024]

If you liked this video, feel free to watch another!
If you like things going wrong, watch this video of Chelsea vs Spurs - 'The Battle of the Bridge':
th-cam.com/video/b1Y_SaWC5m0/w-d-xo.html
Or what about this one on Newcastle's massive Premier League title collapse in 1996:
th-cam.com/video/3Izr013dmv0/w-d-xo.html
Do let me know what you think about these type of videos, any feedback is appreciated! 🙂