However , the season was overshadowed by three tragedies involving English clubs . On 11 May 1985 , the last day of the league season , a teenage spectator was killed at the St Andrew 's stadium in a Second Division clash between Birmingham City and Leeds United in another incident of hooliganism which continued to blight English football at home and abroad . A far worse tragedy occurred on the same day when a fire ripped through the stadium of Third Division champions Bradford City , killing 56 spectators . On 29 May , at the European Cup Final in Brussels , rioting by Liverpool fans led to the collapse of a wall and 39 spectators ( most of them Italian ) were crushed or trampled to death in the panic . Shortly after the game , which Juventus of Italy won 1 – 0 , all English clubs were banned from European competitions for an indefinite period , which ended up being 6 years for Liverpool and 5 years for every other English football club
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Bradford City stadium fire
1984–85 in English football