The article discusses notable football disqualifications and bans, emphasizing the serious consequences of past events like the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster, which led UEFA to ban all English clubs from competitions due to violence. Such bans affected prominent clubs like Liverpool and Manchester United. More recently, in 2023, Barnsley faced disqualification from the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player, underscoring the long-standing repercussions of both administrative errors and violence in football's history.
After the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster in which 39 people, mostly Juventus fans, died amid crowd trouble at the European Cup final against Liverpool in Brussels, UEFA imposed a blanket ban on English clubs from competing in its competitions at a time when hooliganism was rife in the English game.
FA Cup disqualifications for fielding ineligible players aren't unheard of by any means, but it's rare that such a fate befalls a professional club. It happened to League One Barnsley in 2023.
The suspension was lifted for most clubs in 1991, with Liverpool serving an extra year.
Barnsley said, this mistake falls well below the high standards we set at.
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