Join my campaign for justice for Revie's Leeds heroes
You might have noticed that on Monday I launched a petition to get UEFA to investigate the 1973 European Cup Winners' Cup final, which Leeds United lost 1-0 to AC Milan. Decision after decision went against Leeds on that day and it has long been suspected that the match was fixed and Leeds were swindled out of the trophy. In fact the game's referee Christos Michas was banned from officiating in European fixtures ever again but Leeds' complaints were ignored.
Staggeringly, with the petition not yet two days old almost 5000 people have already joined the campaign, which just goes to show the strength of feeling about this match and the sense of injustice that still surrounds it.
This is not a matter of being a Leeds United supporter, but is a question of the integrity of football. I would urge all football fans to sign the petition.
Match fixing of course continues to this day, and Leeds were by no means the only victims but the 1973 match has always stuck in my mind as one that clearly finished with a grossly unjust result. If UEFA is to successfully crackdown on bribery and match fixing then they have a duty to show their commitment to the integrity of football and investigate matches strongly suspected of being fixed. If there is any evidence the Leeds-Milan game was fixed then the trophy should be awarded to Leeds.
The petition will be presented to UEFA on May 16th, to coincide with the 36th anniversary of the game.
If you'd like to sign the petition please click here.
You can also show your support by joining the Facebook group here.
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