My sympathies were with Holland too, but West Germany deserved to win. And they might have won by more.

Jack Taylor, correctly, gave Holland a first minute penalty. However, many referees might have waved play on so early in the game.

In the second half, a second Muller goal was wrongly disallowed, and an appeal for a penalty was dismissed when Holzenbein fell in the area.

Now Gomez has gone, we need Beausejour as a scapegoat.

The investigation isn’t into whether the Liverpool fans behaved well. The question is whether their behaviour contributed to the disaster.

It’s hardly an individual crime if many supporters arrived at the same time, leading to a crush outside the ground.

Regardless of the behaviour of the Liverpool fans, I expect the investigation to confirm that the preparations made by the authorities were clearly inadequate and put the safety of fans at risk.

The ground had experienced crowd problems on a number of previous occasions. It did not even have a valid safety certificate. The police measures to control the crowds outside and inside the ground were hopelessly inadequate, as were the medical facilities available.

The attempt to cover up the part played by the police after the tragedy was inexcusable.

As has already been said, there are two aspects of Hillsborough;

1. the cause of the overcrowding and the lack of planning by the authorities involved, and

2. the cover-up by the authorities which started immediately after the tragedy.

It’s incredible that investigations into both are still being carried out today. This is largely due to the perseverance of the Liverpool fans and their families.

Faith in police evidence has been badly shaken now that it has become clear that the police have been involved in a number of similar cases. Jean Charles de Menezes, Ian Tomlinson, Stephen Lawrence, the miners’ strike, the Shrewsbury pickets, corruption at the Met and Plebgate all quickly come to mind.

All the fans who have died in tragedies should be remembered, together with their families and friends. Fans and the authorities associated with football should work together to prevent any recurrence.

Even now, not all stewards are sympathetic to fans. At the Etihad, Wigan fans were keeping a giant beach ball in the air – a harmless way to pass the time until kick-off. Yet when the ball went onto the pitch, a steward took great pleasure in stabbing it with a knife.

This behaviour seemed designed to antagonise good-humoured fans. In contrast, at Wembley, when a similar beach ball went onto the pitch, the stewards went out of their way to return it to the fans.

Harry has assembled a collection of expensive players.

McLaren has built a team.

I suspect we’ll be going to QPR next season.

Miracles only happen to the Latics.