'I don't think reality hit' - Leeds United will never forget Chris Loftus and Kevin Speight pain - YEP 5/4/22
Leeds United supporters need no reminders of the tragic injustice suffered by Chris Loftus and Kevin Speight in Istanbul on April 5, 2000. By Graham Smyth In the 22nd minute of Saturday’s Premier League game against Southampton, without an announcement or any official notification on the big screen, Elland Road rose as one, turned their back to the play and sang for two of their own. Today, on the 22nd anniversary, Leeds United will mark what is always a sombre occasion with the laying of wreaths outside the stadium’s East Stand by the first team squad and club officials. The murders, which took place on the eve of Leeds’ UEFA Cup semi-final tie against Galatasaray, shook English football and the anguish felt in Leeds remains real and raw. Friends and family members, the other victims of the senseless violence, will still be hurting today as they pay their own traditional tributes. Anyone connected with the club at the time has their own haunting memories, which come flooding b...