.Before the
Liverpool vs Real Madrid match at Anfield...
The apology that took Jake Humphrey and BT Sport near-on 9 months to make...'An apology to Liverpool fans after the actions around the Champions League final in 2022. "We are hugely regretful that we were reading out those false statements, the only statements shared on the screens inside the stadium. It was a completely false narrative."':-
https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1628111600556048414 (with 3 minute video).^ It took Jake Humphrey nearly 9 months for that apology for his comments made during the 2022 CL Final in Paris - made in the pre-match BT show...
...with the disingenuous caveat that he had been 'fed' those lies.
Humphrey seems to have forgot... that he himself chose to link what was occurring that night in Paris with events at Heysel.
Probably also worth remembering that everyone else in the media, including others at BT Sport, knew full well what was actually occurring at that time - did
not parrot those UEFA & police lies - and instead told the truth as they were seeing it.
It appears Humphrey waited until the Paris Independent Report was published... before deciding to make an apology. Not an apology made minutes later that night, or at half-time, full-time, post-match, or the day after... but instead he chose to address this several months afterwards.
Quite why there were no proper reporting skills demonstrated by Humphrey on the night is still unanswered. Instead, he uncritically and wilfully repeated what UEFA and the police were saying - and ignored numerous reports from the fans, and the many other journalists & media outlets on the ground around him, which is a complete failing on his part as a journalist & presenter.
Prior to the above apology from BT/Humphrey... there has been no mention of the Paris Independent Report - its recent release - or news of it findings - on the BT website
(news or football sections), the BT Sport social media accounts, nor Humphrey's own social media accounts.
BT Sport did not mention the CL anthem being drowned out by the vociferous boos of the Liverpool fans in the ground - nor did BT show the banners on show in the ground on the 36th minute of the game... criticising UEFA for their actions at, and after, the 2022 Champions League Final... or make any reference to the banners anytime afterwards.
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BT Sport and Jake Humphrey apologise to Liverpool for coverage of Champions League final chaos in Paris':-
BT Sport presenter Jake Humphrey apologised live on air after Liverpool fans were accused by UEFA of turning up late during chaotic scenes at the Champions League final in Pariswww.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/btsport-humphrey-liverpool-apology-breaking-26297433'
Jake Humphrey issues BT Sport apology to Liverpool fans':-
An independent report has found that UEFA are to blame for the chaos surrounding last year's Champions League final and now Jake Humphrey has apology on behalf of BT Sport, who were criticised for their coveragewww.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/humphrey-bt-sport-liverpool-neville-29277515'
Jake Humphrey issues on-air apology to Liverpool fans over BT Sport’s Champions League final coverage':-
BT Sport were criticised for their handling of the chaos in Parishttps://metro.co.uk/2023/02/21/jake-humphrey-issues-on-air-apology-to-liverpool-fans-over-champions-league-final-18325196Anfield's pre-match response to UEFA...'Liverpool fans boo Champions League anthem with chants of
"F*** UEFA" at Anfield' -
https://twitter.com/MarcusJonBanks/status/1628138400229298184 (with video)https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1628122250753806345 (10 second video clip) & Fans singing '
Fuck UEFA'
www.youtube.com/shorts/QRlb3GRO1-M'Liverpool fans are very vocal during the Champions League anthem!' -
https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS_EN/status/1628123916450336796 (with video)'Liverpool fans boo the UEFA anthem, and then burst into a chant of:
"Fuck UEFA." Quite right too. Disgraceful organisation, whose top brass should resign. Full stop.' -
https://twitter.com/MaddockMirror/status/1628122483143413761Videos of fans booing CL anthem:
www.youtube.com/shorts/n0SmiEh5DAw &
www.youtube.com/shorts/616XgoDk1gw &
www.youtube.com/shorts/n0SmiEh5DAw'
Liverpool fans vent fury at Uefa ahead of Real Madrid clash, boo Champions League anthem':-
‘UEFA liars’ read one banner in the Kop end of Anfield as the anthem was drowned out by jeers and whistleswww.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2023/02/21/liverpool-fans-vent-fury-at-uefa-ahead-of-real-madrid-clash-boo-champions-league-anthem'
Liverpool fans unveil three banners to 'UEFA liars' after Champions League final report':-
Liverpool fans took aim at UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin and French government ministers with banners ahead of their Champions League fixture against Real Madridwww.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-champions-league-final-banners-29278116'
Liars!' Series of banners unfurled at Anfield as Liverpool fans send an angry message to UEFA and the French authorities.':-
Liverpool supporters demonstrate against UEFA during Real Madrid matchhttps://theathletic.com/4238560/2023/02/21/liverpool-real-madrid-uefa-demonstration^
article can be in full here - https://archive.is/YTKYl^ 'The banners were unveiled on the Kop after 36 minutes against Real Madrid. That's the same amount of time the final was eventually delayed by last May, due to the ineptitude of UEFA and the French authorities.' -
https://twitter.com/_Dan_Austin/status/1628132761771905024^ 'Thanks to the Liverpool Stewards stopping the banner going up, well done' -
https://twitter.com/Raotl_TheRattle/status/1628135712770998272&
'Disappointing last night with the reaction from the club stewards, their behaviour was unnecessary. Our intentions were solely to have maximum impact and minimal disruption… Everyone deserved their voice to be heard after the events of Paris 2022 and sadly this was hindered with heavy handed stewarding and rhetoric that was provoking in nature.' -
https://twitter.com/SpionKop1906/status/1628341031396581380'
Liverpool fans protest against Uefa at Real Madrid match':-
Reds supporters were protesting about their treatment before last season’s Champions League finalwww.independent.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-protest-real-madrid-uefa-champions-league-b2286838.html'
Liverpool fans vent their fury at 'liars' Uefa, BT Sport apologise to club':-
Reds supporters booed the Champions League anthem.www.the42.ie/liverpool-fans-vent-their-fury-at-liars-uefa-bt-sport-apologise-to-club-6001241-Feb2023