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The scenes I witnessed in Saint-Denis should not be happening in football in the 21st Century.

And the appalling, arrogant cover-up from UEFA and the French authorities afterwards - to try and pin blame on innocent fans - should not be happening either. Let’s get this straight: the organisation for the Champions League Final in the Stade de France was not just inadequate; it totally failed - to a criminal level.

And there must be a criminal investigation into the failures which put lives at risk and opened up the possibility of another tragedy at a football stadium. Fans who arrived as early as 5.30pm for a 9pm kick-off, were corralled into the worst holding areas I’ve ever witnessed in a modern stadium. And that should not be happening with all the lessons we should have learned from the past.

Even at 6pm, a dangerous crush was building. By then, it was apparent there was no way the structure in place, herding many thousands of fans into tiny restricted areas, was adequate. And also apparent, the security checks were shockingly few for so many people. It meant a horrific bottleneck that was never going to clear before kick-off, with some fans waiting for more than three hours to get through. Yet nothing was done to change it.

But that wasn’t the worst. The organisers then actually CLOSED gates at the inner