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A Manchester City fans' tribute to two Leeds United fans killed in Istanbul more than 20-years-ago brought a 'tear' to the eye of one of the fans there on that tragic night.
Man City fans are in Istanbul for tonight's (June 10) Champions League Final against Inter Milan. City hope to return home with the trophy and nothing but happy memories, however, 23-years-ago on April 5, 2000, it was the city that provided one of Leeds United's darkest days.
Leeds fans Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight were stabbed to death by Turkish football fans in Istanbul that night on the eve of Leeds’ Uefa Cup semi-final first leg against local side Galatasaray. Despite the tragedy the game went ahead just 24-hours later. It's an incident that sticks with Leeds fans to this day, with tributes paid to the tragic pair regularly.
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Man City fan John Stevenson, 54, is in the city for the Champions League final and paid tribute to the fallen Leeds fans in Taksim Square on Friday. It is a heartfelt action that has been widely praised by not just Leeds United fans.
Gareth Senior, 53, said that seeing John pay tribute to Chris and Kevin brought back memories of a "very difficult period". As part of the tribute, Mr Stevenson, from Cheshire, laid a photo of the dead fans and a Leeds United scarf beside a tree in the square.
Mr Senior, from Morley in Leeds, told the PA news agency that he had travelled to Istanbul in 2000 with Mr Loftus and Mr Speight, and had been in the bar with them on the night that they died. "Seeing (the tribute) brought back memories of a very difficult period," he said.
"I know that for Andy Loftus, Chris’ brother, it brought a tear. As it did to me
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