Blind Liverpool fan makes formal complaint against Seville police tactics

• Supporter left ‘vulnerable’ after he had his cane taken away at stadium
• Calls for FA to do more to protect fans against ‘over-zealous’ policing abroad

A blind Liverpool fan was left feeling “vulnerable” and discriminated against after claiming his cane was snatched from him by police in Seville and called on the Football Association to do more to protect British supporters travelling abroad.

Eamon, 40, who watches Liverpool home and away, missed much of the first half of Liverpool’s dramatic 3-3 Champions League draw on Tuesday and says he was subjected to heavy handed policing at Sevilla’s Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán.

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