William Gaillard is the director of communications and public affairs for the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).
Gaillard, who was born in France,[1] came to wide prominence following the condemnation that UEFA suffered in the wake of the 2007 Champions League Final.
"I don't think we should advise this kind of behaviour for merely technical reasons, because we would have hundreds of cases in which players could walk off the pitch and say 'I heard someone shouting something'.
"I don't think this is the right attitude.Gaillard is an active partner with Britain's Kick It Out campaign[5] and UEFA's own uniteagainstracism[6] Trouble occurred at the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final after thousands of ticketless Liverpool supporters stormed the turnstiles to the stadium; and about two thousand fans who were holding genuine tickets were denied entry as a result.
[10][11] This also resulted in Gaillard being heavily criticised[12] by Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks.