[Football] Bradford

[Publius Ovidius]

Today is the anniversary of the Bradford fire where 56 fellow football fans lost their lives in a horrendous manner

may they all rest in peace

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Yes. May they all rest in peace.

 

[Nicks]

Remember getting back to Hove station after our game and hearing the terrible news on someone's transistor radio.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Those scenes on TV will remain forever in my memory. Truly devastating. RIP to those who died and thoughts with the families who have had to live their lives remembering such tragedy.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Can still recall seeing live pictures from Bradford on Grandstand. The pictures gave no real sense of the horror that was unfolding, tho you could tell by the voice of the commentator/presenter (Motty/David Coleman?) that it was something very serious indeed. RIP

 

[Badger Boy]

3 Ormondroyd's on that list.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

3 Ormondryod's on that list.

Father and his twin sons.

I’ve got lots of family from Bradford and one of my cousins was at the game. I remember getting back to my Nans after our game that day, watching the news and waiting for the phone call to say he was home ok, thankfully we got that call but so many didn’t.

 

[Hove Lagoonery]

Can still recall seeing live pictures from Bradford on Grandstand. The pictures gave no real sense of the horror that was unfolding, tho you could tell by the voice of the commentator/presenter (Motty/David Coleman?) that it was something very serious indeed. RIP

I believe the match was being broadcast for Yorkshire TV's highlights programme, so wouldn't be those commentators.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

John Helm ? Dreadful day, make you R-i-P.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Those scenes on TV will remain forever in my memory. Truly devastating. RIP to those who died and thoughts with the families who have had to live their lives remembering such tragedy.

Absolutely this. It was all so quick. Could have happened anywhere, I guess.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Apparently there was discarded paper waste from the 1960s under the wooden stand. RIP

 

[robinsonsgrin]

I recall a moving doc made by Gabby Logan on this subject. Her dad was the manager. Recall walking home with my radio listening to this unfold on the airwaves..... made me think about 'never coming home' from football.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Absolutely this. It was all so quick. Could have happened anywhere, I guess.

Yep, especially in those old wooden stands and some idiot locks the exit gates.

 

[portlock seagull]

Father and his twin sons.

I’ve got lots of family from Bradford and one of my cousins was at the game. I remember getting back to my Nans after our game that day, watching the news and waiting for the phone call to say he was home ok, thankfully we got that call but so many didn’t.

Yep. Distant family on that board, never made it. Met another who did get out, but his hands melted and all years and dozens skin grafts later still see the horrific scars. Jimmy Greaves visited the hospitals in the aftermath, and kept coming back to see victims for months and years after. He was a real unsung hero apparently re: his support for families.

 

[Giraffe]

Could easily have happened at the Goldstone. That West Stand was no different at all and until Bradford smoking was very prevalent.

 

[ExmouthExile]

I can still remember when we played Bradford at the Goldstone a couple of months after the disaster and some of the survivors (some still in bandages and on crutches) came out onto the pitch at half time to a standing ovation from the Brighton fans. Terrible tragedy, RIP56.

 

[Easy 10]

The appalling image of that poor man on fire staggering from the stand near the corner and collapsing is still etched into my memory. It upsets me to this day, and I'm not glad of being reminded of it.

Thankfully the rigorous safety standards these days will ensure nothing like that ever happens again. But at the time, it was just another example of 80s complacency. Nobody gave a f*** about fans safety. Valley Parade and Hillsborough was the result. That could have been any of us.

 

[Nicks]

They still show the video of that day at Fire Prevention Lectures.
Still horrific to this day.