Bradford 25 years on

[Lofarl]

Seeing how its the anniversary of that tragic day I think its appropriate to take time to remember those that died in such horrible circumstances. Im glad to see its getting media coverage this time

I've said this before and I'll say it again. The Bradford disaster is the forgotten tradgey of football. More here

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/footb...-On.6284025.jp

[HH81]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...us/8655980.stm

Sounds awful.

One of my friend's lived near the ground and told me he went down to the ground when he saw the smoke....awful he said. He will have only been about 7 at the time as well.

You can see the actual vid on youtube but its grim.

[.Sean.]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...us/8655980.stm

Sounds awful.

One of my friend's lived near the ground and told me he went down to the ground when he saw the smoke....awful he said. He will have only been about 7 at the time as well.

You can see the actual vid on youtube but its grim.

I wouldn't advise posting a link. I won't go into it, but it's pretty horiffic.

[HH81]

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I wouldn't advise posting a link. I won't go into it, but it's pretty horiffic.

I agree the man towards the end says it all

Hope he survived.

[Lofarl]

Sadly he did not

[HH81]

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Sadly he did not

So sad.

[Broken Gnome]

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I wouldn't advise posting a link. I won't go into it, but it's pretty horiffic.

I'd actually discourage people from watching it. I know these things can have a form of morbid interest to them, but it's beyond horrific both in what you see and when you imagine the fate of those that couldn't get out.

[Big Frank]

Utterly dreadful. Can remember watching in disbelief. To go to watch your team and never return home is unbelievable. Truly tragic.

RIP.

(Though underneath the stand hadn't been cleaned for years, resulting in a huge build up of rubbish at Bradford, I am really surprised we still have wooden stands in use in the top tier of Scottish Football.)

[Frazerbob]

I've attended several fire tarining courses over the years and every one has shown the BBC "as live" footage of the fire as part of the training. It really is shocking and always brings an eerie silence to the room. However, I would encourage people to watch it. It cleary shows the dangers of fire and speed at which it can spread.

Another sad day, like Hilsborogh, where inocent folk went to watch a football match and never came home.

[Frazerbob]

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Utterly dreadful. Can remember watching in disbelief. To go to watch your team and never return home is unbelievable. Truly tragic.

RIP.

(Though underneath the stand hadn't been cleaned for years, resulting in a huge build up of rubbish at Bradford, I am really surprised we still have wooden stands in use in the top tier of Scottish Football.)

Not to mention several fire escapes being chained and padlocked, bocking the only exit route for many. Where those responsible prosecuted?

[Gatecrasher]

pretty brutal stuff

56 lives lost supporting their club - RIP

[Gatecrasher]

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I've attended several fire tarining courses over the years and every one has shown the BBC "as live" footage of the fire as part of the training. It really is shocking and always brings an earie silence to to the room. However, I would encourage people to watch it. It cleary shows the dangers of fire and speed at which it can spread.

Another sad day, like Hilsborogh, where inocent folk went to watch a football match and never came home.

i couldnt believe how fast it gone from 1 section to the full stand!

[Sergey]

I watched the event pan-out in my local snooker club as 'Grandstand' (no pun intended) covered it live.

What really phecked me off, was the 1st home match that Bradford played after the disaster was a home tie with Leeds Utd. What must go down as one of the lowest-of-the-low instances of crowd disorder, was when they (Leeds) set fire to a chip-van that was positioned in the ground and tried to set fire to the stadium again.

[HH81]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=08a_1203690418

This was posted on a Halifax website, I just listerned to it.... quite hard listerning and the guy speaking was upset.

I can't think what it would have been like to have been stood on the pitch watching it.

[ArabHibee]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8668479.stm

Horrific.

RIP.

[Franck is God]

I used to sit in the old North upper with my Dad until the Bradford fire, switched to behind the goals from the next game onwards.

Tragic event that should never have happened and very sad that so many accidents have had to happen to force clubs into making them safe for all football fans.

[IWasThere2016]

I recall it clearly - I was playing for Glenrothes Strollers u/21s in Leven. We kicked off at 2 so like those above ,after the game, we watched live pics in the pub.

Totally horrific incident and very tragic.

RIP.

[SteveHFC]

R.I.P

[heretoday]

What I remember was the crowd in other parts of the ground. A lot of them were laughing and chanting stuff. They didn't realise the enormity of the thing.

You could see people walking around in the stand quite casually while the flames took hold and really sped along the roof.