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The Bradford fire - 25 years ago.

Friend Or Defoe
Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,128
edited May 2010 in Other Football and Sports
Ten days to go before the 25th Anniversary, horrific scenes on football focus today.

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  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Hard to believe that was 25 years ago, can still see the stand on fire in my minds eye. Hope nothing like that ever happens again. Heysel was soon after too
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,253
    was this the day we were at man city away and there was 48k there and they walloped us 5-0 or 5-1 ?
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,686
    edited May 2010
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00s517j/Archive_on_4_The_Bradford_Fire_A_Day_That_Will_Live_With_Me_Forever/

    Documentary about this earlier on this evening which I shall listen to on i player
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,686
    Sorry about the link being down the page. Can't seem to get it higher up for some reason.
  • ChicagoAddick
    ChicagoAddick Posts: 4,403
    [cite]Posted By: oohaahmortimer[/cite]was this the day we were at man city away and there was 48k there and they walloped us 5-0 or 5-1 ?

    If it was I was at Welling. Terrible scenes still very vivid in my memory.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,852
    edited May 2010
    Charlton were at Man City losing 5-1, a bunch of us were round a mates house because the game was covered on the radio which was a novelty in those days. After our game finished, unaware anything had happened, we put the telly on and the first thing we saw was the live coverage from Bradford. A pretty sobering moment.
  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    A truly awful day. Puts things in perspective.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,253
    ah so it was that day, i remember being on the coach on the trip back and half hearing reports and thinking oh a fire it can't be that serious surely they'd all be on the pitch easily enough , not realising the severity of the tragedy .. absolute nightmare
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    The 25th Anniversary marked in a very dignified manner too.
  • StrikerFirmani
    StrikerFirmani Posts: 2,747
    I was at the Man City game remember listening to the reports of what had happened on 909 while we were driving, a terible thing.

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  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,334
    i was in belgium on a football tour remeber seeing it on tv horrific, so so sad
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,197
    25 years ago today.

    Of the 56 victims, 25 were aged 60 or over, 11 were aged 16 or under.
  • 101
    101 Posts: 2,456
    edited May 2010
    Am i right in saying they still dont really know what caused the fire?? I was sure i herd that on the news this morning but i could of herd wrong.

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