by Lord Beamish Fri May 11, 2018 2:35 pm, Post It was 30 years ago. A discarded cigarette and a dilapidated wooden stand, which had survived because the club did not have the money to replace it, and accumulated paper litter, were considered to have conspired to cause the worst disaster in the history of the Football League. by NottsClaret Fri May 11, 2018 2:00 pm, Post The book and film will be released in March next year with an event at the National Media Museum, followed by a photographic exhibition at the same venue from May. The match was recorded by Yorkshire Television for their regional edition of the ITV Sunday afternoon football show The Big Match. [32] Speaking at the close of the case, the Judge said "They (the club) were at fault, no one in authority seemed to have appreciated the fire hazard. He became famous for his height and build, in a similar manner to that of Peter Crouch . By this date the appeal fund set up for survivors had paid out more than 4m with further payouts expected as the effects of physical and mental injury were determined. It's hard to avoid the sense that Fletcher might have done, had it not been for that fateful May afternoon, which took away so many of the buttresses of his life. Or for a full-blown 91-day inquiry like the one which investigated the 1987 fire at London's King's Cross St Pancras Tube station, though Bradford claimed twice as many lives. By the time they got back, the whole thing had taken off. [5] However, he also warned the club of a build-up of litter beneath the stand because of a gap between the seats. House Prices in Ormondroyd Avenue, Wibsey, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 Properties in Ormondroyd Avenue had an overall average price of 128,000 over the last year. Used to go there regularly in the 70's as a student and it was just the same. This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 13:41. Footage never fails to shock me. "We were concerned there might be, because of the rapidity of the fire, a mechanism unknown to us." "The rumours of the fire came slowly and took hold slowly but when things became clear, I threw down my bags and ran. Share. RIP. They reveal how experienced scientists were clearly astonished by how the spread of the fire could have been so rapid. Crowds on the pitch at the Valley Parade stadium after a stand caught fire Getty Images. (2015), 2003 Football League Third Division play-off final, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradford_City_stadium_fire&oldid=1141323458, Fire disasters involving barricaded escape routes, Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2010, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2021, Articles needing additional references from May 2018, All articles needing additional references, Articles needing additional references from December 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Fan attempted to extinguish a lit cigarette, it slipped through floorboards and fell on rubbish, igniting it. Jane Ashley Stockman (16) No one gave it the attention it ought to have received.. .. [39], The club's chairman, Stafford Heginbotham, said: "It was to be our day". Our mission is to provide a safe, fun and inclusive environment to inspire, educate and enable the people of Bradford to achieve their goals to their fullest potential. The Bradford City stadium fire was a stadium disaster that occurred during an English League Third Division fixture between Bradford City and Lincoln City on Saturday, 11 May 1985, killing 56 and injuring at least 265.. James has 2 jobs listed on their profile. [7] As it was the first piece of league silverware that the club had captured since they won the Division Three (North) title 56years earlier, 11,076supporters were in the ground. This is a rise of 0.29% in the last three months (since April 2018) and fall of 0.24% since 12 months ago. Herbert Bamford (72) Ran. [53], In 1986, a year after the disaster, Yorkshire Television aired a documentary presented by John Helm entitled Bradford City A Year of Healing. The largest volume of evidence stored there relates to the Department of the Environment's Fire Research Council the body responsible for providing scientific evidence for Popplewell. Joined The playing area and stands were very basic but the ground had enough room for 18,000spectators. Forest Green new stadium going to be made out of wood. But looking back and seeing how much it really affected my dad makes me realise what we went through." by Silkyskills1 Fri May 11, 2018 1:36 pm, Post "I think the fire will play a big part in it. "That made me angry: that people don't know about this.". Horrendous. Gambling can be addictive. However, there is a lot in this book that troubles me about the science, or lack of it, used in the testing of the investigators' hypothesis as to the source of the ignition. [40] Matthew Wildman was 17 at the time and needed crutches to walk because of rheumatoid arthritis. I'm 27 and can't remember seeing it but I know there'll be people on these boards who will and can remind people of what happened on that tragic day. Co-writer Matt Stevens-Woodhead had been asked to talk about the play to children at the local Parkside School a few weeks earlier and that had been the catalyst for Hazel Greenwood to return there too. Peter Anthony Halliday (34) Everybody in the city was devastated, but there was an amazing number of volunteers. [17], One witness saw paper or debris on fire, about nine inches (230mm) below the floor boards. When cross examined by QC Robert Smith, then Chairman Stafford Heginbotham said he knew about the fire risk at the ground. by ecc Fri May 11, 2018 12:36 pm, Post At the time of the disaster, many stadiums had perimeter fencing between the stands and the pitch to prevent incidents of football hooliganism particularly pitch invasions which were rife during the 1980s. Bradford City Community Foundation is the community charity of Bradford City Football Club. One letter from the council said the problems "should be rectified as soon as possible"; a second said: "A carelessly discarded cigarette could give rise to a fire risk." At Valley Parade there are now two memorials. The extraordinary part of all this is that this testimony has barely been heard. Criticising Bradford City during the case, Mr. Michael Ogden QC, highlighted that the Club 'gave no or very little thought to fire precautions', despite repeated warnings. Thats when I thought this is time to get out of here. Footage of the accident at this point shows levels of confusion among the spectatorswhile many were trying to escape or to cross the pitch to the relative safety of the neighbouring stands, other spectators were observed cheering or waving to the still-rolling pitchside cameras. "I became an adult overnight at 12 and I'm still there," Fletcher says, and you wonder what's next, now that the book which has become his life's work is published. With Bantamspast having been awarded a 50,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Ian says it's now just a matter of people coming forward with their Valley Parade memories. The Bradford Burns Unit was set up by Professor David Sharpe after he received many of the victims following the fire. Fletcher said that "The club at the time took no actual responsibility for its actions and nobody has ever really been held accountable for the level of negligence which took place. As Ian puts it: "Bradford's been on a big rollercoaster over the past ten years and previously. [citation needed] Mathew Wildman, aged 17 at the time of the fire, commented that "I must have had five different experiments carried out on me with all sorts of new techniques for skin grafts and I had potions injected into me that helped my face repair naturally over time. Two or three burly men put their weight against it and smashed the gate open. It detailed the safety work which would be carried out at Valley Parade as a result of the club's promotion, admitting the ground was "inadequate in so many ways for modern requirements". "Why is it coming out now? -- Eleven people were injured, including four in critical condition, when a fire broke out at an apartment building in Bradford West Gwillimbury Monday afternoon. Thats when everybody else had the same thought. "Why should they not still want answers?" Whether they don't feel welcome, for instance. BARRIE, ONT. [11], The fire escalated very rapidly, and flames became visible; police started to evacuate the stand. There actually used to be an old saying in Bradford: "If you see smoke go up in Bradford after 6pm, that'll be one of Stafford's." View James Ormondroyd's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. As a result, Bradford-born captain Peter Jackson was presented with the league trophy before the final game of the season with mid-table Lincoln City at Valley Parade on 11 May 1985. Four police officers, constables David Britton and John Richard Ingham and chief inspectors Charles Frederick Mawson and Terence Michael Slocombe, and two spectators, Richard Gough and David Hustler, were awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for their actions. Each year Lincoln send representatives to the annual memorial service in Bradford city centre and between 2007 and 2009, were managed by Bradford's captain that day, Peter Jackson. RF 2FMDJ1J - Jake Trueman (6) of Castleford Tigers is tackled by Jack Ormondroyd (25) of Salford Red Devils. Bradford Fire. HP10 9TY. by ClaretMoffitt Fri May 11, 2018 9:08 am, Post After just four minutes of the initial blaze starting the wooden stand was fully ablaze as many of the 3,000 people sitting there escaped by climbing over the perimeter fence onto the pitch the subsequent inquiry into the disaster concluded the fire spread faster than a man could run.. Steel was to be installed in the roof,[8] and the wooden terracing was to be replaced with concrete. Tributes have been pouring in from all corners of the footballing world as today marks 31 years since the Bradford City fire disaster. The list of victims reveals the impact the disaster had on families as fathers, sons, mothers, daughters, husbands and wives went to a football game that day never to come home again. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, Ormondroyd played for Bradford City, Oldham Athletic, Aston Villa, Derby County, Leicester City, Hull City and Scunthorpe United. He remembers people coming out of the ground and going into his house and phoning people. The horrific scenes of people burning alive seemed to live on in an eerie silence as daylight broke over the remains of Bradford City Football Club's ground yesterday. There are . inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Bradford City AFC (@officialbantams) May 10, 2016, MORE : Mark Clattenburg set to officiate Champions League final, Sean Dyche says Arsenal have the look of Premier League champions after hammering Everton, No way! Darren Bent tells Chelsea star Raheem Sterling he wouldnt get in the Arsenal team amid transfer links, I love that! Michael Owen singles out Bukayo Saka for praise after Arsenal thump Everton, Roy Keane slams West Ham and the Spurs of this world after Manchester Uniteds FA Cup comeback, Mikel Arteta praises Arsenal star for magic moment in win over Everton, Mark Clattenburg set to officiate Champions League final, Do not sell or share my personal information. Together, flanked by undocumented supporters, they managed to clear all but one person who made it to the front of the stand. [6], The 198485 season had been one of Bradford City's most successful seasons, ending with City clinching the championship title courtesy of a 20 victory against Bolton Wanderers in the penultimate game of the season. "So yes, it's right that these old questions be asked now. [34], During the case, Sir Joseph Cantley stated that: "It is only right that I should say that I think it would be unfair to conclude that Heginbotham, Tordoff, the Board of Directors, or any of them, were intentionally and callously indifferent to the safety of spectators using the stand. A total of 56 people - 54 Bradford fans and two. Revealed: former Bradford chairman linked to at least eight fires before Valley Parade disaster Read more Six years later, Martin, then 27, set out to find the truth and started the 15-year quest. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Since 1903, when the club was formed, Bradford City Association Football Club had played their home games at the ground. Amazing that just 18 days later the Heysel tragedy occured,a dark month for football. The scene in there was one of silence and shock. On the pitch, referee Norman Glover had no option but to stop the game as the horror unfolded in front of both sets of players who could feel the heat from the flames even from the other side of the ground. She said: Over the years, the story of the Bradford City fire has been told many times - the story of the supporters and the players, but one story that had never been told was the story of how the local people had helped. On the recording are Dene Michael (Black Lace), The Chuckle Brothers, Clive Jackson of Dr & The Medics, Owen Paul, Billy Pearce, Billy Shears, Flint Bedrock, Danny Tetley and Rick Wild of The Overlanders. Nigel Adams who worked for 12 years as a fire investigator with a British fire service was spurred on by the book to join the call for a fresh inquiry, stating that Fletcher's book was "one of the best accounts of a fire, as seen from a victim's point of view, and as a piece of investigative writing, I have ever read". Regional Scout (South): Chris Finn. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. [10][11], Bradford's Telegraph & Argus newspaper published a souvenir issue for 11 May, entitled, "Spit and Polish for the Parade Ground". Thank you for telling this," said the woman, who was perhaps 60 or so, to one of the young people whose stage play, based on football's Bradford disaster, had just concluded on the small theatre space behind her. Superbly handcrafted and hand-painted for incredible detailing, this masterpiece features fully sculpted figures of a firefighter, police officer, and EMT gleaming with a hand-applied metallic bronze finish. [10][16] Geoffrey Mitchell said: "There was panic as fans stampeded to an exit which was padlocked. Moira Helen Hodgson (15) [10] Of those who died, 11 were under-18 and 23 were aged 65 or over,[20] and the oldest victim was the club's former chairman, Sam Firth, aged 86. The fundraising events included a reunion of the 1966 World Cup Final Starting XI that began with the original starting teams of both England and West Germany, and was held at Leeds United's stadium, Elland Road, in July 1985 to raise funds for the Appeal fund. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. It seemed to put it out. Craig Albert Stockman (14) Death Notice. Following the hearing in 1986, a test case was brought against the club by David Britton, a police sergeant serving on the day, and by Susan Fletcher, who lost her husband John, 11-year-old son Andrew, John's brother Peter and his father Edmond in the fire. The Bradford City stadium fire occurred during a Football League Third Division match on Saturday, 11 May 1985 at the Valley Parade stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, killing 56 spectators and injuring at least 265.The stadium was known for its antiquated design and facilities, which included the wooden roof of the main stand. [citation needed] Spectators later spoke of initially feeling their feet becoming warmer; one of them ran to the back of the stand for a fire extinguisher but found none. Bradford played its part in that. Charlotte Ormondroyd Fleet Underwriter at Axa Insurance Bradford, England, United Kingdom 336 followers 339 connections Join to connect AXA Beckfoot School Activity Great time in Leeds this. A total of 56 fans died in the fire on May 11, 1985, in a match between Bradford City and Lincoln City, with around 265 more injured. Of the 56people who died in the fire,[2] 54 were Bradford supporters and two supported Lincoln. Edmund Anderton (68) 1985 disaster in Valley Parade Stadium, Bradford, England. The father whose burgeoning success as a metals stockholder, driving a BMW 323i, took him a long way from his roots, selling coach trips to Mablethorpe. The next day work began on clearing the burnt out shell of the stand, and Justice Popplewell released his findings into the disaster. The fire of 1985 will also certainly figure highly in Bantamspast, says Ian: "A chap rang me up about a week ago and he used to live on Cornwall Terrace, just at the back of the ground. Down there in the blackness lay tissues of debris which were testament to the ramshackle stadium's neglect. Bradford City Stadium Fire 56 Dead & 100's Injured. Ian Ormondroyd, Bradford City Community Foundation manager and former Bantams striker, echoed the call for residents to come forward and contribute to the project. [45] In total, 28 police officers and 22 supporters, who were publicly documented as having saved at least one life, later received police commendations or bravery awards. Elizabeth Muhl (21) [27], Explaining his decision, Sir Joseph Cantley stated: "As I have already stated, the primary duty was on the Club and the functions of the County Council were supervisory and its liability is for negligent breach of a common law duty arising out of the way in which they dealt with or ignored their statutory powers. by groove Fri May 11, 2018 10:48 pm, Post Three people were killed trying to escape through the toilets, while 27 bodies were found at the back of the stand by the locked exit doors and two elderly people died in their seats. by tim_noone Fri May 11, 2018 10:08 pm, Post by bfcjg Fri May 11, 2018 12:56 pm, Post Nellie Forster (64) We will remember them. Above all else, it is a beautifully observed and incredibly detailed memoir of a son's relationship with the father he lost at the age of 12. Some of those back in Bradford have not welcomed his turning over of the stones. "[59], Raymond Falconer's reliability had previously been questioned by Daniel Taylor in The Guardian who stated that: "The Bradford Telegraph and Argus described him as a 'top detective'. The blaze broke. Horrific way to die and as ststed some of the most harrowing scenes ever witnessed. It was a disaster waiting to happen - wooden stand, no risers, smoking in the stand and the space underneath the stand full of paper - roof probably also had years of tar as waterproofing. It's certainly how Mumtaz Ibrahim feels about the day when, as a newly married 20-year-old, she thought her young husband had been killed in the flames. by ClaretTony Fri May 11, 2018 9:05 am, Post Edmond Fletcher (63) The deaths were preventable . Chartered Management Degree at the University of Bradford, alongside working full time in an equally . Regional Scout (North): Ray Mathias. "[23], On the 25th anniversary of the fire, the University of Bradford established the United Kingdom's largest academic research centre in skin sciences as an extension to its plastic surgery and burns research unit.[24]. Some laughs puncture the rapt silence of the 75 minutes at Bradford's Alhambra theatre studio. The horrible thing is reading that list the number of fatalities that were obviously families wiped out. by tim_noone Thu May 10, 2018 11:53 pm, Post I have an image of a man with his hair on fire, in shock. The book also raises concerns about the speed of the inquiry and the fact that it commenced a few weeks after the fire and lasted for only a few days, whereas other inquiries into similar incidents, pre and post the Bradford fire, have taken years to come to fruition and months to be heard. It's gone," he says. The match between Bradford City and Lincoln City, the final game of that season, had started in a celebratory atmosphere with the home team receiving the Third Division championship trophy. The main stand at Bradford was not surrounded by fencing, and therefore most of the spectators in it could escape onto the pitch if they had been penned in then the death toll would inevitably have been in the hundreds if not the thousands. People smothered him to extinguish the flames, but he later died of his injuries in hospital. [16] Messages of condolence were also received from Helmut Kohl, Chedli Klibi and Felipe Gonzlez. But a minute or so later there was suddenly a bigger whoosh of smoke so they went to get a steward. He says he wants people to "look back on it in decades to come and think that somebody did some good work here and that the local fans and local people showed what the club meant to them and how much the club meant to the local community. 6/22/2021 - AP People know me here. She told the schoolchildren how she had travelled widely in the years after her husband and sons had gone, how that helped sustain her, and how they must think to travel and discover the world too. 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They all ventured back. Performance Analyst and Player Welfare Officer: Robbie Bloodworth. Still one of the two or three most haunting videos I've ever seen. It was a massive tragedy for everybody at the club.". Burnley were down south that day probably in the Midlands.we stopped off for beer in Rochdale and saw the horror on the telly box. Christopher Hammond, who was 12 on the day, said on the 20th anniversary of the fire: "As a 12-year-old, it was easy to move on I didn't realise how serious it was until I looked at the press coverage over the next few days. Its always so disturbing to see things like this that could have been so easily avoided with a little care. Valley Parade during the early 1990s, after it had been redeveloped following the fire. He was helped out of the stand by other fans and spent a period of time in hospital. ("And Dad being Dad, he blagged it all like a dream."). "We're trying to find out why a lot of the Asian communities don't come to the ground, whether they feel they can't come to the games because they feel intimidated or whatever.". The way football is run is, and always has been, scandalous. Regional Scout (Midlands): Stan Martin. [22], Immediately after the fire, Sharpe planned and treated the injuries of over 200 individuals, with many experimental treatments being used. BRADFORD, N.H. (AP) An explosion and a fire at a school bus transportation company building in Bradford critically injured two people, the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal's . The 1985 inquiry into the tragedy headed by Sir Oliver Popplewell concluded that it was an accident, probably started by a spectator dropping a cigarette into rubbish that had accumulated under an old timber stand. The blaze, in the East Bowling area of the city, began at about 04:30 GMT. Previous warnings had also been given about a major build-up of litter in the cavity below the seats in the stand. He became famous for his height and build, in a similar manner to that of Peter Crouch. "Yes," he told the inquiry when asked if he was "cautious" about the conclusion he had made about a match causing the fire. JavaScript is disabled. From the tragic fire at Valley Parade in May 1985 to the club's slide from the Premier League to administration in more recent years, people will obviously have many memories of Bradford City FC - both positive and negative. April 13, 2010, 07:39:58 pm The Valley Parade fire. It was a massive tragedy for everybody at the club.". What started as smoke rising from a r. He was actually one of the detectives involved in one of the gravest miscarriages of justices in the country, the murder of Carol Wilkinson in Bradford, where someone was locked up for 20 years for a murder he didn't commit."[60]. [8][9] In the crowd were local dignitaries and guests from three of Bradford's twin townsVerviers in Belgium, and Mnchengladbach and Hamm in West Germany. Walter Kerr (76) [15] They included three who tried to escape through the toilets, 27 who were found by exit K and turnstiles 6 to 9 at the rear centre of the stand, and two elderly people who had died in their seats. More than 250 others were injured in one of the. The fact the inquiry also embraced the investigation into another incident which happened on the same day, a riot in which a young boy died at Birmingham City, makes it seem more frivolous. by Herts Clarets Fri May 11, 2018 1:13 pm, Post That stand went up so quick youd think it was made of petrol. The speed at which fire engulfs the entire stand is insane. RIP. Men, women and children all helped. He survived but clearly his life was also shattered on that day. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. 1 . On May 11th each year a memorial service is held in Bradfords Centenary square with the Lord Mayor of Bradford being joined by The Mayor and Mayoress of Lincoln to remember those who passed away in one of the most shocking tragedies ever witnessed at a British football ground. The stadium was known for its antiquated design and facilities, which included the wooden roof of the main stand. There were 49 of us who travelled to Bradford on that day and just 47 came home. The CNN sports correspondent Alex Thomas was a school friend and he always asked Fletcher why he didn't have the ambition to make a go of it in that world. Tickets are $20 each, and all proceeds will go toward funding the purchase of two new twin custom KME fire trucks for the department.. He and the children all perished, along with the boys' father. [14] It took less than four minutes for the entire stand to be engulfed in flames.[11]. When Bradford City played Lincoln City at Valley Parade on May 11th, 1985, what should have been an afternoon of celebration quickly turned into one of the worst disasters ever seen at a British football ground. "[37], Fletcher subsequently published a book in 2015, Fifty-Six: The Story of the Bradford Fire which revealed a history of fires at businesses owned by the Bradford City chairman Stafford Heginbotham. The play, entitled simply The 56, does not seek to make melodrama out of that 11 May afternoon at Valley Parade, when fans arrived to celebrate Bradford's promotion from the Football League's division 3. Andrew Fletcher (11) "[16] At the front of the stand, men threw children over the wall to help them escape. I don't see that. The local Bradford Telegraph and Argus has found many voices to challenge his testimony, too. [15], At 3:44pm, five minutes before half-time, the first sign of a firea glowing lightwas noticed three rows from the back of block G,[10][16] as reported by television commentator John Helm. It's with that in mind that Ian's Bantamspast project is underway in Bradford. However, as there was no real precedent, most Bradfordians accepted that the fire was a terrible piece of misfortune. I was doing some research about football stadium disasters a few years ago as I find them fascinating and horrendous at the same time. The theatre production moved on to London last week, its players and writers wondering as they packed up what the response would be, in the capital city, to a subject even less well known and understood beyond the Yorkshire boundaries. Fire crews from . 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