tanman
11:01 Tue May 12
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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The bloke who ran on to the pitch died after I think. I bit young to remember this at the time but it takes hold of the stand so quickly it is hard to believe. Amazing that people never realised that smoking in wooden stands could represent a risk. ditto the underground and the Kings Cross fire - started in a similar way.
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Alfs
2:50 Tue May 12
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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Me too, Green Street. If memory serves it was during Grandstand and I remember, was it Dickie Davies, saying "let's go over to Bradford as there are reports of a fire in a part of the ground" and then it all played out on our screens
Horrific, indeed.
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GreenStreetPlayer
1:12 Tue May 12
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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I remember when they went over to the ground showing it live. I have an image of someone appearing in the stand completely alight and unable to move. They were already dead where they stood, no one could have saved him/her.
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Mace66
12:52 Tue May 12
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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Shocking how quickly it happened. And so many people made fatal ( but probably understandable) , split second decisions to try and get out the wrong way.
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Hermit Road
12:22 Tue May 12
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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They used to make you watch this when you were doing your safety ticket training on the underground. They had a clock running to show how quickly it took a hold.
Horrific.
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Browno22
11:14 Mon May 11
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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The poor fucker who started the fire. What an awful life having that on your shoulders
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El Scorchio
10:38 Mon May 11
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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An absolute tragedy.
BT Sport have a very good and very moving film about this. It's on at 9 tonight. well worth a watch if you haven't seen it.
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Browno22
10:29 Mon May 11
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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Some of those who died were still sitting upright in their seats, covered by remnants of tarpaulin that had fallen from the roof
Fucking hell
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gank
10:01 Mon May 11
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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I used to do event security and they made you sit through the cctv footage as part of training. Anyone who couldn't hack that was sacked.
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LondonE3
10:00 Mon May 11
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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that was proper horrific. Terrible way to go
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4ever-blowin-bubbles
9:41 Mon May 11
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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very very sad R,I,P all
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zico
9:14 Mon May 11
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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Absolutely shocking how quick it spread. Think most who died tried to get out of the back turnstile or something and it was locked. Dreadful.
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Far Cough
8:52 Mon May 11
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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Horrifying to see one poor bloke running whilst on fire
RIP to all that died
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B6NY B
8:51 Mon May 11
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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Started the same as the kings cross fire a few years later...
Very sad, horrible video of an older guy running on the pitch alight. Ming
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Tomshardware
8:48 Mon May 11
Re: Bradford City Stadium Fire - 35 years ago today
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Started by a cigarette, old stand went up like a bonfire.
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