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. 56 football fans went to watch a match at the Valley Parade football Ground this day 27 years ago, and didn't come back. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Arsenal fanzine lives to fight another season, Donation to Islington Boxing Club proves to be a real knockout. [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. 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. Gambling can be addictive. Yes it is I try to leave a scarf and floral tribute on behalf of Burnley fans.and will do so tomorrow. Its always so disturbing to see things like this that could have been so easily avoided with a little care. But a minute or so later there was suddenly a bigger whoosh of smoke so they went to get a steward. "Why is it coming out now? The JCT600 Stand will be open as well during the day to give fans the opportunity for some quiet reflection on this day of remembrance. Bradford City Community Foundation is the community charity of Bradford City Football Club. Didn't realise gabby Logan was doing a documentary now on BT To Add there were some nice floral tributes there today. ClaretMoffitt Posts: 3889 Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:19 pm . 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. While Valley Parade was re-developed, Bradford City played games at various neighbouring grounds: Elland Road, Leeds; Leeds Road, Huddersfield; and Odsal Stadium, Bradford. A facility that holds and maintains Kearsarge Regional School District buses exploded into flames Thursday morning trapping two people inside. Ran. by Colburn_Claret Fri May 11, 2018 5:38 am, Post William Stacey (72) 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. Naquin's 3-run homer in 9th gives Reds 10-7 win over Twins The Cincinnati Reds didn't look drained to manager David Bell, despite this recent slide. The stand had already been condemned, and the demolition teams were due to start work two days later. Part of the Appeal funds were raised by a recording of "You'll Never Walk Alone"[42] from Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Carousel by The Crowd (including Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers, who had recorded the 1963 version that led to Liverpool adopting it as their motto and team song), which reached number one in the UK Singles chart. [14] It took less than four minutes for the entire stand to be engulfed in flames.[11]. RM 2F7YJ1C - Eccles, UK. It was also a catalyst for the substantial redevelopment and modernisation of many British football grounds within the following thirty years. 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. 26 years ago today. by ClaretTony Fri May 11, 2018 9:05 am, Post by Lord Beamish Fri May 11, 2018 12:44 am, Post 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". I walked past a public telephone outside the ground and there were queues of people waiting to ring home. It's thirty three years since those horrific scenes at valley parade.young Lads dads and grandads young girls and women perished.56.and over 250 injured lets remember and not forget them. There were 49 of us who travelled to Bradford on that day and just 47 came home. 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. by ClaretDiver Fri May 11, 2018 6:49 am, Post Fans in the next stand (the "Bradford End") pulled down the fence separating them from the pitch. 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. It's good that they're all remembered. Ian Ormondroyd, Bantamspast 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. Community Foundation was set up in 1988 by the PFA. "Yes," he told the inquiry when asked if he was "cautious" about the conclusion he had made about a match causing the fire. He is quoted as saying: "I don't believe the statement of retired Detective Inspector Raymond Falconer at all. Sylvia Lund Pollard (69) Rupert Benedict Greenwood (11) by Imploding Turtle Fri May 11, 2018 8:35 am, Post Elizabeth Muhl (21) Horrific way to die and as ststed some of the most harrowing scenes ever witnessed. People know me here. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. [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. The 1985 Bradford City A.F.C stadium fire is regarded as one of the worst disasters in the history of British football. by ashtonlongsider Fri May 11, 2018 6:28 am, Post ? pic.twitter.com/VkqiAEXBR8, billy clarke (@billyclarke7) May 11, 2016. Performance Analyst: Scott Dyer. There is no malicious vendetta, there is no over-exaggeration, there are no trumped-up facts. on: May 11, 2012, 10:28:10 am . [39], The club's chairman, Stafford Heginbotham, said: "It was to be our day". [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. Bradford City continues to support the burns unit at the University of Bradford as its official charity. Since 1903, when the club was formed, Bradford City Association Football Club had played their home games at the ground. or "How unusual was that degree of rapidity?" "[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'. Please use the search above if you cannot find the record you require. The director of that organisation, Dr David Woolley, was interviewed for just two hours by the inquiry team, and his private papers reveal his desperate rush to assemble information into a report for Popplewell. [11] Those who escaped were taken out of the ground to neighbouring homes and a pub, where a television screened World of Sport, which broadcast video recorded of the fire just an hour after it was filmed. We had to run up the stairs, through the office doors and out onto the street. 1985 disaster in Valley Parade Stadium, Bradford, England. Sarah Elizabeth Turner (16) Of all the Fletcher family who attended the game that day, 12-year old Martin was the only survivor. It's with that in mind that Ian's Bantamspast project is underway in Bradford. A total of 56 people - 54 Bradford fans and two. The tender that was won by the University of Bradford to create a LOD3 digital twin of the city will see the area shown within the following map captured. by tim_noone Fri May 11, 2018 11:37 pm, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited, This Forum is the main messageboard to discuss all things Claret and Blue and beyond. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. "[33], Central to the test case were two letters sent to Bradford City's Club Secretary by the West Yorkshire Fire Brigade; the second letter dated 18 July 1984 specifically highlighted in full the improvements needed to be actioned at the ground as well as the fire risk at the main stand. "Official Featherstone Rovers RLFC Web Site First Team Squad", "Ormondroyd junior the 'big daddy' of the family at 17 stone", "Much-changed Featherstone ready for Bradford Bulls test", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ian_Ormondroyd&oldid=1015639568, *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:00, 22 November 2007 (UTC), This page was last edited on 2 April 2021, at 16:48. Regional Scout (South): Chris Finn. Agree with the above, the most horrific scenes ever seen at football. My friend was there in the stand opposite that one. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Thoughts and prayers to the 56 who lost their lives in this truly awful and harrowing tragedy. Video via Citizen. That certainly changed when Martin Fletcher told his story. Ian Ormondroyd CEO at Bradford City FC Community Foundation Bradford Bradford City FC Community Foundation David ORMONDROYD Account Executive at Planet Ottawa, ON Planet, +4 more Carleton. Andrew Fletcher (11) Never seen the death roll that's horrendous the Ormondroyd family looks like Father and . This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's I also knew the Club Secretary Terry Newman very well. Lincoln City's board responded by committing 1.1million (3.5million today) to their ground's renovation in the year that immediately followed the fire at Valley Parade, and over the following decade made improvements that eventually totalled 3million. 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. "In memory of the 56 people who went to the match on a Saturday and never returned home." Bradford City have announced that the JCT600 Stand will be open today for fansto come and reflect on the tragedy and pay their respects. A former Bradford City player is asking for people's memories of the club's past - both good and bad. A charred copy of the local paper from Monday, 4 November 1968, was among the litter. "[35], The total amount of compensation to the 154 claimants was reported to be as high as 20million, with the payouts covered by insurance taken out by the club. [10][16] More than 265 supporters were injured. It was a massive tragedy for everybody at the club.". Thats when I thought this is time to get out of here. He remembers people coming out of the ground and going into his house and phoning people. It was 30 years ago. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Gerald Ormondroyd (201296072)? Ian Ormondroyd, Bradford City Community Foundation manager and former Bantams striker, echoed the call for residents to come forward and contribute to the project. The Valley Parade stadium, long-established home to Bradford City Football Club, had been noted for its antiquated design . Valley Parade during the early 1990s, after it had been redeveloped following the fire. Only now, in 56: The Story of the Bradford Fire (Bloomsbury, 16.99) has he completed a 15-year quest to challenge history's interpretation of why the fire broke out. [8], The Bradford City matchday squad of players and staff consisted of Terry Yorath, Trevor Cherry, Chris Withe, Don Goodman, Eric McManus, Tony Clegg, John Hawley, Dave Evans, Bryan Edwards, John Hendrie, Mark Ellis, Stuart McCall, Peter Jackson, Bobby Campbell, Martin Singleton and Greg Abbott. Led by former Leeds United and England international Trevor Cherry, the Bantams won only their third divisional title and earned a return to the second tier of English football for the first time since 1937. I go to the football with my two children (both adults now) and have done for many,many years. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. The Bradford Disaster Appeal fund, set up within 48hours of the disaster, eventually raised over 3.5million (11.3million today). In terms of property types, flats in Ormondroyd Avenue sold for an average of 43,868 and terraced houses for 78,013. Trevor John Stockman (38) These are the kinds of loose ends which would now be investigated to the end of the earth by the Hillsborough team. Bradford City players, staff and fans gathered today to remember the victims of the Valley Parade fire, which took place exactly 31 years ago. Club career[ edit] Editors' Code of Practice. That stand went up so quick youd think it was made of petrol. It seemed to put it out. Amazing that just 18 days later the Heysel tragedy occured,a dark month for football. As Ian puts it: "Bradford's been on a big rollercoaster over the past ten years and previously. Gerald tragically died in the Bradford City stadium fire on 11th May 1985 along with his sons, Richard and Robert. [49], Parrs Wood Press published Four Minutes to Hell: The Story of the Bradford City Fire (2005) by author Paul Firth;[50] the title refers to the estimated time it took for the stand to be completely ablaze from the first flames being spotted. Club coach Terry Yorath incurred minor injuries while taking part in the rescue. Frederick Hindle (76) [31] In 1988, the first compensation payments were made to survivors of the fire, with over 40 people receiving up to 40,000 each. It slipped through a hole in the floorboard. Some had been crushed as they tried to crawl under turnstiles to escape. But it is Bradford, so they are just lying there, dormant, on the file, along with the question of the nine Heginbotham fires. The extraordinary part of all this is that this testimony has barely been heard. Interesting theory related to the cost of making the ground safe following promotion and the history of Stafford Heginbotham who's businesses were almost synonymous with fires and insurance claims. He remembers people coming out of the ground and going into his house and phoning people. BARRIE, ONT. [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. ", Ian Ormondroyd is searching for Valley Parade memories, A Bradford landmark - and a focus for many memories. Never seen the death roll that's horrendous the Ormondroyd family looks like Father and his two twins. Jack Ludlam (55) by bfcjg Fri May 11, 2018 12:56 pm, Post 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. by tiger76 Fri May 11, 2018 11:31 pm, Post 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. Share. The project, which began in February this year, is now. "Take care if you are in the area and allow space for the crews . 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. Previous warnings had also been given about a major . You could hardly breathe. Harry Crabtree (76) I was at a Scout camp at Bowley, we were listening to it on the radio in our tent..such a terrible tragedy. Most of those who escaped onto the pitch were saved.[10]. His afternoon intersected with that of Preston, who was in an ambulance on his way to St Luke's hospital to be treated for burns when a 12-year-old was bundled aboard, concerned only at the moment to know "how did Leeds United get on" that day. Fifty-six people were killed in the fire that engulfed an old wooden stand at Bradford City's Valley Parade ground on the final day of the 1984-85 season. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 13:41. Edmund Anderton (68) 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. The unheroic obstinacy of the woman who refused to leave without her handbag "because my teeth are in it." A PROJECT telling the story of the role of the community living near Valley Parade during the Bradford City fire disaster is appealing for residents to come forward. by Lord Beamish Fri May 11, 2018 2:35 pm, Post The boy Fletcher discovered soon enough how boundlessly and profoundly life-affecting the afternoon would prove to be. 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. But it was too late for the 56 fans that went to a football match and never returned who are still remembered, not just by those in Bradford and Lincoln, but by football fans throughout the country. We didnt know at this point if anyone had been killed. Bradford City initially prospered in the Second Division only missing out on promotion to the First Division in 1988 after failing to beat Ipswich Town at home on the final day of their first full season back at Valley Parade. We stayed in the pub for hours. Paula Helliwell, Unheard Voices project manager, said they wanted to hear from more residents who helped with the rescue effort outside Valley Parade, with the intention of recounting unheard stories from the time. There are . Robert Wedgeworth (72) 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. And there are also repeated references to the smell of burning plastic. [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. 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". CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. -- A brush fire burning Monday morning on the peat wetlands of Bradford Island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has charred 212 acres and prompted some . Jack Leo Coxon (76) [4], Although there had been some changes to other parts of the ground, the main stand remained unaltered by 1985. Scott Richard Advertisement The fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. at the site. The Independent Magazine's own investigations, at the National Archive at Kew, bear out the nagging suspicions Fletcher always had. 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. A Gannett Company. This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1960s, is a stub. The disaster led to rigid new safety standards in UK stadiums, including the banning of new wooden grandstands. However, the responsibility of the Club is, in my view, very much the greater and I apportion responsibility between the two defendants as to two-thirds on the first defendant and one-third on the third (sic) defendant. One day I went to a football match with my family and the next day, I woke up and didnt have a father, a brother, or a grandfather or an uncle, he would later say. 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. Firefighters from across West Yorkshire tackle huge blaze A large fire involving thousands of scrap tyres has forced schools to close and caused traffic disruption in Bradford. 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. The players were told to go to the pub at the top of the road, John Hendrie would later reveal. The House Price Index as of 1 Sep 2022 is 153.4 which is a change of 18.457%. Then, in the space of 120-odd seconds, it really kicked in. Although some attributed Lincoln City's sudden demise to the psychological effects of the fire on its players (together with the resignation of successful manager Colin Murphy shortly before the fire), it symbolised the wider crisis that the introduction of new safety legislation brought to Lincoln's Sincil Bank home. 18+. Valley Parade still marks the names of the 56 supporters whose lives were claimed in the fire: John Douglas Ackroyd (32) Memorial ID. He returned to Bradford City as football in the community officer, and also works as a commentator and match day summariser for Bradford City games with Pulse Radio. "A football club's an integral part of the city you're in. In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, celebrate United's League Cup win by listening to Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) 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]. by tim_noone Fri May 11, 2018 10:08 pm, Post Police worked until 4am the next morning, under lighting, to remove all the bodies. Remembering the Bradford fire. Supporters searched for fire extinguishers while the Police began to evacuate the stand withflames soon spreading to the roof and across the wooden steps as timber and other materials began to fall onto the crowd. Amanda Jayne Roberts (20) There was a documentary on local Yorkshire TV a couple of years ago, the guy who does the weather reports here was at the game as a youngster. Gerald Priestley Ormondroyd (40) One, now re-situated to that end of the stand where the fire began, is a sculpture donated on the initial re-opening of Valley Parade in December 1986 by Sylvia Graucob, a then Jersey-based former West Yorkshire woman. [3], At the age of 33, Ormondroyd retired from football due to arthritis in his left ankle.[4]. [30], The outcome of the test case resulted in over 154 claims being addressed (110 civilians and 44 police officers)[31] by the injured or bereaved. [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. The stadium was known for its antiquated design and facilities, which included the wooden roof of the main stand. For every person who died or was injured it is easy to forget that their death/injury impacts dozens or even hundreds of family members and friends . These 10 users liked this post: Bop bobinho ashtonlongsider Rick_Muller JohnMac IanMcL ClaretMoffitt Juan Tanamera bfcjg FCBurnley. RIP. There was a bit of paper on fire, but it was so small. He later said: "I have never known anything like it, either before, or since. [38], The tragedy received immense media attention and drew support from around the world, with those offering their sympathy including Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II. Original television coverage of the fire, as caught by cameras covering the match. Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department is raffling off a brand new truck to raise money to buy two brand new fire trucks. BBC West Yorkshire: Bradford City Something caught my eye, he later explained. The other, situated by the main entrance, was donated by the club after its 7.5million (13million today) rebuilding of the original main stand in 2002. Burning timbers and molten materials fell from the roof onto the crowd and seating below, and dense black smoke enveloped a passageway behind the stand, where many spectators were trying to escape. It's the Ormondroyd & Stockman names that get to me - both of them dad and two sons. 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 . A capacity 6,000 crowd attended a multi-denominational memorial service, held on the pitch in the sunny shadow of the burnt out stand at Valley Parade in July 1985. There were many cases of heroism, with more than 50 people later receiving police awards or commendations for bravery. Arthur Hartley (79) The horrible thing is reading that list the number of fatalities that were obviously families wiped out. 56 fans died as a fire broke out at the game at Valley Parade, 54 Bradford supporters and two from opponents Lincoln City. "Why should they not still want answers?" My mum said at the time of the Hillsborough Disaster, when it all came home to me, you're angry and the hate is eating you inside out.". 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. Forty-year-old Gerald Ormondroyd also died that day, along with his 12-year old twin sons Richard and Robert, just two of ten families to lose more than one member at Valley Parade.. #RIP56 pic.twitter.com/w2OyUxT5as, Never forgotten #rip56 #bcafc ? 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. 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