BS4 on Tour... Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Today is the 35th anniversary of that dreadful tragedy at Valley Parade. The pictures and footage are still so haunting and heartbreaking. I hope the 54 Bradford City fans and 2 Lincoln City fans who lost their lives that day are resting easy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 9 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Today is the 35th anniversary of that dreadful tragedy at Valley Parade. The pictures and footage are still so haunting and heartbreaking. I hope the 54 Bradford City fans and 2 Lincoln City fans who lost their lives that day are resting easy ... City’s twitter have quickly changed their tweet about the disaster. Don’t think they knew 2 of the victims were Lincoln fans. RIP to those 56. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 We`d played Reading at home that day. Straight after the game the former Mrs LR and I headed straight up to Tintern for a couple of nights break. I didn`t have a radio in the car and didn`t watch or hear any news that evening so the first I heard was when I picked up a Sunday paper to be confronted by the awful news. I couldn`t take it all in and had to sit on a bench for a few minutes. Truly shocking and I hope we never see anything like it again. RIP to the 56 fellow football fans who were taken from us that awful day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 They used to use the video on fire training courses. Never been in such a silent room. RIP to all. Never forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, Super said: They used to use the video on fire training courses. Never been in such a silent room. RIP to all. Never forgotten. The speed at which the stand was engulfed in flames never fails to astonish me. Heartbreaking day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 21 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: We`d played Reading at home that day. Straight after the game the former Mrs LR and I headed straight up to Tintern for a couple of nights break. I didn`t have a radio in the car and didn`t watch or hear any news that evening so the first I heard was when I picked up a Sunday paper to be confronted by the awful news. I couldn`t take it all in and had to sit on a bench for a few minutes. Truly shocking and I hope we never see anything like it again. RIP to the 56 fellow football fans who were taken from us that awful day. I have vivid memories of being in the East End that day and hearing the tannoy messages about the game being abandoned due to fire. As I remember, we knew nothing of the size of the disaster until listening to the radio on the way home. RIP the 56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted May 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Lew-T said: City’s twitter have quickly changed their tweet about the disaster. Don’t think they knew 2 of the victims were Lincoln fans. RIP to those 56. I sent them a message after they tweeted that it was 56 Bradford fans, it then changed pretty quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Londoner Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Unfortunately some clubs have shown a lack of class by either forgetting or choosing to ignore, Leeds for example not a word despite being only 10 miles away, I’m glad at least some of the football family have remembered and paid tribute to 56 who went to see their team and never came home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 My Brother-in-law was meant to be on duty that day, but someone had asked for him to swap shifts so he could be off the following game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 49 minutes ago, richwwtk said: I have vivid memories of being in the East End that day and hearing the tannoy messages about the game being abandoned due to fire. As I remember, we knew nothing of the size of the disaster until listening to the radio on the way home. RIP the 56 Like you, I can remember the announcement but (as I suspect most did) just assumed it was a minor thing and the ground would be cleared and not the tragedy it turned in to. No social media or mobile phones back then either. Hillsborough was the same - `match abandoned due to crowd problems` or something like that - and it was only later that the true scale of the tragedy became apparent. Whenever one of these anniversaries comes along I always think it could have been me or any of us and it is essential that football collectively continues to remember and mark these awful days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Rojo Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Super said: They used to use the video on fire training courses. Never been in such a silent room. RIP to all. Never forgotten. I've seen that video too. Just shocking and tragic. RIP to all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 I remember watching it on Grandstand. Terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 So sad and often forgotten. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 An anniversary that is very sad and should be marked in the same way that Hillsborough is. Disgusting that its not, because its not one of the "big" clubs, imo. It gets mentioned most years, but this was the case study on the fire safety course I did and was really quite shocking. RIP football fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, exAtyeoMax said: I remember watching it on Grandstand. Terrible. Yes me too, had just returned home from work, turned on the telly to those awful scenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poland_exile Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 A sad anniversary, and a shame that no new enquiry has been forthcoming given the revelations of the past few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Bar BS3 said: An anniversary that is very sad and should be marked in the same way that Hillsborough is. Disgusting that its not, because its not one of the "big" clubs, imo. It gets mentioned most years, but this was the case study on the fire safety course I did and was really quite shocking. RIP football fans. ****** fat chance ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Soldier Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 I was at Valley Parade that season to watch Bristol City draw 1-1 with Bradford. We were going well in the old Div 3 and so was Bradford. Old wooden stands. It was and still is harrowing to see that fire develop on TV reruns. Spine chilling stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Same day as Birmingham Leeds where a Wall fell and killed a fan Bad day in all rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Super said: They used to use the video on fire training courses. Never been in such a silent room. RIP to all. Never forgotten. Yes me too. They used to go into detail on how people died, pretty horrific and a few other horrible videos. I've always been health & safety ever since especially travelling away. I was quite shocked how the QPR ground is. I was quite concerned how I was going to get out of that place in an emergency. My old age is playing tricks with me I thought it was fulham but is definitely QPR(edit). RIP the 56 fellow fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, GasDestroyer said: I was at Valley Parade that season to watch Bristol City draw 1-1 with Bradford. We were going well in the old Div 3 and so was Bradford. Old wooden stands. It was and still is harrowing to see that fire develop on TV reruns. Spine chilling stuff! Me to, sat in that stand, me and my mate were amazed at the amount of rubbish under the seats. We both agreed that it was a fie waiting to happen ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, slartibartfast said: Me to, sat in that stand, me and my mate were amazed at the amount of rubbish under the seats. We both agreed that it was a fie waiting to happen ! Was that a bitterly cold day/night where Andy Llewellyn scored for us? If so I was there too but stood on that vast bank of an away end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Soldier Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 55 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Was that a bitterly cold day/night where Andy Llewellyn scored for us? If so I was there too but stood on that vast bank of an away end. Correct. Good following by City. Big open away end behind the goal into the corner. It was a freezing cold day. The stand that burnt down was on the right hand side looking down the pitch. There was only circa 5000 in the ground if memory serves me right but they made a hell of a lot of noise. They were great days following City away but came with a government health warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Remember being stood on the East End that day when the announcement came through, chilled me right to the bone, and the rest of the day was in a mist of disbelief. Watching it all these years on, it seems such an innocuous fire to start with plenty of time to evacuate then a monstrous inferno. Horrific. RIP the 56, thoughts with you and your families still. And those that were there that still carry the scars, physically and psychologically, to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayOutWest Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 On 11/05/2020 at 03:37, One Team In Keynsham said: The speed at which the stand was engulfed in flames never fails to astonish me. Heartbreaking day. This. I watched it on youtube a while back as of course I remembered it at the time, but just wanted to reacquaint myself of the what exactly happend. Absolutely frightening , suffice to say I wont ever watch again. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityshippers Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 Stuart Naylor played in that game for Lincoln City I believe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southport Red Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 Friend of mine was there with a journal mate. Was trying to get people to turn around and go onto the pitch but the signs said 'stay off the pitch' so they wouldn't. People were running past him down into the fire. He still has nightmares about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted May 16, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 53 minutes ago, Southport Red said: Friend of mine was there with a journal mate. Was trying to get people to turn around and go onto the pitch but the signs said 'stay off the pitch' so they wouldn't. People were running past him down into the fire. He still has nightmares about it. That is horrific to read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Londoner Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, phantom said: That is horrific to read I’d recommend reading Martin Fletchers book 56, it’s a graphic heartbreaking read but very well written Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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