24 years ago today

[yid1962]

the bradford city f.c disaster
56 souls lost there lives engulfed in flames on a sunny afternoon at a football match.
this sad event has just as much relevance as hillsborough or heysel!!!.. yet not one report in the media spoken or written....
possibly because the good people of bradford have not bleeted about it.. & tried to apportion blame on to anyone else but themselves!! ....................................... for that they have my deepest respect.

R I P to the 56 .

[hastingsyid]

very sad rip

[mjbmedia]

well said Yid, my sentiments exactly.

This was just as harrowing as what happened with Liverpools fans but as you say and give good reason for, not much coverage.

[Shelfside]

To be honest I didn't realise that it was the anniversary of this disaster.And well done yid1962 for reminding us all.
It is a tragedy in itself that this disaster has been swept under the Hillsborough carpet.Maybe if Bradford was a 'self pity city' like Liverpool it would have remained in the public's awareness.
R.I.P to the 56.

[gomessi]

56 tragic deaths. RIP

[yid1962]

for the younger forum users who may not remember or have not seen footage of the horrific day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leINX5vbjQU

[bocayid]

self pity city ...ill have to remind my dads mate who lost a friend there...

much of the publicity associated with Hillsborough and the ongoing campaign for 'justice' from the 'self pity' city is because of the lies and deception and misinformation put about by the authorities....I don't think the good people of liverpool 'rate' their disaster ahead of anyone elses....

Bradford...like Hillsborough was a terrible event....

if you don't like 'scousers' or Liverpool fair enough ...but don't accuse an entire city of a self pity....

[mjbmedia]

Boca, i get where youre coming from but Ive yet to hear a Liverpool voice admit they were even partly guilty.

i mean it wasnt the Yorkshire police force who were the ones pushing from the back, for whatever reason, some 40000 odd people had made it into the ground in plenty of time, a few hundred perhaps hadnt, some genuinely held up , many not , some with tickets, some not, all trying to get in regardless of the consequences, same as they used to take life threatening risks to get into their European cup final matches.
With hindsight of course the match should have been delayed, but for a few hundred maximum many of whom the lateness was self inflicted its unlikely even in todays climate the match would have been delayed for such a small percentage of the crowd .
The shame was of course that it was the people who had got there well early, cherishing the whole occassion who perished, not the late comers/ ticketless/ inebriated.

Id think differently if Id ever heard one of them stand up and say they were partly at fault, but no they close ranks, they blatantly blame the old bill, and they will keep on demanding 'justice' until a report finds exactly what they want to hear, which it never will cos what they want to hear is not the truth.
The next report could lay the blame more at many of the latecoming fans, then what, accusations of another cover up rather than having the guts to look at themselves and think, yeh we havent been that blameless really..... some hope.

Theyre still trying to blame the ground. the Belgian police, UEFA, infact everyone but themselves for Heysel.

They need to move on and let it all rest

[Gino Ginelli]

God was that only 24 years ago?! Seems much longer than that! I remember studying that incident for my Civil Engineering qualifications. All about designing fire safety into public buildings. Turns out the stand was like firelighter waiting to spark :scared: