It's a bit late in the day but this is a video of the incident it's not easy to watch. A terrible day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rD4jI1x6SU 56 people went to watch their team and died,27 years ago,God bless them and their families..... RIP..
I still find it hard to comprehend how quickly that fire took hold, it took just minutes from a cigarette end to the stand being totally engulfed. Hard to imagine the grief the families and good folk of Bradford went through, yet despite it all they always showed great dignity. Good bless them
Yes, I remember watching this all unfold on Grandstand at the time, horrific scenes that forced changes being made to stadia all across the UK. My condolences to all the families that lost loved ones. (I cant actually bring myself to watch that video)
I was at a game in Yorkshire that day - Huddersfield v Portsmouth It was last game of the season and if Portsmouth won and Man City did not, then Portsmouth would go up to the old first division. A couple of my mates are Pompey fans and they organised a mini bus to go up from Dorchester - so I went as potentially a good day out Portsmouth won 2-0 on the day, but Man City won easily, so Pompey did not go up. We saw smoke in the distance when we were on the motorway but did not know about the fire - it was a different "age" in terms of communications (and no radio on the bus) It was not until the next day that we knew what had happened. In that era we had all been in stands that we potential fire traps - it was probably a disaster waiting to happen.
I was shown the film on a fire wardens course afew years after the event. Horrific! my sympathies went out to the families then and still do now. I suppose something we should be minful of when moaning about smoking bans and seated stadia.
That's why we are all seated in concrete stadiums with no smoking inside the ground. No should go to work and/or play and never come home because of things like that. I believe Stuart Naylor was the Lincoln goalkeeper in that match.
