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Peachs Picks: Five managers under pressure, Wigan Athletic: Tour needs our full support!, The Weekly Gab: Championship relegation picks, Kenny Dalglish: I couldnt have picked two better sides to play for, Sir Kenny Dalglish, MBE, Joins FansBet as Giving Back Ambassador, Getcha Gooner! The Weekly Gab: Lower league sides to watch in the FA Cup. Gerald tragically died in the Bradford City stadium fire on 11th May 1985 along with his sons, Richard and Robert. by ashtonlongsider Fri May 11, 2018 6:28 am, Post The horrible thing is reading that list the number of fatalities that were obviously families wiped out. David James Crabtree (30) Editors' Code of Practice. RIP. 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. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover James' connections and jobs at similar companies. The blaze, in the East Bowling area of the city, began at about 04:30 GMT. by Silkyskills1 Fri May 11, 2018 1:36 pm, Post Agree with the above, the most horrific scenes ever seen at football. [10] Bradford City's coach Terry Yorath, whose family was in the stand,[19] ran onto the pitch to help evacuate people. The 1985 inquiry into the tragedy headed by Sir Oliver Popplewell concluded that it was an accident, probably started by a spectator dropping a cigarette into rubbish that had accumulated under an old timber stand. Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS7. Moira Helen Hodgson (15) And Bradford seemed happy with it: five days of testimony, a 27-page report and everyone moved on. On Thursday, department officials . Many of the residents, who were mostly Bangladeshi, took people into their homes, brought out blankets and drinks and let them use their home telephones. However, the celebratory mood soon turned into one of shock and horror when, at around 3:40 pm, the main stand at Valley Parade became engulfed by flames which reduced the entire wooden structure to cinders. 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. The father whose attempts to make him a Bradford City fan he mischievously tried to resist, especially after the family's relocation to the detached surrounds of East Bridgford in Nottinghamshire turned the boy into a Nottingham Forest fan. Most of those who escaped onto the pitch were saved.[10]. More than 250 others were injured in one of the. A truly horrific day which should never be forgotten. I saw the footage of the disaster as part of a fire training session and at the time it had been taken off any websites etc. 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. "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. It's the Ormondroyd & Stockman names that get to me - both of them dad and two sons. It was Fletcher's mother, Susan, who had always said that she did not believe the fire was an accident and who talked of the other blazes at businesses owned or linked to Stafford Heginbotham, the Bradford City chairman of the day. Yes it is I try to leave a scarf and floral tribute on behalf of Burnley fans.and will do so tomorrow. Regional Scout (Midlands): Stan Martin. Frederick Norman Middleton (84) Norman Hall (71) Harry Crabtree (76) Nellie Forster (64) City were presented with the Division Three championship trophy before kick-off and such was the air of excitement that over 11,000 people were at Valley Parade that day, almost double the usual average for the season. Above all else, it is a beautifully observed and incredibly detailed memoir of a son's relationship with the father he lost at the age of 12. [29] The Health and Safety Executive who were also part of the legal action were found to be non-liable. The community, principally Bangladeshi, had no links then to the football club and many could not speak English, but they still helped. The match itself, however, had to be interrupted before half time as a fire quickly broke out, with memories of title celebrations now replaced with this horrible tragedy. -- Eleven people were injured, including four in critical condition, when a fire broke out at an apartment building in Bradford West Gwillimbury Monday afternoon. by tim_noone Fri May 11, 2018 10:08 pm, Post If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Jane Ashley Stockman (16) Fire crews from . It was appalling that public money was given to the club while it was still owned by the same shareholders under whose direction the fire had happened. Edith Hindle (79) Regional Scout (North): Ray Mathias. The local Bradford Telegraph and Argus has found many voices to challenge his testimony, too. We are trying to find people who came out of the ground and were helped by people in the community. [8][10] Three men smashed down one door and at least one exit was opened by people outside, which again helped prevent further deaths. [15] They included three who tried to escape through the toilets, 27 who were found by exit K and turnstiles 6 to 9 at the rear centre of the stand, and two elderly people who had died in their seats. Horrendous. He became famous for his height and build, in a similar manner to that of Peter Crouch . [31] In 1988, the first compensation payments were made to survivors of the fire, with over 40 people receiving up to 40,000 each. Since then, it has been further re-developed and, today, Valley Parade is a modern 25,136 all-seater stadium, which is virtually unrecognisable from how it was at the time of the disaster, save for the original clubhouse that still stands beside the main stand, and the flank support wall that runs down the Hollywell Ash Lane at the "Bradford End". I was at a Scout camp at Bowley, we were listening to it on the radio in our tent..such a terrible tragedy. A further 265 fans were injured in the blazes that day, and describe it as a traumatic memory and one of the saddest days in English football. Superbly handcrafted and hand-painted for incredible detailing, this masterpiece features fully sculpted figures of a firefighter, police officer, and EMT gleaming with a hand-applied metallic bronze finish. The explosion and fire was reported shortly after 10:30 a.m. at Student Transportation of America (formerly Valley Transportation) located at 2345 Route 114 in Bradford, the state fire marshal's office said. Police present in the vicinity of seats I142 and J142, where the fire was adjudged to have first taken hold, noticed 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. At the time of the disaster, many stadiums had perimeter fencing between the stands and the pitch to prevent incidents of football hooliganism particularly pitch invasions which were rife during the 1980s. ORMONDROYD, Richard John 12 Bingley ORMONDROYD, Robert Ian 12 Bingley POLLARD, Sylvia Lund 69 Bradford PRICE, Herbert 78 Shipley . There actually used to be an old saying in Bradford: "If you see smoke go up in Bradford after 6pm, that'll be one of Stafford's." If you need a guest pass please contact the ticket office at 480-727-0000 to make sure your seats are together. [3] It included a main stand which seated 5,300fans, and had room for a further 7,000 standing spectators in the paddock in front. This is according to the current Zoopla estimates. The inquiry into the disaster, chaired by Sir Oliver Popplewell and known as the Popplewell Inquiry,[25] led to the introduction of new legislation to improve safety at the UK's football grounds. 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. First-Team Therapist: Nick Akerman. 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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. Ian Ormondroyd (born 22 September 1964) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 350 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. Three people were killed trying to escape through the toilets, while 27 bodies were found at the back of the stand by the locked exit doors and two elderly people died in their seats. 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. But a minute or so later there was suddenly a bigger whoosh of smoke so they went to get a steward. Lincoln City suffered two successive relegations, first to the Fourth Division in 1986, and again in 1987, becoming the first team to be automatically relegated from the Football League itself. Nothing surprising in the construction of the stand to give this rate of fire growth," Woolley writes in an untitled script which appears to be his own notes from the first day of Popplewell's Inquiry. www.fansbet.com is operated by Rush Gaming Limited (a company registered in Malta) and is regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority, Licence Number MGA/B2C/701/2019 issued on 30th March 2020. I once stumbled across the radio commentary from that day on YouTube. James has 2 jobs listed on their profile. 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. But the scene became progressively horrendous, grotesque, and I was having to describe things you couldnt possibly imagine.. 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. We stayed in the pub for hours. In 1999, ex-professional footballer, Ian Ormondroyd, was asked by the Club to lead and grow the Foundation. by Longside4evr Fri May 11, 2018 11:58 am, Post Even if you're in a small town, it's the main focal point," says Ian Ormondroyd. Woolley's notes again: "Many referred to the smell of burning plastics." The stand had no perimeter fencing to keep fans from accessing the pitch, thus averting an instance of crush asphyxia as in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. Never to be forgotten ACKROYD, John Douglas 32 Baildon ANDERTON, Edmund 68 Bingley BAINES, Alexander Shaw 70 Bradford BAMFORD, Herbert 72 Bradford The players were told to go to the pub at the top of the road, John Hendrie would later reveal. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. "A football club's an integral part of the city you're in. [40] Matthew Wildman was 17 at the time and needed crutches to walk because of rheumatoid arthritis. These are the kinds of loose ends which would now be investigated to the end of the earth by the Hillsborough team. Among the main outcomes of the inquiry were the banning of new wooden grandstands at all UK sports grounds, the immediate closure of other wooden stands deemed unsafe and the banning of smoking in other wooden stands. Robert Wedgeworth (72) As Ian puts it: "Bradford's been on a big rollercoaster over the past ten years and previously. Some of those back in Bradford have not welcomed his turning over of the stones. He was evidently very successful when his mother's acquaintance with local Bradford broadcaster Tony Delahunty whose commentary of the fire is part of many Bradfordians' recollections helped fix him some work experience, as a 14-year-old. ", ""This is more about the fans, the people and the ground - even the people who don't come to the ground."". You must log in or register to reply here. 56 fans died as a fire broke out at the game at Valley Parade, 54 Bradford supporters and two from opponents Lincoln City. Yeah footage is horrendous isn't it. We will remember them. Herbert Price (78) But it is Bradford, so they are just lying there, dormant, on the file, along with the question of the nine Heginbotham fires. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. So do the sounds of some of those 150 people present, packing the little theatre's benches to capacity, needing to leave the dark space and take a moment to recover themselves. Or as a football commentator for that matter. 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. The project, which began in February this year, is now looking to hear from residents who helped with the rescue effort on the day. The foundation is funding the project through a 40,100 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Sylvia Lund Pollard (69) Frederick Hindle (76) "I think if we go out there and ask local people who've been in a house for 24 or 25 years, a lot of their memories will be about that. ("And Dad being Dad, he blagged it all like a dream."). The stand had already been condemned, and the demolition teams were due to start work two days later. The father whose burgeoning success as a metals stockholder, driving a BMW 323i, took him a long way from his roots, selling coach trips to Mablethorpe. And there are also repeated references to the smell of burning plastic. by Lord Beamish Fri May 11, 2018 2:35 pm, Post by ClaretTony Fri May 11, 2018 9:05 am, Post (2015), 2003 Football League Third Division play-off final, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradford_City_stadium_fire&oldid=1141323458, Fire disasters involving barricaded escape routes, Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2010, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2021, Articles needing additional references from May 2018, All articles needing additional references, Articles needing additional references from December 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Fan attempted to extinguish a lit cigarette, it slipped through floorboards and fell on rubbish, igniting it. "It seemed that this should at least have been examined," Fletcher says. On May 11th each year a memorial service is held in Bradfords Centenary square with the Lord Mayor of Bradford being joined by The Mayor and Mayoress of Lincoln to remember those who passed away in one of the most shocking tragedies ever witnessed at a British football ground. There were a lot of wooden stands in those days, PNE Bury to name but two. A charred copy of the local paper from Monday, 4 November 1968, was among the litter. 56 football fans went to watch a match at the Valley Parade football Ground this day 27 years ago, and didn't come back. 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. by Herts Clarets Fri May 11, 2018 12:21 pm, Post JavaScript is disabled. Steel was to be installed in the roof,[8] and the wooden terracing was to be replaced with concrete. "I feel like I've been in my 20s for years," he says and his life now south-west London flatshare, single professional seems to reflect the world of a restive soul, struggling for an anchor. Football architect Archibald Leitch was commissioned to carry out the work. Within a few hours of the blaze starting, it was established that 56 people had been killed, many as a result of smoke inhalation, although some of them had survived until reaching hospital.[11]. This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1960s, is a stub. Whether they don't feel welcome, for instance. Whether they don't feel welcome, for instance. Tributes have been pouring in from all corners of the footballing world as today marks 31 years since the Bradford City fire disaster. BBC West Yorkshire: Sport. Horrific way to die and as ststed some of the most harrowing scenes ever witnessed. Ian says that Bantamspast is about much more than just the football: "It's where people come socially. The match between Bradford City and Lincoln City, the final game of that season, had started in a celebratory atmosphere with the home team receiving the Third Division championship trophy. Herbert Bamford (72) As the blaze spread, the wooden stands and roofcovered with layers of highly flammable bituminous roofing feltquickly went ablaze. [10] The stand seats did not have risers; this had allowed a large accumulation of rubbish and paper waste in the cavity space under the stand, which had not been cleared for many months. [14] It took less than four minutes for the entire stand to be engulfed in flames.[11]. Gregg Ormondroyd has denied sleeping with his sick wife's carer. Jane Sampson (18) Christopher James Bulmer (11) There were 49 of us who travelled to Bradford on that day and just 47 came home. The Popplewell Inquiry found that the club had been warned about the fire risk that the rubbish accumulating under the stand had posed. by Lord Beamish Fri May 11, 2018 12:44 am, Post by tim_noone Thu May 10, 2018 11:53 pm, Post The fans even say, 'I'm not particularly liking what I'm seeing on the field at the moment, but I enjoy the company of Billy and John'. The main fire safety system failed disastrously in a blaze at a Bronx apartment building in January, killing 17 people, The New York Times has found. Police worked until 4am the next morning, under lighting, to remove all the bodies. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Never seen the death roll that's horrendous the Ormondroyd family looks like Father and his two twins. [22], Immediately after the fire, Sharpe planned and treated the injuries of over 200 individuals, with many experimental treatments being used. Thank you for telling this," said the woman, who was perhaps 60 or so, to one of the young people whose stage play, based on football's Bradford disaster, had just concluded on the small theatre space behind her. To take part in the project, email paula.helliwell@gmail.com by December 16. "Storage of paint implicated but no evidence of storage beneath the stand. However, when Bradford City won promotion to the highest level of English football, Division One, in 1908, club officials sanctioned an upgrade programme. Used to go there regularly in the 70's as a student and it was just the same. Eight fires in the 18 years before the Bradford City fire were identified, many catastrophic and leading to large insurance payouts. When a memorial service was held on the pitch later in summer, part of it was in Urdu and Punjabi in recognition. What started as smoke rising from a r. Instead, there is nothing. ", Ian Ormondroyd is searching for Valley Parade memories, A Bradford landmark - and a focus for many memories. "[11] Police Superintendent Barry Osborne, divisional commander for the area, said many of his officers cried when they saw how badly people had been burned. "Yes," he told the inquiry when asked if he was "cautious" about the conclusion he had made about a match causing the fire. Powered By, Research,Grants and Collaboration Committee, University Institutional Ethics Committee, Buildings and Estate Services Committee (Including Transport), Students counselling and Mentoring Committee, University Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, Literary Arts, Cultural and Important Days Celebrations Committee, Students, Staff . 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. 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. Bradford Fire. Still one of the two or three most haunting videos I've ever seen. Police officers also assisted in the rescue attempts. [46], In 2014, the theatre company Funny You Should Ask (FYSA) premiered their heartfelt tribute to the 56 people who died at the fire. In respect to services offered in the Republic of Ireland, the Revenue Commissioners, under remote bookmakers License number 1013060 issued on 2nd July 2019. orty-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.. former Leeds United and England international Trevor Cherry. He is quoted as saying: "I don't believe the statement of retired Detective Inspector Raymond Falconer at all. Club coach Terry Yorath incurred minor injuries while taking part in the rescue. Regional Scout (South): Chris Finn. [3], At the age of 33, Ormondroyd retired from football due to arthritis in his left ankle.[4]. Published: 3/3/2022 2:42:05 PM. Never seen the death roll that's horrendous the Ormondroyd family looks like Father and . There are . A discarded cigarette and a dilapidated wooden stand, which had survived because the club did not have the money to replace it, and accumulated paper litter, were considered to have conspired to cause the worst disaster in the history of the Football League. Today we remember the 56 fans who tragically lost their lives in the Bradford fire disaster 31 years ago. And only after she had gone vanished into the kind of warm Bradford Saturday night on which wives, children, parents and friends first learned that they were the bereaved, 30 years ago next week did the significance of her gratitude become clear. Ormondroyd praises 'phenomenal' Bradford Video Unavailable Technical details : A problem was encountered - please try again later Former Bradford and Aston Villa striker Ian Ormondroyd is. by NottsClaret Fri May 11, 2018 2:00 pm, Post Video via Citizen. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. ANDERTON, Edmund, 68, Bingley These 10 users liked this post: Bop bobinho ashtonlongsider Rick_Muller JohnMac IanMcL ClaretMoffitt Juan Tanamera bfcjg FCBurnley. . One letter from the council said the problems "should be rectified as soon as possible"; a second said: "A carelessly discarded cigarette could give rise to a fire risk." They reveal how experienced scientists were clearly astonished by how the spread of the fire could have been so rapid. Howard Malcolm Turner (41) It is a simple account laid out for all to see. Thick, black . One man clambered over burning seats to help a fan,[18] as did player John Hawley,[15] and one officer led fans to an exit, only to find it shut and had to turn around. The residents also helped take victims to hospital. 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. Danni Phillips, the young London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art actor who spent hour after hour listening back to the scriptwriters' interviews in preparation for her beautifully observed role in The 56, hails from South Yorkshire, half an hour down the M1 and her father played football for Halifax Town. Peter Fletcher (32) [] I still have terrible memories of the day, but it is the humanity of those that helped us that I reflect on."[41]. Ive alway respected the quiet and dignified way that the Tragedy has been marked by the Club, the Fans(of both Bradford and Lincoln), and by Bradfordians in general. Those are the words of David Pendleton, a survivor of the Bradford City fire disaster, which happened 30 years ago. There is a twin memorial sculpture, unveiled on 11 May 1986, which has the names of the dead inscribed on it. Remembering the Bradford fire. Robert Ian Ormondroyd (12) ER 2005 . Then, in the space of 120-odd seconds, it really kicked in. 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". People know me here. People who had escaped the fire then tried to assist their fellow supporters. Obviously helps cigarettes banned from football grounds now as IIRC a discarded butt caused the Bradford fire. As CT mentioned earlier it is seeing the names of family groups who perished that day,having just probably set off as normal from home around lunch time for not just the game but the joy and excitement of a promotion party, that really gets to me. 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. 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. It's an incredible video, seen it numerous times, but as you say never gets less shocking. However, there is a lot in this book that troubles me about the science, or lack of it, used in the testing of the investigators' hypothesis as to the source of the ignition. Those who helped are reluctant heroes now. 26 years ago today. Samuel Firth (86) contact the editor here. "We're trying to find out why a lot of the Asian communities don't come to the ground, whether they feel they can't come to the games because they feel intimidated or whatever.". I have an image of a man with his hair on fire, in shock. Eric Hudson (72) The Bradford City stadium fire occurred during a Football League Third Division match on Saturday, 11 May 1985 at the Valley Parade stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, killing 56 spectators and injuring at least 265.The stadium was known for its antiquated design and facilities, which included the wooden roof of the main stand. It slipped through a hole in the floorboard. A large fire broke out Thursday morning after an apparent explosion at a commercial building complex in Bradford. 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. Death Notice. "Sometimes, it's more of a social thing than a football thing. 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. However, the turnstiles were locked and none of the stadium staff were present to unlock them, leaving no escape through the normal entrances and exits. And, before we knew it, the flames were racing down the whole stand. 05/12/15 AT 9:58 AM BST. John Hutton (74) There were no extinguishers in the stand's passageway for fear of vandalism, and one spectator ran to the clubhouse to find one but was overcome by smoke and impeded by others trying to escape. She said: Over the years, the story of the Bradford City fire has been told many times - the story of the supporters and the players, but one story that had never been told was the story of how the local people had helped. Of the 56people who died in the fire,[2] 54 were Bradford supporters and two supported Lincoln. Arsenal fanzine lives to fight another season, Donation to Islington Boxing Club proves to be a real knockout. That stand went up so quick youd think it was made of petrol. Uncensored coverage of the fire was transmitted minutes after the event on World of Sport and the BBC's Grandstand after the video cassette was physically driven to Yorkshire Television. At football of loose ends which would now be investigated to the smell of burning plastic to association in. 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