A giant Christian cross, made up of two large charred wooden members[44] that had once been part of the stand, was constructed in front of the middle of the stand and behind the pitchside speaker's platform. [16] Messages of condolence were also received from Helmut Kohl, Chedli Klibi and Felipe Gonzlez. This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1960s, is a stub. 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. Please note: census information may include figures for adjacent streets and postcodes. Craig Albert Stockman (14) We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. There is no malicious vendetta, there is no over-exaggeration, there are no trumped-up facts. He was helped out of the stand by other fans and spent a period of time in hospital. "What kind of 'mechanism'?" Eight fires in the 18 years before the Bradford City fire were identified, many catastrophic and leading to large insurance payouts. Peter Anthony Halliday (34) All that was left of the. March 3, 2022. House Prices in Ormondroyd Avenue, Wibsey, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 Properties in Ormondroyd Avenue had an overall average price of 128,000 over the last year. Police present in the vicinity of seats I142 and J142, where the fire was adjudged to have first taken hold, noticed it. 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He is quoted as saying: "I don't believe the statement of retired Detective Inspector Raymond Falconer at all. [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. 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. "[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'. by ashtonlongsider Fri May 11, 2018 6:28 am, Post Thats when everybody else had the same thought. The unheroic obstinacy of the woman who refused to leave without her handbag "because my teeth are in it." He later said: "I have never known anything like it, either before, or since. 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. 56 football fans went to watch a match at the Valley Parade football Ground this day 27 years ago, and didn't come back. 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. Norman Hall (71) 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. That was the open and shut case, the inquiry into the disaster chaired by Sir Oliver Popplewell, a High Court judge, concluded. Frederick Norman Middleton (84) You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. by Colburn_Claret Fri May 11, 2018 5:38 am, Post Coach Terry Yorath described the events as "the worst day in my life. Published on 28/02/2023. Club career[ edit] Fletcher has taken facts and presented them in such a way that it should make it moralistically impossible for this incident not to be looked at again. Following his own 15 year investigation Into the fire, which killed four of his family members while he escaped, former tax accountant Martin Fletcher released 56: The Story of the Bradford Fire (2015). What started as smoke rising from a r. After just four minutes of the initial blaze starting the wooden stand was fully ablaze as many of the 3,000 people sitting there escaped by climbing over the perimeter fence onto the pitch the subsequent inquiry into the disaster concluded the fire spread faster than a man could run.. Helm later described the start of the fire in an interview to the Express newspaper: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, [A] man over from Australia visiting his son got two tickets to the game. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. It occurred during a league match, on Saturday, 11 May 1985, killing 56 and injuring at least 265. by IanMcL Fri May 11, 2018 9:01 am, Post "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. RIP. John Hutton (74) Even if you're in a small town, it's the main focal point," says Ian Ormondroyd. The fundraising events included a reunion of the 1966 World Cup Final Starting XI that began with the original starting teams of both England and West Germany, and was held at Leeds United's stadium, Elland Road, in July 1985 to raise funds for the Appeal fund. He lost his father John, 34, his 11-year-old brother Andrew, uncle Peter, 32, and grandfather Eddie, 63, in the fire. The Bradford Burns Unit was set up by Professor David Sharpe after he received many of the victims following the fire. Applying this 18.457% change to the original purchase price of 48,000 results in an estimated price of approximately 56,859. Instead, there is nothing. Supporters either ran upwards to the back of the stand or downwards to the pitch to escape. 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]. But Ms Ibrahim saw her husband on her TV set, on the Valley Parade half way line, helping stretcher some of the injured away to safety. Spare a thought or prayer for them today. Probably the most horrific scenes I have ever seen in football. 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. 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". 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 . Scott Richard Advertisement The fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. at the site. David James Crabtree (30) People smothered him to extinguish the flames, but he later died of his injuries in hospital. Herbert Bamford (72) Regional Scout (South): Chris Finn. Head Physiotherapist: Dayle Avison. HP10 9TY. "[27], After controversial comments made by Popplewell about the Hillsborough Disaster, Fletcher raised further concerns about the events following the fire saying that "I have many unanswered questions still about the fire in which four of my family died, as does my mother. His father Tony went back the following day and said: "I wondered how anybody had got out alive, but I also began to feel guilty that I had got out when so many hadn't." 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. BARRIE, ONT. The residents also helped take victims to hospital. [26], In July 1985, an inquest was held into the deaths; at the hearings the coroner James Turnbull recommended a death by misadventure outcome, with which the jury agreed. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. Regional Scout (North): Ray Mathias. A truly horrific day which should never be forgotten. 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. by ClaretTony Thu May 10, 2018 11:46 pm, Post Following the hearing in 1986, a test case was brought against the club by David Britton, a police sergeant serving on the day, and by Susan Fletcher, who lost her husband John, 11-year-old son Andrew, John's brother Peter and his father Edmond in the fire. They reveal how experienced scientists were clearly astonished by how the spread of the fire could have been so rapid. 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 gone," he says. Anne Robinson (pictured with Mr Ormondroyd) moved into the family home near Bradford, West Yorkshire, to care for his wife Donna. Ernest Normington (74) It was the brainchild of Bradford City fan Lloyd Spencer with all profits going to the Bradford Royal Infirmary Burns Unit.[43]. A massive fire broke out at a factory in Bradford this morning 11 Footage shows flames erupting from the factory 11 The blaze broke out in the early hours of this morning Credit: Ben. That duty was not a duty to the Club but a duty to the spectators and other persons in the stand. 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. BAINES, Alexander Shaw 70 Bradford BAMFORD, Herbert 72 Bradford BULMER, Christopher James 11 Burley-in-Wharfedale COXON, Jack Leo 76 Bradford COXON, Leo Anthony 44 Halifax CRABTREE, David James 30 Bradford CRABTREE, Harry 76 Bradford DEMPSEY, Derek 46 Morley 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. The referee blew his whistle to stop the game and told us to get back to the dressing room, recalled City midfielder John Hendrie some years later. [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. 6/22/2021 - AP When cross examined by QC Robert Smith, then Chairman Stafford Heginbotham said he knew about the fire risk at the ground. Herbert Price (78) Post There were a lot of wooden stands in those days, PNE Bury to name but two. [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. Lincoln City supporter Chris Ashton shared his experience of the disaster in an interview with the Lincolnshire Echo, saying: I remember it being just before half-time and out of the corner of my eye I became conscious of the smoke coming from a section of the stand opposite. 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. Gerald tragically died in the Bradford City stadium fire on 11th May 1985 along with his sons, Richard and Robert. [2] The main stand was described as a "mammoth structure", but was unusual for its time because of its place on the side of a hill. ", Ian says he's hoping the Bantamspast project will look at a side of the club which hasn't been revealed before: "This is more about the fans, the people and the ground - even the people who don't come to the ground.". 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. by ClaretTony Fri May 11, 2018 9:05 am, Post All you could see was a black cloud, all you could hear was sirens and screams and all you could smell was burning.. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Gerald Ormondroyd (201296072)? Gerald Priestley Ormondroyd (40) Kit Manager: Dom Lister. The most horrific scenes ever on tv. That stand went up so quick youd think it was made of petrol. ", ""This is more about the fans, the people and the ground - even the people who don't come to the ground."". 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. 1985 disaster in Valley Parade Stadium, Bradford, England. If you need a guest pass please contact the ticket office at 480-727-0000 to make sure your seats are together. The 1985 Bradford City A.F.C stadium fire is regarded as one of the worst disasters in the history of British football. 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 . Peter Greenwood (46) 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. The city has seemed to want it to remain the forgotten disaster, though for many, the sense of what-might-have-been is too acute to want to block out the past. This user liked this post: claretjohn33505. Their initial aim at that time was to promote BCFC in the community by increasing the fan base and awareness of the Club. That was nothing compared with the time it took to interview witnesses in the Hillsborough Inquiry.". A former Bradford City player is asking for people's memories of the club's past - both good and bad. [10] Bradford City's coach Terry Yorath, whose family was in the stand,[19] ran onto the pitch to help evacuate people. "Why is it coming out now? 26 years ago today. You must log in or register to reply here. The sling is now used internationally in the treatment of burns. We had to run up the stairs, through the office doors and out onto the street. A minute later he saw a small plume of smoke so he poured his coffee on it and so did his son. 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. It seemed to put it out. It wasnt until later on when assistant manager Terry Yorath came in and said: Its not good.'. At 3.40pm, television commentator John Helm remarked upon a small fire in the main stand; in less than four minutes, with the windy conditions, the fire had engulfed the whole stand, trapping some people in their seats. Some repair work was carried out, but in July 1984 the club was warned again, this time by a county council engineer, because of the club's plans to claim for ground improvements from the Football Trust. 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. He went on to state: "In 1985 fire investigation in Britain was in its infancy and some would say at that time most fire investigators were not much more than dust-kickers. Amazing that just 18 days later the Heysel tragedy occured,a dark month for football. Trevor John Stockman (38) 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. . As the blaze spread, the wooden stands and roofcovered with layers of highly flammable bituminous roofing feltquickly went ablaze. But it is Bradford, so they are just lying there, dormant, on the file, along with the question of the nine Heginbotham fires. The aim is to preserve these memories for posterity as part of the club's museum at Valley Parade, together with a DVD, podcasts and more. A total of 56 people - 54 Bradford fans and two. Harold Mitchell (79) 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. "Yes," he told the inquiry when asked if he was "cautious" about the conclusion he had made about a match causing the fire. [10][11], Bradford's Telegraph & Argus newspaper published a souvenir issue for 11 May, entitled, "Spit and Polish for the Parade Ground". Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. He said: We just want to try to reach out to the local community around the ground and see if anybody out there that remembers the day can come forward and talk about it.. by tim_noone Thu May 10, 2018 11:53 pm, Post Even the received wisdom is enough to make you rage against football's breathtaking complacency: the same complacency which would turn the terrace at Hillsborough into a killing ground, four years later. Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department is raffling off a brand new truck to raise money to buy two brand new fire trucks. 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". The Independent Magazine's own investigations, at the National Archive at Kew, bear out the nagging suspicions Fletcher always had. It's with that in mind that Ian's Bantamspast project is underway in Bradford. William Stacey (72) I have an image of a man with his hair on fire, in shock. I do not include the people currently running the club, who have always displayed a great, sensitive duty to the memory of those who died. They were even quite afraid of the football fans before the fire. Didn't realise gabby Logan was doing a documentary now on BT To Add there were some nice floral tributes there today. Please use the search above if you cannot find the record you require. Edith Hindle (79) 56 fans died as a fire broke out at the game at Valley Parade, 54 Bradford supporters and two from opponents Lincoln City. The worst fire disaster in English football history played out on live television on May 11, after Valley Parade's main stand caught fire during a match between Bradford City and Lincoln City on . Down there in the blackness lay tissues of debris which were testament to the ramshackle stadium's neglect. Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS7. Even if you're in a small town, it's the main focal point," says Ian Ormondroyd. by NottsClaret Fri May 11, 2018 2:00 pm, Post ClaretMoffitt Posts: 3889 Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:19 pm . 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. ER 2005 . 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. It's good that they're all remembered. For the 30th anniversary of the fire a new version of "You'll Never Walk Alone" was recorded at Voltage Studios in Bradford. Valley Parade during the early 1990s, after it had been redeveloped following the fire. It is a simple account laid out for all to see. Published: 3/3/2022 2:42:05 PM. Ian says that Bantamspast is about much more than just the football: "It's where people come socially. As a result, Bradford-born captain Peter Jackson was presented with the league trophy before the final game of the season with mid-table Lincoln City at Valley Parade on 11 May 1985. The Popplewell Inquiry found that the club had been warned about the fire risk that the rubbish accumulating under the stand had posed. I was at a Scout camp at Bowley, we were listening to it on the radio in our tent..such a terrible tragedy. The House Price Index as of 1 Sep 2022 is 153.4 which is a change of 18.457%. 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If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can At Valley Parade there are now two memorials. by bfcjg Fri May 11, 2018 12:56 pm, Post The Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department recently announced a raffle to win a 2022 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew. This is a rise of 0.29% in the last three months (since April 2018) and fall of 0.24% since 12 months ago. We talk in the anonymous surroundings of his publisher's, in Bloomsbury's Bedford Square. by Herts Clarets Fri May 11, 2018 1:13 pm, Post New legislation was introduced with the immediate closure of all wooden stands deemed unsafe, the banning of smoking within other wooden stands and the banning of any new wooden stands being built at all sports grounds. 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. 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