I dont praise the Folk of Yorkshire cheaply, but their Dignity, Self Respect, and Stoicism is a great credit to them. He and his mother rattled around in the beautiful detached Nottingham home afterwards and the place "was almost mocking you, like the birds in the trees," he says. 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. Comments have been closed on this article. by tim_noone Fri May 11, 2018 8:54 am, Post I go to the football with my two children (both adults now) and have done for many,many years. Some had been crushed as they tried to crawl under turnstiles to escape while a man who was captured on television running across the pitch on fire later died in hospital of his injuries. Harry Crabtree (76) As Ian puts it: "Bradford's been on a big rollercoaster over the past ten years and previously. The way football is run is, and always has been, scandalous. I've never seen anything like it. "[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. [16] Messages of condolence were also received from Helmut Kohl, Chedli Klibi and Felipe Gonzlez. Edmund Anderton (68) 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. 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. Bradford Fire. It was also a catalyst for the substantial redevelopment and modernisation of many British football grounds within the following thirty years. 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. [11] Those who escaped were taken out of the ground to neighbouring homes and a pub, where a television screened World of Sport, which broadcast video recorded of the fire just an hour after it was filmed. by tim_noone Thu May 10, 2018 11:53 pm, Post 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. Horrendous. Bradford City AFC (@officialbantams) May 10, 2016, MORE : Mark Clattenburg set to officiate Champions League final, Sean Dyche says Arsenal have the look of Premier League champions after hammering Everton, No way! Darren Bent tells Chelsea star Raheem Sterling he wouldnt get in the Arsenal team amid transfer links, I love that! Michael Owen singles out Bukayo Saka for praise after Arsenal thump Everton, Roy Keane slams West Ham and the Spurs of this world after Manchester Uniteds FA Cup comeback, Mikel Arteta praises Arsenal star for magic moment in win over Everton, Mark Clattenburg set to officiate Champions League final, Do not sell or share my personal information. Valley Parade still marks the names of the 56 supporters whose lives were claimed in the fire: John Douglas Ackroyd (32) Deborah A Ormondroyd. [10] One eyewitness, Geoffrey Mitchell, told the BBC: "It spread like a flash. So many youngsters died..very very sad. A truly horrific day which should never be forgotten. Some laughs puncture the rapt silence of the 75 minutes at Bradford's Alhambra theatre studio. John Hutton (74) [8][10] Three men smashed down one door and at least one exit was opened by people outside, which again helped prevent further deaths. They all ventured back. RF 2FMDJ1J - Jake Trueman (6) of Castleford Tigers is tackled by Jack Ormondroyd (25) of Salford Red Devils. 25 years ago and I'm sure, like Hillsborough, it's still fresh in the mind of a . Coach Terry Yorath described the events as "the worst day in my life. JavaScript is disabled. The fire brigade arrived at the ground four minutes after they were initially alerted. "I think the fire will play a big part in it. 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. BARRIE, ONT. Eric Hudson (72) The scene in there was one of silence and shock. 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Felix Winspear Greenwood (13) Still one of the two or three most haunting videos I've ever seen. Although some attributed Lincoln City's sudden demise to the psychological effects of the fire on its players (together with the resignation of successful manager Colin Murphy shortly before the fire), it symbolised the wider crisis that the introduction of new safety legislation brought to Lincoln's Sincil Bank home. [17], One witness saw paper or debris on fire, about nine inches (230mm) below the floor boards. Most of those who escaped onto the pitch were saved.[10]. . The theatre production moved on to London last week, its players and writers wondering as they packed up what the response would be, in the capital city, to a subject even less well known and understood beyond the Yorkshire boundaries. Peter Charles Lovell (43) There was a documentary on local Yorkshire TV a couple of years ago, the guy who does the weather reports here was at the game as a youngster. As part of Bantamspast, Ian's actually hoping to dig a little deeper to find out just why some people choose to actively avoid Valley Parade completely on matchdays: "Perhaps we'll find out why they don't come. The children were still nestled under the warden's thick overcoat when they discovered them. Two memorials now stand at Valley Parade, with another in the city centre and since that fateful day, Bradford City have played with black trim on their kit as a permanent memorial to those who lost their lives. Woolley's notes again: "Many referred to the smell of burning plastics." by tim_noone Fri May 11, 2018 9:25 am, Post [10] Of those who died, 11 were under-18 and 23 were aged 65 or over,[20] and the oldest victim was the club's former chairman, Sam Firth, aged 86. 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". Martin Fletcher, a survivor who lost 3 family members is convinced of it. "But I'd never heard of the Bradford disaster until I auditioned for this," she says. Then, in the space of 120-odd seconds, it really kicked in. His son, Jack, plays rugby league for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League.[5][6][7]. That stand went up so quick youd think it was made of petrol. The Bradford Burns Unit was set up by Professor David Sharpe after he received many of the victims following the fire. Fletcher said that "The club at the time took no actual responsibility for its actions and nobody has ever really been held accountable for the level of negligence which took place. by Spike Fri May 11, 2018 1:12 pm, Post Performance Analyst: Scott Dyer. Everybody in the city was devastated, but there was an amazing number of volunteers. by Silkyskills1 Fri May 11, 2018 1:36 pm, Post Regional Scout (Midlands): Stan Martin. Bradford City stadium fire: The untold stories of the 1985 fire that devastated Valley Parade Thirty years after football's 'forgotten tragedy', the truth of what exactly happened when 56. "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. Frederick Norman Middleton (84) Bradford Council has tweeted: "@WYFRS are dealing with a fire within one of the buildings at a school on Thornton View Road BD14. 56 football fans went to watch a match at the Valley Parade football Ground this day 27 years ago, and didn't come back. View James Ormondroyd's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Robert Ian Ormondroyd (12) Initially, the fire appeared to be nothing more than a small blaze and was soon noticed by ITV commentator John Helm who was covering the game for Yorkshire Television that day. The fact the inquiry also embraced the investigation into another incident which happened on the same day, a riot in which a young boy died at Birmingham City, makes it seem more frivolous. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Crews received a call to Stirling Crescent west of Highway 400 around 12:25 a.m. Saturday from a. [31] In 1988, the first compensation payments were made to survivors of the fire, with over 40 people receiving up to 40,000 each. IN MEMORIAM. It wasnt until later on when assistant manager Terry Yorath came in and said: Its not good.'. He had to undergo counselling and was unable to go to another game for several years. It is Mrs Ibrahim's sentiment which seems to be most prevalent in Manningham, the British Asian district bordering Valley Parade, where many locals took injured and traumatised people into their homes that day. "Yes you've already told us you were concerned," the inquiry's QC effectively says, before he moves the conversation along. ";s:4:"text";s:3462:" Visit us for exclusive Galen Center Special Events throughout the year! Those who helped are reluctant heroes now. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Bradford fan David Pendleton, then aged 21, was at the game that day in the main stand and remembers how something which initially appeared trivial quickly became a desperate situation. As part of Bantamspast, Ian's actually hoping to dig a little deeper to find out just why some people choose to actively avoid Valley Parade completely on matchdays: "Perhaps we'll find out why they don't come. by tim_noone Thu May 10, 2018 11:42 pm, Post The Weekly Gab: Lower league sides to watch in the FA Cup. 05/12/15 AT 9:58 AM BST. He lost his father John, 34, his 11-year-old brother Andrew, uncle Peter, 32, and grandfather Eddie, 63, in the fire. Football architect Archibald Leitch was commissioned to carry out the work. Gregg Ormondroyd, 31, grew closer to his wife Donna's carer, Anne Robinson Donna collapsed and stopped breathing two years ago and was put in a coma She was brought out of the coma later but has. Post Ian Ormondroyd CEO at Bradford City FC Community Foundation Bradford Bradford City FC Community Foundation David ORMONDROYD Account Executive at Planet Ottawa, ON Planet, +4 more Carleton. The match was recorded by Yorkshire Television for their regional edition of the ITV Sunday afternoon football show The Big Match. April 13, 2010, 07:39:58 pm The Valley Parade fire. Alexander Shaw Baines (70) Naquin's 3-run homer in 9th gives Reds 10-7 win over Twins The Cincinnati Reds didn't look drained to manager David Bell, despite this recent slide. The main stand at Bradford was not surrounded by fencing, and therefore most of the spectators in it could escape onto the pitch if they had been penned in then the death toll would inevitably have been in the hundreds if not the thousands. Whether they don't feel welcome, for instance. 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 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. And Bradford seemed happy with it: five days of testimony, a 27-page report and everyone moved on. Revealed: former Bradford chairman linked to at least eight fires before Valley Parade disaster Read more Six years later, Martin, then 27, set out to find the truth and started the 15-year quest. The Bradford City stadium fire was the worst fire disaster in the history of football. 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. Or as a football commentator for that matter. Tickets are $20 each, and all proceeds will go toward funding the purchase of two new twin custom KME fire trucks for the department.. Like all areas of forensic investigations, it has come on leaps and bounds. 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. Four police officers, constables David Britton and John Richard Ingham and chief inspectors Charles Frederick Mawson and Terence Michael Slocombe, and two spectators, Richard Gough and David Hustler, were awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for their actions. 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. 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. Christopher Hammond, who was 12 on the day, said on the 20th anniversary of the fire: "As a 12-year-old, it was easy to move on I didn't realise how serious it was until I looked at the press coverage over the next few days. For the 30th anniversary of the fire a new version of "You'll Never Walk Alone" was recorded at Voltage Studios in Bradford. It was the place where her boys had been growing into their secondary education when the fire took them. 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. However, when Bradford City won promotion to the highest level of English football, Division One, in 1908, club officials sanctioned an upgrade programme. I remember watching it unfold on tv, it was heartbreaking. They were at fault, but the fault was that no-one in authority seems ever to have properly appreciated the real gravity of this fire hazard and consequently no-one gave it the attention it certainly ought to have received. One retired mill worker made his way to the pitch, but was walking about on fire from head to foot. by bfcjg Fri May 11, 2018 12:56 pm, Post [6], The 198485 season had been one of Bradford City's most successful seasons, ending with City clinching the championship title courtesy of a 20 victory against Bolton Wanderers in the penultimate game of the season. [] I still have terrible memories of the day, but it is the humanity of those that helped us that I reflect on."[41]. I'm 27 and can't remember seeing it but I know there'll be people on these boards who will and can remind people of what happened on that tragic day. The book also raises concerns about the speed of the inquiry and the fact that it commenced a few weeks after the fire and lasted for only a few days, whereas other inquiries into similar incidents, pre and post the Bradford fire, have taken years to come to fruition and months to be heard. Hundreds of others were injured. The blaze, in the East Bowling area of the city, began at about 04:30 GMT. by Lord Beamish Fri May 11, 2018 12:44 am, Post The unheroic obstinacy of the woman who refused to leave without her handbag "because my teeth are in it." We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. Obviously helps cigarettes banned from football grounds now as IIRC a discarded butt caused the Bradford fire. Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS7. Down there in the blackness lay tissues of debris which were testament to the ramshackle stadium's neglect. He became famous for his height and build, in a similar manner to that of Peter Crouch. The 1985 Bradford City A.F.C stadium fire is regarded as one of the worst disasters in the history of British football. 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 . 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. Thoughts and prayers to the 56 who lost their lives in this truly awful and harrowing tragedy. 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. That journey back to Lincoln was the quietest and most miserable I have ever known. Spare a thought or prayer for them today. The playing area and stands were very basic but the ground had enough room for 18,000spectators. It is a simple account laid out for all to see. 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. Nellie Forster (64) William James West (78) 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 . Derek Dempsey (46) Agree with the above, the most horrific scenes ever seen at football. The Bradford Disaster Appeal fund, set up within 48hours of the disaster, eventually raised over 3.5million (11.3million today). 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. For the book, we are looking to hear from people who were there but were children at the time, but could tell us their story.. People who had escaped the fire then tried to assist their fellow supporters. Leo Anthony Coxon (44) ACKROYD, John Douglas, 32, Baildon . by LoveCurryPies Fri May 11, 2018 9:09 am, Post Men, women and children all helped. The majority of sales in Ormondroyd Avenue during the last year were semi-detached properties, selling for an average price of 130,000. But they had done their job. 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. "[16] As spectators began to cascade over the wall separating the stand from the pitch, the linesman on that side of the pitch informed referee Norman Glover, who stopped the game with three minutes remaining before half-time. The fire was merciless and took victims as young as 11 and as old as 86. ", 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.". 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. It seemed to put it out. . 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. The Independent Magazine's own investigations, at the National Archive at Kew, bear out the nagging suspicions Fletcher always had. The Valley Parade fire took hold, it has always been said, because a match must have been dropped into the reservoir of rubbish in the dark cavity beneath the main stand's seats. Robert Wedgeworth (72) Topic: 25 years ago today, the Bradford City disaster. She was Hazel Greenwood the mother whose children, 13-year-old Felix and 11-year-old Rupert, had been ushered away from the flames of the stadium fire all those years ago by a traffic warden, seeking to shelter them under his tunic. Ian says that Bantamspast is about much more than just the football: "It's where people come socially. It was 30 years ago. on: May 11, 2012, 10:28:10 am . #RIP56 pic.twitter.com/w2OyUxT5as, Never forgotten #rip56 #bcafc ? Police present in the vicinity of seats I142 and J142, where the fire was adjudged to have first taken hold, noticed it. In a world of my own. [47] Scriptwriters of the play spent hours with the survivors and victims families. The Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department recently announced a raffle to win a 2022 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew. As he received the injured at Bradford Royal Infirmary he was able to call upon 10% of the UK's population of plastic surgeons. While Valley Parade was re-developed, Bradford City played games at various neighbouring grounds: Elland Road, Leeds; Leeds Road, Huddersfield; and Odsal Stadium, Bradford. This Forum is the main messageboard to discuss all things Claret and Blue and beyond . Watching it I asked myself why people didn't use the rear exits and what those late people were doing all that time, apparently the rear exits were boarded or padlocked. The JCT600 Stand will be open as well during the day to give fans the opportunity for some quiet reflection on this day of remembrance. When cross examined by QC Robert Smith, then Chairman Stafford Heginbotham said he knew about the fire risk at the ground. [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. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Ian says that Bantamspast is about much more than just the football: "It's where people come socially. Rupert Benedict Greenwood (11) Today we remember the 56 fans who tragically lost their lives in the Bradford fire disaster 31 years ago. The extraordinary part of all this is that this testimony has barely been heard. due to the harrowing nature. "A football club's an integral part of the city you're in. 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'. Regional Scout (South): Chris Finn. 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. It's an incredible video, seen it numerous times, but as you say never gets less shocking. No one gave it the attention it ought to have received.. .. RIP. 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