Bradford stadium fire 11th May '85

Match was live on TV. I knew one, Derek Dempsey. Played snooker with him at Bradford City Band Club. RIP Derek, and the others. A horrifying day.

remember it well especially one chap who appeared to have all his hair on fire

It was supposed to be a day of celebration as we'd just won the league.

Horrifying indeed.

Pretty sure it wasn't live on TV though, Kenny.

RIP


ACKROYD, John Douglas 32 Baildon
ANDERTON, Edmund    68    Bingley
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
FIRTH, Muriel    56    Baildon
FIRTH, Samuel 86    Bradford
FLETCHER, Andrew    11    East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
FLETCHER, Edmond    63    Pudsey
FLETCHER, John    34    East Bridgford, Nottingham
FLETCHER, Peter    32    Gildersome
FORSTER, Nellie    64    Bradford
GREENWOOD, Felix Winspear    13    Denholme
GREENWOOD, Peter    46    Denholme
GREENWOOD, Rupert Benedict    11    Denholme
HALL, Norman    71    Bradford
HALLIDAY, Peter Anthony    34    Bradford
HARTLEY, Arthur    79    Bradford
HINDLE, Edith    79    Bradford
HINDLE, Frederick    76    Bradford
HODGSON, Moira Helen    15    Oakenshaw
HUDSON, Eric    72    Bingley
HUGHES, John    64    Bradford
HUTTON, John    74    Bradford
KERR, Walter    76    Bradford
LOVELL, Peter Charles    43    Bradford
LUDLAM, Jack    55    Bradford
McPHERSON, Gordon Stuart    39    Bradford
McPHERSON, Irene    28    Bradford
MASON, Roy    74    Silsden
MIDDLETON, Frederick Norman    84    Bradford
MITCHELL, Harold    79    Bradford
MUHL, Elizabeth    21    Leeds
NORMINGTON, Ernest    74    Shipley
ORMONDROYD, Gerald Priestley    40    Bingley
ORMONDROYD, Richard John    12    Bingley
ORMONDROYD, Robert Ian    12    Bingley
POLLARD, Sylvia Lund    69    Bradford
PRICE, Herbert    78    Shipley
ROBERTS, Amanda Jayne    20    Bradford
SAMPSON, Jane    18    Leeds
STACEY, William    72    Sleaford, Lincolnshire
STOCKMAN, Craig Albert    14    Bradford
STOCKMAN, Jane Ashley    16    Bradford
STOCKMAN, Trevor John    38    Brighouse
TURNER, Howard Malcolm    41    Bingley
TURNER, Sarah Elizabeth    16    Bingley
WARD, Simon Neil    18    Shipley
WEDGEWORTH, Robert    72    Guiseley
WEST, William James    78    North Hykeham, Lincoln
WRIGHT, Adrian Mark    11    Bradford

Sorry you're correct Mikael. They had live pictures from the ground after the fire started.

Bad enough if you lost one member of your family.
Are those with the same surname from one family or different families?

Chesterfield secured the 4th division title the same day and I was lucky enough to be in the players' lounge afterwards. The champagne was flowing until somebody stuck the telly on. Not belittling any of the other disasters to have occurred at matches, but Bradford always seems particularly brutal.

Well as there were 56 deaths I would imagine they're the same family taxi.

i will never forget that poor man walking he was on fire all over was on t.v

To partly defend the youths singing as the fire raged, they didn't realise the dreadful seriousness of it and did cease when it became apparent how catastrophic the situation was.

wasn't it a cigarette Kenny?

B-B, the exact cause is unknown, but it is thought to be a cigarette or match  Ignited a pile of rubbish that had been left to accumulate at the back of the stand. Took 4 minutes to claim the lives.

A nice video' of a  moving Memorial Service held yesterday.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/

I'm not a football fan at all, but obviously knew of this tragedy.
I only saw a photograph of the stand ablaze on Facebook the other day.
It was alight from end to end, and I'm surprised there weren't more who died than listed above.
Did the dead get trapped in just one section of the stand?
And one other thing, given the demographics of Bradford, I'm surprised that there are no asian names on the list of the dead.
Don't asians go to football matches up north?