Bradford City (A)

[gonzo]

32 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Same.

Can't say I feel the same about the chanting though. We've discussed it before, and I'm sure for many it's just an initial, alcohol driven bravado like response to the shock of what's unfolding.

I'm sure many soon sobered up.

Anyway, it's certainly horrific footage.

 

 

 

[DirtySanchez]

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Same.

Can't say I feel the same about the chanting though. We've discussed it before, and I'm sure for many it's just an initial, alcohol driven bravado like response to the shock of what's unfolding.

I'm sure many soon sobered up.

Anyway, it's certainly horrific footage.

Yeah I'm the same 

Know someone whose girlfriend at the time died in it 

The fans on the pitch chanting, they were celebrating going up, maybe had a few, fire starts and they probably don't realise the extent of it at the time 

Watching it back with the commentary on makes it even more horrific 

 

[Ani]

I had lived in Bradford for about 2 years at the time. I rang my dad so he knew I was ok, he made a silly joke as did not know what had fully happened. I had watched it on Yorkshire TV , first and only time I told my dad to fuck off. 
 

Lots of different people I have known were involved either there or family there. The whole city dealt with it and deals with it brilliantly and with incredible dignity. Even today people hardly mention it, the odd ‘yes I was there.’ But in no way are the 56 forgotten. The image of the copper with his hair on fire and the bloke walking on the pitch on fire are stuck in my head. 
 

Always had a soft spot for Bradford from living over here, that day and the fact they are not Leeds fans. The one team I do not want in the play offs. 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Not watching the footage again at the moment.

Enough shit going on without that on top! 😀

[gonzo]

The commentary is haunting. Tony Gubba isn't it?

[jayjayoghani]

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

The commentary is haunting. Tony Gubba isn't it?

Haven't watched it, but its John Helm I think. Always had respect for him for this. 

[Alf Hartigan]

I used to go on fire awareness courses at work (every 3 years). They mentioned this disaster and asked if people were okay to watch but warned them how horrific it is if they weren't. I've seen it loads of times and remember watching it live on tv as a teenager and remember being pretty shocked at the time. Me and friends just sat in silence at what we were seeing. Must bring back horrific memories for folk in attendance. Seem to remember the chanting tailing off as everyone realised how bad it was. 

[desperado]

Nice for us to be honouring the memory of the 56 supporters who lost their lives.

Like we have done on previous occasions I hope we play our part in a special remembrance.

[desperado]

If there’s any spare tickets going for this, please can you let me know. Thanks 

[Manchester_whites]

The scary thing is, it could have been Burnden Park. Especially Manny Rd stand because everything was wooden. The seats, stairs, the whole stand and smoking was allowed 🤦‍♂️

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

I've not watched it for years but I always remember a part of the footage where there's someone walking on the edge of the pitch on fire, with people around him desperately trying to put out the flames and the commentator just goes "oh, that poor man"

Horrific

[frank_spencer]

31 minutes ago, Alf Hartigan said:

I used to go on fire awareness courses at work (every 3 years). They mentioned this disaster and asked if people were okay to watch but warned them how horrific it is if they weren't. I've seen it loads of times and remember watching it live on tv as a teenager and remember being pretty shocked at the time. Me and friends just sat in silence at what we were seeing. Must bring back horrific memories for folk in attendance. Seem to remember the chanting tailing off as everyone realised how bad it was. 

Saw it plenty of times too through various fire safety courses. They showed it as part of my steward training at Highfield Road and it soon focused our minds when they were explaining our role in stopping similar happening at Cov.

[Ani]

The Police found out pretty quick who dropped the cigarette but did not release his name till he died as it was just a tragic accident. 

[Stig]

1 hour ago, Alf Hartigan said:

I used to go on fire awareness courses at work (every 3 years). They mentioned this disaster and asked if people were okay to watch but warned them how horrific it is if they weren't. I've seen it loads of times and remember watching it live on tv as a teenager and remember being pretty shocked at the time. Me and friends just sat in silence at what we were seeing. Must bring back horrific memories for folk in attendance. Seem to remember the chanting tailing off as everyone realised how bad it was. 

Yeah the chanting tails off very quickly once the extent of the disaster becomes obvious. It's a proper could have happened to any stadium moment. Horrendous.

[Leyther_Matt]

Bradford traditionally come out to You Never Walk Alone on the anniversary so if folk can spread the word to avoid the everyone’s* natural reaction to boo it.

* Apart from L/H White, obviously

[masi 51]

10 hours ago, Manchester_whites said:

The scary thing is, it could have been Burnden Park. Especially Manny Rd stand because everything was wooden. The seats, stairs, the whole stand and smoking was allowed 🤦‍♂️

Very true....And we had fences at the time

Things never change clueless fuckers in Whitehall not understanding the real world

[L/H White]

11 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Bradford traditionally come out to You Never Walk Alone on the anniversary so if folk can spread the word to avoid the everyone’s* natural reaction to boo it.

* Apart from L/H White, obviously

is that true?

I'm getting in extra early if so then I don't miss it

YNWA #56 #97

[burnden]

11 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Bradford traditionally come out to You Never Walk Alone on the anniversary so if folk can spread the word to avoid the everyone’s* natural reaction to boo it.

* Apart from L/H White, obviously

Saw someone on twitter mention this saying the memorial day had been ruined in the past by away fans booing YNWA (Carlisle fans i think)

[burnden]

28 minutes ago, L/H White said:

is that true?

I'm getting in extra early if so then I don't miss it

YNWA #56 #97

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by burnden

[L/H White]

5 minutes ago, burnden said:

 

 

beautiful 

i was toying with selling my ticket to

[Wanderlust]

Struggling to understand why folk are gunning for Eoin Toal. Every defender  - every player - makes the occasional mistake, but that gets far more attention than the hundreds of times he’s bailed us out with blocks, clearances and tackles and has given us an attacking presence at set pieces. 
One of the best acquisitions in recent years, a full international at a bargain price.

This is League 1 FFS - give him a break. There’s not a player in the team that hasn’t fucked up at times, but our defence - the 5th best in the league - seems to get all the stick despite our system being geared to attack - an attack which by coincidence is also 5th best. 

[Leyther_Matt]

Toal is a footballer who is terrified of the ball. It isn’t a good trait.

Probably another player we should have shifted on at the height of his powers (see also Morley, Dempsey, Santos, Charles)

[Jol_BWFC]

Players go through spells where they play well and when they have a dip in form. It’s more obvious for strikers (goals scored) but will happen to defenders too.

Conway was the messiah at the start of the season, now he’s a weak link.

Toal is going through a bad spell - poor on a number of goals conceded recently. Confidence is low (so he passed backwards and sideways). But there is a solid league 1 player in there. It can’t be easy when flipping between 4 at the back and 3/5 at the back, with the CB pairing changing from week to week (him included).

Forino has been pretty good, but has made mistakes. George J too.

Keep the faith.

Edited 21 hours ago by Jol_BWFC

[Tonge moor green jacket]

16 hours ago, jayjayoghani said:

Haven't watched it, but its John Helm I think. Always had respect for him for this. 

Yep.

Helm.

[Leyther_Matt]

Met John Helm a couple of times through work and then at Liversedge (his local team) v Colls a couple of years ago. Genuinely lovely bloke.