Bluemoonbaldboy
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Was only 7 at the time got in and mum and dad told me what had happened and that football fans had died I just burst into tears seeing that list on the memorial it is awful entire families perished
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Bradford disaster.
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SpiritofBurnden
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How many of us have sat in one of those rickety, old wooden stands whilst watching our team? One carelessly discarded cigarette is all it took to start that inferno. There but for the grace of God...
There's a 7 minute long video on YouTube. For people who don't understand what happened that day, try to watch it. Not for morbid reasons, but to explain how in 4 minutes, 56 people died. The speed at which it spread is scary. People would have literally been trapped in nooks and crannies in the ground. It spread so quick, I'm sure people who just nipped to the toilet before half time were still in there, and when they tried to get out were trapped. A few elderly people on there, no doubt too slow to be able to make a run for it.
I was chatting to a City steward at the Villa game, who mentioned it was almost the 25th anniversary. They said out of that fire came safer stadiums, the stewards, the extra police, ambulances at football games. It was a price to pay, but since then, football stadiums have become a lot, lot safer.
My mate's a Bradford fan. That day is still a huge scar on that club, even now, the club continuously raises money for the burns unit at the hospital.
I was chatting to a City steward at the Villa game, who mentioned it was almost the 25th anniversary. They said out of that fire came safer stadiums, the stewards, the extra police, ambulances at football games. It was a price to pay, but since then, football stadiums have become a lot, lot safer.
My mate's a Bradford fan. That day is still a huge scar on that club, even now, the club continuously raises money for the burns unit at the hospital.
rushts
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From what i told the safest escape route was out onto the pitch, but a lot of fans went back through the stand to go out the way they came in,only to be met with locked doors and turnstiles, some of these people were then trapped in. Makes me feel physically sick to even imagine what came next.
bluegorton
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squirtyflower said:such a loss and reminds you that football is a family affair
groups of surnames where you can tell it was grandad, son and grandson just like with my family
That's what got to me, reading the names and ages paints the picture of a family day out, Dad and 2 sons, grandparents, elderly couples, truly tragic. RIP.
mancity dan
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RIP
Truly put's everything into perspective
Truly put's everything into perspective
JULES
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I can honestly say that watching the events unfold on tv that day bought tears to my eyes, one of the most horrendous things I have ever seen and I will never forget seeing those poor fans trying to escape the flames.
sad, truly sad.
RIP
sad, truly sad.
RIP
SpiritofBurnden
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scall said:I was chatting to a City steward at the Villa game, who mentioned it was almost the 25th anniversary. They said out of that fire came safer stadiums, the stewards, the extra police, ambulances at football games. It was a price to pay, but since then, football stadiums have become a lot, lot safer.
33 people died in the Burnden Park disaster in 1946.
66 died in the Ibrox disaster in 1971.
There was plenty of time to build safer stadiums long before Bradford, Hillsborough, etc, but there was no political will to do it. Football supporters were always treated as second-class citizens.