2/18/2023 0 Comments Bradford city fire man on fire![]() Bradford had given themselves a chance of staying in the Premier League by winning two of their previous three games, but still the doubters were out in force. We turned up that day and expected to have a bit of a party.”įifteen years later, and the party would not be brought to such a tragic end. “It was a season we had had a massive amount of success. “I just remember Pennine Radio playing lots of sombre songs, which if I hear them now, I have to turn it off, as it reminds me of things I don’t want to remember. It was not totally successful – I saw pretty close up people who were about to be killed. My Dad had a long trench coat and he covered me so I could not see what was going on. “We jumped over the wall at the front as soon as we could. “For years I could not talk about it, but when books and documentaries came out it was a cathartic moment – I realised it is ok to talk about that day,” Christian Oldcorn, now stadium DJ at Valley Parade but also a fan who escaped the fire as an eight year old, tells i. That too was a final game of the season, with the old third division title already sewn up.īack then, trophies were presented before the game – everyone was in celebratory mood, but midway through the match with Lincoln, everything changed, forever. ![]() “The Liverpool and Bradford fans came together, given their shared grief, but both teams went for it that day, which was a fitting tribute.”Įvery end of season match coincides with the anniversary of the fire on May 11, 1985. ![]()
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