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Post by mehewmagic on Apr 15, 2019 21:42:24 GMT
Today, on the 30th Anniversary of Hillsborough, and just after we played the Bantams, who had their own footballing disaster, I hope no-one minds me putting my latest BRFC official programme article on here, in full. From the shocking Bradford City fire, to the 96 fans (plus many others injured and traumatised) who were so badly treated at Hillsborough, and through to more local tragedies, such as Ben Hiscox's accident, the positive side of football shows that we will comfort and campaign for our own. Despite some intense footballing rivalries we are all human beings and NOBODY should ever leave the house in the morning to go to a football match and fail to return home. Football, at its heart, is a family, and the underdogs and the forgotten will hopefully always be protected by us, the rank and file supporters.  |
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Post by lpgas on Apr 15, 2019 23:17:41 GMT
It's ironic that we hear about the "Liverpool deaths" every 6 months or so, but the deaths at Bradford City are often forgotten. Truth is they are just as important, if not more so
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Apr 16, 2019 7:10:45 GMT
It's ironic that we hear about the "Liverpool deaths" every 6 months or so, but the deaths at Bradford City are often forgotten. Truth is they are just as important, if not more so It's probably because there was a massive institutional cover-up over Hillsborough. |
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 16, 2019 8:11:05 GMT
It's ironic that we hear about the "Liverpool deaths" every 6 months or so, but the deaths at Bradford City are often forgotten. Truth is they are just as important, if not more so.No. Not more so. UTG! |
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 16, 2019 8:17:46 GMT
Good to see it on here Martin. Read it on Saturday and thought it was a good thing to bring all those equally tragic events including the young Birmingham lad back into our consciousness. Well done.
UTG!
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Post by Jomo on Apr 16, 2019 8:20:21 GMT
Great post mehew.
The victims of the Bradford fire and Hillsborough, and all those that have lost their lives during involvement with football, should be respected and never forgotten.
Football is just a game ultimately and the lives of anyone, no matter where they're from and who they support, are the most important thing.
UTG and the football family.
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Post by rememberhalifax on Apr 16, 2019 9:00:22 GMT
The two tragedies evolved through vastly different circumstances, but the one thing they had in common was that all the victims were innocent and blameless for the events that cost them there lives.
All the Bradford fans attending that day were shell shocked bystanders to the horror that unfurled before them , but however unpalatable it may be to the people and fans of Liverpool the same can not be said of the Hillsborough tragedy.
It may be easier to apportion blame to those in authority that day,but they were reacting to a situation which was rapidly getting out of hand and was not of there making,every decision has consequences and in this case those decisions led to the tragedy inside, alternative decisions may well have led to tragedy outside the ground, so damned if you do damned if you dont.
Any one who has been to the Mem on full house days will know that you can get there nice and early and pick your spot then you get a mad surge of fans who have left it late and expect to stroll in and when they cant much pushing and shoving occurs to the discomfort of those already settled,well if you time that situation by a hundred or so and you get a potential Hillsborough, i know this post will be controversial , there will be many who share my view and many who dont,but in my view there should be a few thousand more in the dock over Hillsborough, but that would not be very easy to do , much easier to blame every thing on the authorities,love and respect to the relatives of those who lost loved ones in both events, as a football fan i remember them, there but for the grace of God go I .
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Post by mehewmagic on Apr 16, 2019 22:40:16 GMT
Good to see it on here Martin. Read it on Saturday and thought it was a good thing to bring all those equally tragic events including the young Birmingham lad back into our consciousness. Well done. UTG! Thanks mate. I don't mind admitting I didn't know about ian Hambridge until I started researching the Bradford fire. Sadly life was bloody cheap back then. |
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Post by axegas on Apr 16, 2019 23:18:01 GMT
Thanks for that, truly poignant read and you’re absolutely right in everything you say. We were extremely lucky that the South stand at Eastville went up in flames with no one in it.
Glad you drew some attention to the often forgotten tragedy at St Andrews too. 145 Policemen were injured and 125 fans arrested in some of the worst violence seen at a football match at the time. A really dark day for English football.
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Post by pirate on Apr 17, 2019 7:04:46 GMT
Good to see it on here Martin. Read it on Saturday and thought it was a good thing to bring all those equally tragic events including the young Birmingham lad back into our consciousness. Well done. UTG! Thanks mate. I don't mind admitting I didn't know about ian Hambridge until I started researching the Bradford fire. Sadly life was bloody cheap back then. Did you read this when researching the Bradford fire? amp.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/15/bradford-fire-stafford-heginbotham-martin-fletcher |
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Post by mehewmagic on Apr 17, 2019 21:25:59 GMT
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Post by pirate on Apr 17, 2019 22:49:16 GMT
I find it incredible that the inquiry wasn't made aware of the previous fires linked to the Bradford chairman. A couple of things from that article that stood out... 'DT The book says one of the key-holders was told about the fire and told to unlock the doors at 3.30pm, which is before the fire happened. That leaves the question: how was someone told before it happened and told to unlock the doors? OP The doors were locked. Whether they were all locked we don’t know, because some people undoubtedly got out. It doesn’t mean anything. DT It strikes me as incredibly strange. (no reply) DT No? (no reply) ---- DT The thing that has made everyone stand back a little bit is that question: can any man be so unlucky? Even his son has said if there was a plume of smoke in Bradford that people would say, ‘That’s Stafford’s gaff’. OP I can understand. DT I spoke to one man [long-time Bradford supporter Patsy Hollinger] who said Heginbotham’s nickname was ‘Central Heating’. A phrase at the company where Martin Fletcher’s mother worked was if Stafford has a problem it ‘gets torched’ and there’s a fireman quoted in the book who says that when they were on fire strike they knew the first fire would be Stafford Heginbotham’s.' |
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