Gas vs Bradford City Matchday Thread

I would put my neck on the line and say with some confidence it has to have been sang with no ill intentions.

Many fans, especially those who sing, are young. Hillsborough is very well documented, other tragedies are not so much.

This is a chant which gets sung up and down the grounds every time a section of fans leave the ground, and while on this occasion, the events make it sound like a terrible and sickening chant, I'm sure if the fans were educated on the matter they'd have not sung it.

This chant is not really acceptable, but let's not jump on the back of fans for an innocent mistake. Our fans would never chant about Hillsborough or Munich, so why would they knowingly chant about this?

"Is there a fire drill" is sang at any ground against any opposition if there is a large group of fans heading for the exits early. Ie as if there was a fire drill... you must have heard that numerous times no? Similar to "we can see you sneaking out" etc.

Whilst on this occasion in poor taste, I refuse to believe that our fans would sing it in reference to the tragedy.

I totally agree!

I had been over my local: I got home and saw the live pictures: They were horrific;



I will always remember how it showed one person (I could not tell if it was a man or a woman) walking/trying to run out of the stand. It seemed like they were walking in slow motion. I have since seen other film of people caught up in fire, and to me it does seem like they are moving in slow motion. Anyway, it seems from write ups on the event that it was an elderly man who died many days later.

I hope the idiots who sang today, and those seen in the video cheering the fire can forgive themselves.

Perhaps a bit of an over reaction on here then. I assumed it was being sung generally during the game not near the end, perhaps we need to give our fans the benefit of the doubt?

Imo it was not in the slightest bit malicious and was a reaction to a big stream of Bradford fans leaving with a few minutes left. We were very close to the Bradford fans and as far as I could tell none of them thought it was in relation to said incident.

Oh god it's the PG police again.

A lot on here like to make things bigger than it is and exaggerate things it's called getting old and miserable
FairPlay to the 500 fans that made the trip it's a long trek

Fair point. I couldn't go yesterday so couldn't comment on the number of those singing its just feedback on here, but if it was down to that, the simple but ultimately more comical chant of cheerio, cheerio, cheerio would'be have been more appropriate. Can't remember singing about a fire bell before.

Let's move on and celebrate a hard earned point.

I'm boycotting Tuesday after being treated poorly by Swindon after the last game, but we need to get some singing in the rain ooocha cha cha ooocha cha cha going when we win ....by those that are going.

UTG

We have Sung "Is there a fire alarm?" at several away fixtures. That is a fact and not an opinion!!