The Bradford fire led to a lot of stadiums around the country being rebuilt. A lot of the old Victorian wooden stands were replaced with concrete. Probably the second biggest event to change stadiums after the Hillsborough Disaster, which led to all-seater stadiums.
The original footage is on CZcams somewhere. Once seen, never forgotten. Especially the poor mill worker walking onto the pitch on fire. It was used in fire training I did and has stayed with me ever since. Shocking.
@@neilbiggs1353 Yes, at the FA Cup Semi-Final between Tottenham and Wolves in 1981 at Hillsborough, there were 38 people injured in a crush in the central pen of the Leppings Lane terrace, caused by too many people entering it instead of being directed to either side. An early goal then created a surge that caused a crush. No lessons were learnt, and 8 years later people died as a result on that same terrace.
It’s tragic that it seems only disasters like this cause clubs and governments to make changes to improve fan safety. You would imagine that in 1985 that they would have the knowledge of possible safety hazards
Hillsborough Disaster and Bradford fire are both incredibly tragic stories. in the Hillsborough disaster, Dalgish went to every single funeral. Steven Gerard's brother, a Liverpool fan, also died there in the crash.
I recall seeing a documentary where Bradford manager at that time, Terry Yorath spoke about how after the fire was out he asked a policeman if he could go to his office to get something. He told about how to get to his office you entered a doorway which brought you into a long corridor. Turn right to head into the offices, and left took you along the walkway that ran along the back of the main stand. The policeman told him he could enter, but for his own sake don't look left. Terry said of course human nature when someone tells you not to look, is to look. He glanced left down the walkway and he said how he desperately wished he hadn't. He saw the burnt bodies of people who had tried to get out of the back of the stand only to be met by locked gates. It was a sight he would never be able to forget.
The 1980s were dark days for football, with the horrors of Hillsborough and Bradford etched into memories forever. But has the Heysel disaster 30 years ago become the game's forgotten tragedy?
when you got to the part about no fire extinguisher, lollll yes we can come up with a chant about anything in 0.1 second but health and safety back then was a mythhhh, that the uk for ya
They found discarded newspapers from 40 years previous under the stand. It was amazing it never happened earlier. The Police officers on duty that day are true heroes.
The chants are a British culture thing. Learning to be witty starts at an early age. My theory is that back in the day, they had to humour their way out of dangerous situations from the occupying Vikings
Just after world war 2 Turin football club had possibly the best team in the world, to rival the great real madrid team. The team died in a plane crash. Nowadays Turin is the second club in the city after Juventus, and real Madrid won 5 European titles in a row in the early 50s. It could have all been different...
The 1980s were dark days for football, with the horrors of Hillsborough and Bradford etched into memories forever. But has the Heysel disaster 30 years ago become the game's forgotten tragedy? Just asking as a Belgian how that is viewed in the UK. Thanks for the input. 😊
you hear about hillsborough far more than you do heysel thats for sure Liverpool to some at least are the media darlings in the uk so bringing up heysel isnt a great look for them
i recommend you react to the full footage of the fire its on youtube, also if you do hillsborough i rec0ommend seeign the ACTUAL footage which is also on yoputube
I think you forget that Health & Safety wasn't such a high profile thing back then. It would be interesting to see when US stadiums made it compulsory to have fire extinguishers on site etc. I tried to Google it from the UK, but there were so many results for UK legislation that I couldn't find anything useful.
Just a couple of hours ago, I had to attend a compulsory fire safety session for the residence where I live, as part of this session they showed footage of the Bradford Stadium fire, to show how quickly a fire can spread.
When are you gonig to do when on hillsbrough it’s the saddest football tradadey think ever and the people who were to blame for it have never been charged
How is a fire where no-one was harmed called "the most tragic day in british football" compared to events where fans died like Hillsborough. Are you claiming financial damage is worse than loss of life? Unsubscribed as our human morals are very different.
@@jonbroxton7346 yeah, considered more tragic than the event where 96 died due to a catastrophic failure by a civic authority s almost as if some people don't realise 96 is MORE than 56!!?
@@jonbroxton7346 according to this guy they are.....hence him describing it as "the worst ever" where it is perhaps 1 of the worst ever, but not THE worst ever.
@@GodofMMA23both were devastating but the hillsbrough disaster is talking more so this video is about the Bradford incident that’s bearly being talked about
The Bradford fire led to a lot of stadiums around the country being rebuilt. A lot of the old Victorian wooden stands were replaced with concrete. Probably the second biggest event to change stadiums after the Hillsborough Disaster, which led to all-seater stadiums.
Wasn't there also the Scarborough stadium disaster around that time?
@@jonntischnabel What Scarborough stadium disaster?
@@jonntischnabel no
The original footage is on CZcams somewhere. Once seen, never forgotten. Especially the poor mill worker walking onto the pitch on fire. It was used in fire training I did and has stayed with me ever since. Shocking.
same.
The guy who did the report a year earlier must have been SO angry that nobody listened!
IIRC there were multiple warnings about Hillsborough prior to that one too
@@neilbiggs1353 Yes, at the FA Cup Semi-Final between Tottenham and Wolves in 1981 at Hillsborough, there were 38 people injured in a crush in the central pen of the Leppings Lane terrace, caused by too many people entering it instead of being directed to either side. An early goal then created a surge that caused a crush. No lessons were learnt, and 8 years later people died as a result on that same terrace.
From Bradford, that day changed the city forever.
It’s tragic that it seems only disasters like this cause clubs and governments to make changes to improve fan safety. You would imagine that in 1985 that they would have the knowledge of possible safety hazards
The fire extinguishers had been removed because football hooliganism was rife at the time, and thugs had been using them as weapons.
Lincoln Fan here, my grandad was at the game, he was fine, he always got very emotional when Bradford came to Sincel Bank
Hillsborough Disaster and Bradford fire are both incredibly tragic stories. in the Hillsborough disaster, Dalgish went to every single funeral. Steven Gerard's brother, a Liverpool fan, also died there in the crash.
I remember the day. I recall a constable diving repeatedly into the flames. And how quickly that fire spread. It was horrifying.
I recall seeing a documentary where Bradford manager at that time, Terry Yorath spoke about how after the fire was out he asked a policeman if he could go to his office to get something. He told about how to get to his office you entered a doorway which brought you into a long corridor. Turn right to head into the offices, and left took you along the walkway that ran along the back of the main stand. The policeman told him he could enter, but for his own sake don't look left. Terry said of course human nature when someone tells you not to look, is to look. He glanced left down the walkway and he said how he desperately wished he hadn't. He saw the burnt bodies of people who had tried to get out of the back of the stand only to be met by locked gates. It was a sight he would never be able to forget.
Ibrox disaster, Bradford disaster, Hillsborough disaster. Football stadia were badly designed and they packed people in :( RIP
The 1980s were dark days for football, with the horrors of Hillsborough and Bradford etched into memories forever. But has the Heysel disaster 30 years ago become the game's forgotten tragedy?
@@MotherGoose264 It's not a competion mate. "The Most TRAGIC Day in British Football" Look at the title.
when you got to the part about no fire extinguisher, lollll yes we can come up with a chant about anything in 0.1 second but health and safety back then was a mythhhh, that the uk for ya
They found discarded newspapers from 40 years previous under the stand. It was amazing it never happened earlier. The Police officers on duty that day are true heroes.
I watched this live as it happened on a Saturday afternoon.
The chants are a British culture thing. Learning to be witty starts at an early age. My theory is that back in the day, they had to humour their way out of dangerous situations from the occupying Vikings
It didn't come as a surprise because safety standards across Britain were a joke, not just in football.
Just after world war 2 Turin football club had possibly the best team in the world, to rival the great real madrid team.
The team died in a plane crash.
Nowadays Turin is the second club in the city after Juventus, and real Madrid won 5 European titles in a row in the early 50s.
It could have all been different...
The 1980s were dark days for football, with the horrors of Hillsborough and Bradford etched into memories forever. But has the Heysel disaster 30 years ago become the game's forgotten tragedy? Just asking as a Belgian how that is viewed in the UK. Thanks for the input. 😊
you hear about hillsborough far more than you do heysel thats for sure
Liverpool to some at least are the media darlings in the uk so bringing up heysel isnt a great look for them
Fire distinguisher... this was 84/85. 40 years ago there were no security measures like today.
i recommend you react to the full footage of the fire its on youtube, also if you do hillsborough i rec0ommend seeign the ACTUAL footage which is also on yoputube
Remember it like yesterday 😢
I think you forget that Health & Safety wasn't such a high profile thing back then. It would be interesting to see when US stadiums made it compulsory to have fire extinguishers on site etc. I tried to Google it from the UK, but there were so many results for UK legislation that I couldn't find anything useful.
Just a couple of hours ago, I had to attend a compulsory fire safety session for the residence where I live, as part of this session they showed footage of the Bradford Stadium fire, to show how quickly a fire can spread.
What an amazing coincidence....
When are you gonig to do when on hillsbrough it’s the saddest football tradadey think ever and the people who were to blame for it have never been charged
It’s in the queue for this week. Not sure which day yet, depends on my editing schedule
Didn't know that Captain Price was on CZcams doing a football documentary.
Captain Price died a few yrs ago. ✌️
Have you watched the Hillsborough documentary
If someone makes a reaction vid shouldn’t they at least credit the vid they are using by naming it? A guy spent a lot of time making it.
pr*ck
The information this guy speaks regarding the fire, are not factual or correct.
Thats why you should always build houses feom bricks and mortar and never wood and drywall.....oh wait. 🤦🙄🇺🇸
Man, u show less opinion now. 😂
How is a fire where no-one was harmed called "the most tragic day in british football" compared to events where fans died like Hillsborough. Are you claiming financial damage is worse than loss of life? Unsubscribed as our human morals are very different.
Other than the 56 people who died and the 200+ who had to go to hospital, you mean?
@@jonbroxton7346 yeah, considered more tragic than the event where 96 died due to a catastrophic failure by a civic authority s almost as if some people don't realise 96 is MORE than 56!!?
@@GodofMMA23You said "a fire where no-one was harmed". 250+ people were harmed. Tragedies are not pissing contests.
@@jonbroxton7346 according to this guy they are.....hence him describing it as "the worst ever" where it is perhaps 1 of the worst ever, but not THE worst ever.
@@GodofMMA23both were devastating but the hillsbrough disaster is talking more so this video is about the Bradford incident that’s bearly being talked about