25 years ago today, Saturday May 11th 1985, 56 people died in a fire at a football match in Bradford.
On what started as a day of celebration for newly-promoted Bradford City, joy turned to tragedy as the main stand caught fire at Valley Parade.
In memory of the victims, and to their families and the survivors, we understand your pain and you are in our thoughts and prayers.
You’ll Never Walk Alone.
In Memoriam.
John Douglas ACKROYD (32)
Edmund ANDERTON (68)
Alexander Shaw BAINES (70)
Herbert BAMFORD (72)
Christopher James BULMER (11)
Jack Leo COXON (76)
Leo Anthony COXON (44)
David James CRABTREE (30)
Harry CRABTREE (76)
Derek DEMPSEY (46)
Muriel FIRTH (56)
Samuel FIRTH (86)
Andrew FLETCHER (11)
Edmond FLETCHER (63)
John FLETCHER (34)
Peter FLETCHER (32)
Nellie FORSTER (64)
Felix Winspear GREENWOOD (13)
Peter GREENWOOD (46)
Rupert Benedict GREENWOOD (11)
Norman HALL (71)
Peter Anthony HALLIDAY (34)
Arthur HARTLEY (79)
Edith HINDLE (79)
Frederick HINDLE (76)
Moira Helen HODGSON (15)
Eric HUDSON (72)
John HUGHES (64)
John HUTTON (74)
Walter KERR (76)
Peter Charles LOVELL (43)
Jack LUDLAM (55)
Gordon Stuart McPHERSON (39)
Irene McPHERSON (28)
Roy MASON (74)
Frederick Norman MIDDLETON (84)
Harold MITCHELL (79)
Elizabeth MUHL (21)
Ernest NORMINGTON (74)
Gerald Priestley ORMONDROYD (40)
Richard John ORMONDROYD (12)
Robert Ian ORMONDROYD (12)
Sylvia Lund POLLARD (69)
Herbert PRICE (78)
Amanda Jayne ROBERTS (20)
Jane SAMPSON (18)
William STACEY (72)
Craig Albert STOCKMAN (14)
Jane Ashley STOCKMAN (16)
Trevor John STOCKMAN (38)
Howard Malcolm TURNER (41)
Sarah Elizabeth TURNER (16)
Simon Neil WARD (18)
Robert WEDGEWORTH (72)
William James WEST (78)
Adrian Mark WRIGHT (11)
Links:
Bradford City official website.
BBC: Twenty five years on: The Valley Parade fire remembered.
They went to see a football match and never returned home. A tragic day that I will never forget. My prayers and thoughts to all the families who lost their loved ones.
You’ll Never Walk Alone.