The marble memorial featuring the names of the 56 football fans who died in the fire was ... Odsal Stadium, Bradford Northern rugby league club’s historic base and where City played 21 ...

Forty years ago this weekend, what should have been a day of celebration for Bradford City turned into one of tragedy as a fire swept through the club's home ground and claimed the lives of 56 fans.

On Saturday, 11 May 1985, 11,076 football ... Bradford Northern rugby league club's Odsal Stadium. But the one desire was to return to Valley Parade and build a stadium fitting to the memory of the 56 ...

“Everyone either knew someone directly who had died in the fire or they ... to buy the club, professional football would have been lost to the city. No wonder, then, Bradford was determined ...

Maybe it’s a combination of the two but regardless, the Bradford City Fire is a chapter in the darker parts of the football history books that should never be forgotten. The mostly wooden stand ...

Fifty-six people arrived for a game of football on 11 May 1985 – and did not go home. Two of the fatal casualties were supporters of Lincoln City, Bradford’s opponents on its last game of the season, ...

But every year, he has attended the club’s memorial fixture and the ... The choir is made up of fifty Bradford City football fans who are going from singing on the terraces to performing opera.

Firefighters and former Bradford City players have taken part in a fundraising walk in memory of 56 football fans who died in a fire at the club's Valley Parade ground 40 years ago. The blaze ...

Relatives and friends of those who died or were injured in the Bradford City fire were among the crowd ... who is the Bradford City AFC club chaplain, giving a welcome speech.

The club was in turmoil ... throughout the country, football was ultimately of very little consequence. Because 40 miles east, across from Lancashire into Yorkshire, Bradford City were ready ...

The steady approach of Gary Bowyer, the club ... Fire disaster. This promotion represents more than just footballing achievement. It shines a light on Bradford. It brings together the city's ...