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The Bradford City fire, 40 years on: ‘I can still hear the crackling of the timber burning’

Forty years ago this weekend, 56 supporters died and over 200 were injured in the Bradford fire as a discarded cigarette or match sparked what became, at the time, the worst stadium disaster in ...
The New York Times

The Bradford City fire, 40 years on: How the club, the city and football responded

Forty years ago this weekend, 56 supporters died and more than 200 were injured in the Bradford City fire disaster. In the concluding part of our look-back at the afternoon when triumph turned to ...