A FIRE that damaged a Conservation Area building in Bradford city centre was caused by a faulty electrical supply – fire investigators have found.

But, 26 years later, when I became Bradford City manager, a fella came up to me and said, ‘You won’t remember me, Peter, but you pulled me to safety on the day of the fire’.” Advertisement ...

Odsal Stadium, Bradford Northern rugby league club’s historic base and where City played 21 ‘home’ league matches in exile, had been touted as a new start after the fire.

4 minutes—that’s all it took for the Bradford City Fire to engulf on Saturday, May 11, 1985, and become a hellish inferno, consuming an entire stand. The disaster at Valley Parade should never ...

MANY supporters of Bradford City have reacted angrily to Martin Fletcher’s controversial new book on the Valley Parade fire disaster. Trevor Eager, now 76, of Cleckheaton, said he was five yards ...

Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire (w/t), a 1x90’ for BBC Two and iPlayer, is made by acme tv and was commissioned by Jack Bootle, Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual.

A fire-ravaged warehouse will be restored to its former use after plans were approved by Bradford Council. The blaze that engulfed the building on Annison Street in 2021 was one of the biggest in ...

Former Bradford City captain Peter Jackson has expressed his shock at claims that the Valley Parade fire which killed 56 people was not an accident. Jackson, who 30 years ago stood on the City ...

Bradford City Fire 30th Anniversary Memorial. Mr Falconer said: "He said he'd been at the match, he'd been sat in the stand, right where we knew the seat of the fire had taken place.

A new documentary marking the 40th anniversary of the Bradford City stadium fire, which claimed the lives of 56 people, will be released next year, the BBC has said. The blaze broke out in one of ...

Bradford City stadium fire: New evidence casts more doubt on verdict Bradford fire was accident. EXCLUSIVE: National Archive papers reveal testing – rushed and scant as it was – undermines ...

Hanney points out behaviours that seem odd with hindsight but are just human nature: fans initially stand watching the flames, ... The Bradford City Fire. 2025-05-12T09:23:00Z.