56th minute respect

[Lambert and Payne]

Hmmm. Nice idea, but Bradford fans over twitter and forums don't seem to convinced by this as they have a designated day in May

[Percy McCarthy]

We used to have to watch the fire brigade video of this every season as part of our training

Truly horrible to see, especially how quickly it spread - maybe something to be said for the identikit concrete stadiums today against the old wooden ones of yesterday

We watched it recently at our place too. Looks so innocuous for so long.

[silhillvilla]

Agree with the sentiment but ultimately all these minutes applause will start to dilute one another

[Fergal]

I remember watching a program where one of the survivors, a fella in his 30s spoke of how he had to choose between pulling his young son or his elderly father to safety. He chose his son and his dad perished. Not even the mentally toughest would get over that.

That is horrendous, I have a tear in my eye....

[olaftab]

There was nothing in ground. No one had any idea or did anything at 56. One of th problem was that the clock counts down so it confuses people.
Villa fans did do the 19 but  shouts of no respect at home fans were well out of order.

[Dave Clark Five]

Those behind the goal to our right did start singing 'don't forget the 56' but it was muffled by other crowd noise and, as has been mentioned, difficult to organise with the clock counting down not up.

[Mortimer's Bear]

I remember watching a program where one of the survivors, a fella in his 30s spoke of how he had to choose between pulling his young son or his elderly father to safety. He chose his son and his dad perished. Not even the mentally toughest would get over that.

My word, that is heartbreaking.

[villajk]

There was nothing in ground. No one had any idea or did anything at 56. One of th problem was that the clock counts down so it confuses people.
Villa fans did do the 19 but  shouts of no respect at home fans were well out of order.

I thought the home fans showed a lot of respect for the 19 minute applause.  Unfortunately, like you posted, the 56th minute was a non event.

[QBVILLA]

I remember watching a program where one of the survivors, a fella in his 30s spoke of how he had to choose between pulling his young son or his elderly father to safety. He chose his son and his dad perished. Not even the mentally toughest would get over that.

My word, that is heartbreaking.

This fella was in his 50s by the time they made the programme, (Might have been a 20th anniversary?) and you could see that he was a broken man. Truly horrendous.

[Dave Clark Five]

The gaffer of the pub that we were in before the game was a Leeds fan and he was at Birmingham when the kid got crushed to death when the wall collapsed. It was the same day as the fire. There were a lot of tragedies around that time.
Anyone who has not seen the Bradford Fire video needs to see it. Remember it is real time footage. They have not sped it up. Ignore fire at your peril.

[peter w]

I'd argue opposite. The last thing you want to do is see it. its horrible.

[Chris Jameson]

A first hand account of the day.

http://football.sportingmemories.org/memory/475-paul-firth/

[Pete3206]

Not seen the footage since I watched it live on World Of Sport in 1985 and will never watch it again. The memory of it is vivid enough.

[The Left Side]

I'd argue opposite. The last thing you want to do is see it. its horrible.

Yes absolutely horrific

[PeterWithesShin]

Must admit I watch it every anniversary. Probably sounds silly but part of me feels that by doing so what they went through will never be forgotten. Even after seeing it so many times it never gets any less upsetting.