[1][26][61] At least 265 further supporters were injured.

The first was against Denmark's under-21s on 8 October 1999. The Valley Parade Stadium Disaster Valley Parade Fire Memorial - By Flickr user:Tim Green aka atouch [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Football is a pleasure activity. Further work was performed to lower the railings, erect barriers, move the pitch and add extra turnstiles. This victory guaranteed Bradford Division Two football and the Division Three championship. Valley Parade est un stade de football localisé à Bradford. Idéal pour les secteurs de la logistique, la distribution et le second d'oeuvre. A supporter, seeing what was happening, went to the back of the stand to get a fire extinguisher but there weren’t any. The main station in the city, however, is Bradford Interchange and that is about twenty minutes walk. Here are some of our favourites: Valley Parade is located at the bottom of a valley, believe it or not, so it can be quite cold when the wind whips through the ground.

Bradford City are immensely proud of their match day hospitality, with season ticket holders offered the chance to upgrade to one of the club’s excellent suites on a match-by-match basis for a small fee. The fire started 40 minutes into the club's final game of the 1984–85 season against Lincoln City and destroyed the main stand in just nine minutes. Football architect Archibald Leitch was commissioned to redevelop the ground when Bradford City were promoted to the First Division in 1908. It has also been home to Bradford (Park Avenue) for one season, and Bradf… The East Stand, sponsored by Northern Commercials, is also named the Midland Road stand, because of the road on that side of the ground.

Sadly the doors at the back were either locked or shut and there were no stewards present to open them. An inquest decided the death was accidental and the accident happened due to the weight of spectators leaning on the barrier. It was entitled ‘Spit and Polish for the Parade Ground’ and, ironically, detailed some of the safety upgrades that would be carried out during the off-season as the ground was ‘inadequate in so many ways for modern requirements’. There are a number of excellent hotels in Bradford that will more than serve your needs if you’re heading to the city for a match.

[9] The improvements allowed Bradford City to set their record attendance of 39,146 on 11 March 1911 against Burnley during the club's FA Cup winning run. [51] There is also more office space, a club store, ticket office and museum in the car park behind the Kop. 2–4 Bradford City A.F.C. The Valley Days Parade will be held Saturday August 8th at 11 AM and has been modified to meet current social distancing guidelines.

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One such example of this happened on the eleventh of May 1985 when a fire broke out at Bradford City’s Valley Parade Stadium.

707 E Mill Rd, [54], On 11 May 1985, a crowd of 11,076 attended Bradford City's final Division Three game of the 1984–85 season against Lincoln City. This hotel is less than half a mile from the ground and offers self-parking, free Wi-Fi and breakfast. The record attendance of 39,146 was set in 1911 for an FA Cup tie against Burnley, making it the oldest surviving attendance record at a Football League ground in the country. [53], Visiting team fans sat in the TL Dallas Stand from 1995 to 2008,[54] but have also been given other parts of the ground for larger matches.

Visit bantamspast.co.uk for more info. Here are some of our favourites: Bradford is a cracking place to out for a drink or two, with plenty of fun little watering holes for you to explore.

From the South the M1 or the A1 will get you to the same point, whilst from the North and the North West the M6 and the M60 will get you to the M62. The game had been organised to stimulate interest in the sport in Bradford and attracted 8,000 fans. It slipped between the floorboards and moments later he saw smoke rising up. All Rights Reserved. As a member, you have DIRECT access to the most powerful, successful and influential business owners in Utah Valley. [86] Bradford Interchange connects to Leeds railway station for London North Eastern Railway and CrossCountry train services, Grand Central provide a direct service to London, and provides First Bradford and Keighley Bus Company buses to the ground. Manningham Rugby Football Club, formed in 1876, originally played games at Cardigan Fields, in the Carlisle Road area of Bradford. [2] In 2000, as part of the expansion of Valley Parade, the club drew up a green transport plan in a bid to ease traffic congestion around the ground. Ce réel soutien sous l’arche naturelle du pied réduit la fatigue prématurée. The ground underwent significant changes in the 1990s, and early 2000s, and now has a capacity of 25,136. The Sparrow is a hip and youthful bar which is popular with away supporters and has numerous big screen TVs you can watch live sport on. [21] In 1985, football ground writer Simon Inglis described the view from the main stand, which was still the same as when it was developed in 1908, as "like watching football from the cockpit of a Sopwith Camel" because of its antiquated supports and struts.

Bradford City Football Club is most commonly known as The Bantams, with The Paraders and The Citizens also names that have been associated with the club over the years. [6], The record attendance at Valley Parade is 39,146, for Bradford City's FA Cup fourth round tie against Burnley on 11 March 1911. Léquipe anglaise de football de Bradford City, à domicile, affrontait alors Lincoln City.

[21] It was another six years before all four stands at Valley Parade were able to be opened for the first time.

[4], The total capacity of Valley Parade is 25,136. An estimated 20,000 spectators attended the match on 10 October 1903, which the English League won 2–1.

They were originally used against Hull City on 20 December 1954. [2][45] All five stands are covered except for a small part of the main stand,[46] and all but the Midland Road Stand being two-tiered. The roof of the Kop, which was the largest safe-standing terrace in the country at the time,[32] was removed and the capacity reduced during City's 1998–99 promotion season, to prepare for a summer £6.5 million rebuilding programme. [44], The stadium is divided into five all-seater stands, the JCT600 Stand, the Kop, the Midland Road Stand, the North West Corner and the TL Dallas Stand.