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Bradford

Ground: Valley Parade

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Date: 13th April 2009

Match: Bradford - Lincoln  1-1  (CC League 2)

Attendance: 12 932

 

Bradford vs Lincoln is not just any other game. When the two sides played each other in the last day of the 1985 season (Division 3) a fire at Bradford´s Valley Parade ground killed 56 people. Outside the ground there is a memorial with the 56 names engraved. Last season was actually the first time the two sides met in the league since that fatal fire. Bradford normally have a minute of silence before the last home game of the season but with Lincoln being today´s opponents it was decided to have a minute of silence before this match instead.

When the match itself started Bradford showed an amazing ineffectivity in front of goal and the score at half time was 0-0. The second half started with a defensive blunder by Bradford which Lincoln used to score the opening goal. The home crowd was not happy with what they were seeing, "Rubbish", "Crap" and "****" were words used by home fans next to me. After two substitutions Bradford however started to play some decent football and equalised deservedly. They pressed on for a winner but couldn´t capatilise on their possession and the match finished 1-1.

Valley Parade is a ground that has been completely rebuilt since 1985 and is nowdays an impressive ground with a 25,000 capacity. There were almost 13,000 at today´s game and that is really good for 4th tier football.

 

 

valley parade

Valley Parade

 

bradford city

Bradford City

 

fire memorial

Fire memorial

 

carlsberg stand

Carlsberg Stand

 

east stand

East Stand

 

dallas stand

Dallas Stand

 

carlsberg stand3

Carlsberg Stand

 

spelbild2

View of play

 

avspark

Kick-off

 

east stand2

East Stand

 

lincoln fans

Lincoln fans

 

dallas stand2

Dallas Stand

 

panorama, valley parade

Pano

 

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Pano