A minute's silence will be held before all Premier and Football League matches in England later to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford City fire.
Fifty-six fans died and 265 were injured in the blaze at Valley Parade on 11 May 1985 during a match against Lincoln City.
The match had started in a celebratory atmosphere, with the home team receiving the Football League Third Division trophy just before kick off.
It is thought the fire started accidentally after a spectator dropped a lit cigarette under a wooden stand, although there are claims it was actually started deliberately.
The youngest victims were aged 11 and the oldest was aged 86 - the club's oldest supporter and former chairman Sam Firth. Two victims were Lincoln City fans.
The victims included three who tried to escape through the toilets, 27 who were found by exit K and turnstiles six to nine at the rear centre of the stand and two elderly people who died in their seats. Some had been crushed as they tried to crawl under turnstiles to escape. One retired mill worker made his way to the pitch, but was walking about on fire from head to foot. People smothered him to extinguish the flames, but he later died in hospital. Half of those who died were either aged under 20 or over 70.
Minute's silence to be held for Bradford City fire
25 April 2015
BBC News
Fifty-six people lost their lives in the 1985 fire at Bradford City's Valley Parade stadium
A minute's silence will be held before all Premier and Football League matches later to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford City fire.
Fifty-six fans died in the blaze at Valley Parade on 11 May 1985.
It is thought the fire started accidentally after a spectator dropped a lit cigarette under a wooden stand.
A new book claims it was just one of at least nine fires at businesses owned or associated with former club chairman Stafford Heginbotham.
The judge who led the inquiry into the fire said claims it may have been started deliberately were "nonsense".
The book has been written by Bradford fan Martin Fletcher, who lost his brother, father, uncle and grandfather in the fire, which broke out during Bradford's match against Lincoln City.
Greg Dyke, chairman of the Football Association, who will be at Bradford City's League One game against Barnsley with England manager Roy Hodgson, said he found the allegations "very hard to believe".
The silence is being held before the date of the 30th anniversary to coincide with Bradford City's last home game of the season.
Minute's silence to be held for Bradford City fire - BBC News
Fifty-six fans died and 265 were injured in the blaze at Valley Parade on 11 May 1985 during a match against Lincoln City.
The match had started in a celebratory atmosphere, with the home team receiving the Football League Third Division trophy just before kick off.
It is thought the fire started accidentally after a spectator dropped a lit cigarette under a wooden stand, although there are claims it was actually started deliberately.
The youngest victims were aged 11 and the oldest was aged 86 - the club's oldest supporter and former chairman Sam Firth. Two victims were Lincoln City fans.
The victims included three who tried to escape through the toilets, 27 who were found by exit K and turnstiles six to nine at the rear centre of the stand and two elderly people who died in their seats. Some had been crushed as they tried to crawl under turnstiles to escape. One retired mill worker made his way to the pitch, but was walking about on fire from head to foot. People smothered him to extinguish the flames, but he later died in hospital. Half of those who died were either aged under 20 or over 70.
Minute's silence to be held for Bradford City fire
25 April 2015
BBC News
A minute's silence will be held before all Premier and Football League matches later to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford City fire.
Fifty-six fans died in the blaze at Valley Parade on 11 May 1985.
It is thought the fire started accidentally after a spectator dropped a lit cigarette under a wooden stand.
A new book claims it was just one of at least nine fires at businesses owned or associated with former club chairman Stafford Heginbotham.
The judge who led the inquiry into the fire said claims it may have been started deliberately were "nonsense".
The book has been written by Bradford fan Martin Fletcher, who lost his brother, father, uncle and grandfather in the fire, which broke out during Bradford's match against Lincoln City.
Greg Dyke, chairman of the Football Association, who will be at Bradford City's League One game against Barnsley with England manager Roy Hodgson, said he found the allegations "very hard to believe".
The silence is being held before the date of the 30th anniversary to coincide with Bradford City's last home game of the season.
Minute's silence to be held for Bradford City fire - BBC News
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