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This was what brought around the new staiums we see today - Stuart McCall was with them as a lad I believe at the time (he may have moved on by this time though) It all started by a smoker in the stand dropping his/her fag and it caught the paper/rubbish etc that had gathered in the stand over the years...

 

A truely sad day.

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Id never heard of that before. That did spread extremely fast.

 

How did it happen?.... if it says so in the footage, i wouldnt know cause i have no speakers.

 

May 11 1985, Valley Parade, a fire breaks out from a cigarette in a plastic cup which fell underneath an area where rubbish had built up over years. Exit doors were locked and the building being made from wood lead to a rapid fire!

 

Amazing how much damage one wee cigarette butt can do.

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This was what brought around the new staiums we see today - Stuart McCall was with them as a lad I believe at the time (he may have moved on by this time though) It all started by a smoker in the stand dropping his/her fag and it caught the paper/rubbish etc that had gathered in the stand over the years...

 

A truely sad day.

 

Stuart McCall was playing that day, his name is mentioned in the commentary a few times.

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I was shown this video when I was doing my training and one of the training officers pointed out a person sitting in the stand committing suicide. He didn't go out that day to commit suicide but when the fire broke out he didn't move and just sat there ready to die.

 

Sad. :(

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