Blackpool apologise after playing we didn't start the fire before Bradford game

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Blackpool apologise after playing we didn't start the fire before Bradford game

 

Blackpool have apologised after Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire' was played over the public address system at Bloomfield Road before Saturday's League One clash against Bradford City.

 

The Bantams were struck by tragedy in May 1985 when a blaze at their Valley Parade ground claimed the lives of 56 people.

 

Blackpool, who have plunged into crisis since their relegation from the Premier League with supporters regularly criticising the club's Oyston family owners, came in for criticism for the 'insensitive' gaffe.

 

On Saturday evening, they tweeted: "The club would like to apologise for any unintentional offence caused by a song played at today's match."

 

Bradford won the game 1-0, leaving them just a point and a place outside the top six.

 

 

Defeat for the Tangerines left them just one place above the relegation zone, with only goal difference separating them from the bottom four.

 

I can imagine this was done unintentionally but it is really quite a gaff.