Saints To Remember Bradford Fire Victims Saturday, 25th Apr 2015 08:47 Saints are to join fellow Premier League Clubs in remembering the victims of the Bradford Fire at Valley Parade in 1985. One of the sad things about the reign of Nicola Corsets was the way in which he severed contact with supporters groups preferring to only communicate with them via the club website rather than seek opinion from them in the way previous Chairman had. The reality of that situation hit home this week when I was contacted by the Chairman of the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust who had been trying to find contact details for our Supporters Trust or indeed any supporters clubs, because they wished to assist in bucket collections that are taking place across the Premier League for the appeal detailed below. These bucket collections are being organised by various supporters groups of the home clubs in question, we of course have no one. To their credit Spurs were willing to try and organise the collection at St Mary's themselves but time constraints meant that was not possible, however I was able to pass on the supporter relations manager details and they contacted Saints to find out more. As you can see the Premier League is matching the donations at the bucket collections across the fixtures this weekend and Saints fans will not be able to donate in this way. Saints though are trying to see that something is done and they are making a donation directly from themselves to the fund which I presume will be matched, they have also posted an article reproduced below which tells Saints fans just ho they can done to the fund, I felt that this was self explanatory so it is reproduced in full. Great from the club, but this situation emphasises just how the Corset years crushed supporter representation and perhaps how much we are now behind other clubs in this respect both with our lack of a Southampton based supporters group and the way the club has no real means of gauging supporters opinions and discussing that with them. For the 30th Anniversary of the Bradford City Fire Disaster, the Premier League and its member clubs will commemorate all those who were affected by the events on 11 May 1985. Fifty-six people did not return home from a football match that day. Two of the casualties were supporters of Lincoln City - Bradford City’s opponents on its last game of the season - and eleven were children. Hundreds more spectators were injured. Donations to the Bradford Burns Unit Memorial Appeal can also be made through the official Commemoration website: www.fire-anniversary.brad.ac.uk or a number of dedicated fundraising sites. CODE: VPFA56 University of Bradford Richmond Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD7 1DP Bradford City FC Supporters Board, Coral Windows Stadium, Valley Parade, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD8 7DY Photo: Action Images Please report offensive, libellous or inappropriate posts by using the links provided.
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