1985 Bradford fire - no accident?

Amazing claims here
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...artin-fletcher

Released today for maximum impact?

Just read that... 8 other fires too.

The scousers will be livid.

always thought it was a bit odd it went up so fast tbf.

didn't know anything about this though, £#%&!ing hell

Today of all days

But why start it in front of a record crowd of people, on TV?

Originally Posted by Cream

But why start it in front of a record crowd of people, on TV?

Had to be done on a match day.

Originally Posted by doudou

Amazing claims here
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...artin-fletcher

jesus christ, that's unbelievable. That's pretty co-incidental.

1) May 1967: fire in Stafford Heginbotham’s factory at three-storey Cutler Heights Lane, Bradford
2) April 1968: fire at Genefoam Ltd, managing director Stafford Heginbotham, Cutler Heights Lane
3) August 1970: store-room explosion at Matgoods, founded by Heginbotham, in Wyke, Bradford
4) December 1971: tenant fire at Castle Mills building, Cleckheaton, owned by Heginbotham
5) August 1977: fire at Yorkshire Knitting Mills, in Heginbotham-owned Douglas Mills building, Bradford
6) December 1977: fire at four-story Coronet Marketing factory, Leeds Road, Bradford. Coronet Marketing a subsidiary of Tebro Toys, owned by Heginbotham
7) November 1977: fire with toxic fumes at Douglas Mills factory
8) June 1981: fire in plastics factory at Heginbotham-owned Douglas Mills

No smoke without... orange burny thing

Originally Posted by Fat Al

Had to be done on a match day.

For the insurance to pay out?

Originally Posted by Cream

For the insurance to pay out?

Dunno about that, but it would have been suspicious as hell if the place had gone up when no-one was in the stand, wouldn't it?

Originally Posted by Cream

For the insurance to pay out?

What a @#%&! though if so. Even in Goodfellas they wait until the club's empty before torching it...

What next? Titanic was a hit by some Jewish bloke? Something-berg, I think his name was.

Wonder if he's burning in hell?

haven't read the article.how has his previous marty-from-shameless-like record only just come out?

Originally Posted by Fat Al

Dunno about that, but it would have been suspicious as hell if the place had gone up when no-one was in the stand, wouldn't it?

I think I'd risk the suspicion and avoid getting caught deliberately setting the £#%&!er on fire. That's usually the way with these premises fires.

That's incredible, but then true has got a book coming out....really does truthly this time make you think.

There's too many to be a one off.

Coincidence though, rubbish under the stand ?

you'd think the insurance companies would have twigged as they were the ones being scammed.

Originally Posted by jem

you'd think the insurance companies would have twigged as they were the ones being scammed.

I thought that but all different companies not sure you would link them in those days with paper files. Would have thought the fire brigade would have raised a few queries and the local paper.

Originally Posted by jem

you'd think the insurance companies would have twigged as they were the ones being scammed.

To be fair, it's not as if there were a lot of high profile cover ups in the 70s and 80s