article_snippet.sent: A solitary bottle of champagne stands on the terrace - Bradford had been celebrating winning the Third Division title earlier in the day .
article_snippet.sent: Bradford manager Trevor Cherry looks ahead on the Valley Parade pitch in front of the burnt out stand .
article_snippet.sent: This weekend will be the first time the whole of English football has come together and remembered the Bradford 56 in unison.
article_snippet.sent: The memorial at Valley Parade wasn’t erected until 2001 and years went by without the anniversary even getting a mention in programmes and there were no silences or black armbands.
article_snippet.sent: I do feel we missed something of an opportunity in the aftermath of the Bradford Fire,’ former chairman Jack Tordoff said in 2011, when Valley Parade celebrated ’ former chairman Jack Tordoff 125 years as a sporting venue.
article_snippet.sent: Valley Parade looked derelict in the immediate aftermath but Bradford opted to stay at Bradford home and moved back months after .
article_snippet.sent: The planned minute’s applause at last season’s FA Cup final between Arsenal and Hull was given a mixed reception by some Bradford supporters, who still maintain the loss is solely theirs.