article_snippet.sent: A new book claims that the fire was just one of at least nine fires at businesses owned by or associated with the club's then chairman Stafford Heginbotham, who died in 1995.
article_snippet.sent: Sutcliffe, MP for Bradford South and deputy leader of Bradford City council at the time of the tragedy, says Sutcliffe, MP for Bradford South and deputy leader of Bradford City council at the time of the tragedy knew former Bradford chairman Stafford Heginbothamflew by the seat of Sutcliffe, MP for Bradford South and deputy leader of Bradford City council at the time of the tragedy pants' in terms of the finances of the club but remains convinced by the conclusion of the inquiry by high court judge Mr Justice Popplewell that the fire was an accident.
article_snippet.sent: 'former Bradford chairman Stafford Heginbotham was one of those football club chairmen of which there were many at the time who flew by the seat of his pants'.
article_snippet.sent: I was deputy leader of the city council at the time and former Bradford chairman Stafford Heginbotham was did fly by the seat of his pants when it came to paying the bill for the police and so on.
article_snippet.sent: The book, published on Thursday and being serialised in The Guardian, does not make any direct allegations but Fletcher says Heginbotham's history with fires, which Fletcher claims resulted in payouts totalling around £27million in today's terms, warranted further investigation.
article_snippet.sent: Then-Bradford chairman Stafford Heginbotham (left) with Mr Justice Popplewell in front of the burned stand .
article_snippet.sent: Could any man really be as unlucky as Heginbotham had been?'
highlights_snippet.sent: former Bradford chairman Stafford Heginbotham was linked to previous fires before the disaster .