{"product_id":"fiftysix-9781472920171","title":"FiftySix","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead his book and weep'' - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncredibly moving and brilliantly understated lays bare the culture of institutionalised neglect that all English football-goers in the 80s came to expect, which by the end of the decade would claim more than 150 lives'' - \u003ci\u003eMirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOn May 11 1985, fifty-six people died in a devastating fire at Bradford City's old Valley Parade ground. It was truly horrific, a startling story  and wholly avoidable  but it had only the briefest of inquiries, and it seemed its lessons were not learned.Twelve-year-old Martin Fletcher was at Valley Parade that day, celebrating Bradford's promotion to the second flight, with his dad, brother, uncle and grandfather. Martin was the only one of them to survive the fire  the biggest loss suffered by a single family in any British football disaster.In later years, Martin devoted himself to extensively investiga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome have tainted him as a laptop vigilante, but really, they should read his book and weep * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA heart-wrenching read * FourFourTwo *\u003cbr\u003eIncredibly moving and brilliantly understated… lays bare the culture of institutionalised neglect that all English football-goers in the 80s came to expect, which by the end of the decade would claim more than 150 lives * Daily Mirror *\u003cbr\u003eHeart-rending before it is controversial * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA compelling memoir * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrologue\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePART ONE\u003c\/b\u003e 1 The Fletchers 2 Football 3 1984-85 - Our Final Season 4 11 May 1985 5 Survivor 6 Mourner 7 'Moving on'  \u003cb\u003ePART TWO\u003c\/b\u003e 8 Rebuilt 9 Reclaimed\/Central failure 10 Reclaimed\/Local failure 11 The Popplewell Inquiry 12 City Till... 13 Locked Doors 14 'I have just been unlucky' 15 The Popplewell Inquiry Revisited 16 Fletcher 56  \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAuthor's Note\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090950975831,"sku":"9781472920171","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472920171.jpg?v=1762273854","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fiftysix-9781472920171","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}