Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 11 ga Mayu 1985 (ranar da wutar filin wasa na Bradford City) wani yaro dan shekara 14 ya mutu a filin wasa na St Andrew lokacin da 'yan sanda suka tura magoya baya a kan bango wanda daga baya ya rushe bayan tashin hankalin jama'a a wasan tsakanin Birmingham City da Leeds United. Magoya baya sun fara fada lokacin da Birmingham ya jagoranci, kuma an kira 'yan sanda masu tayar da tarzoma don dakatar da magoya bayan Leeds suna cire shinge. An kiyasta cewa sama da magoya baya 1,000 ne suka shiga cikin rikicin da ya biyo baya, wanda ya ga kujeru da tallan tallace-tallace da aka yayyage kuma aka yi amfani da su a matsayin makamai masu linzami, 'yan sanda 96 sun ji rauni kuma ganuwar da ke rushewa ta murkushe motocin motoci da yawa da aka ajiye ba tare da gyarawa ba. An kafa Kwamitin Popplewell don bincika duka
gobara a Bradford City ta Valley Parade (wanda ba ya da alaƙa da hooliganism) da tarzoma a Birmingham City da Leeds United wasan, amma mafi yawan mutuwar a cikin tsohon yanayin yana nufin cewa ya sami ƙarin hankali. Fafatawar tsakanin Birmingham City da Leeds United magoya bayan da aka bayyana da Justice Popplewell kamar yadda mafi kamar "The Battle of Agincourt fiye da wani kwallon kafa wasa".