Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Shi ma mai goyon bayan Bradford City AFC ne, wanda aka haife shi a cikin mil na Valley Parade kuma har ma ya yi gwaji ga kulob din a matsayin matashi. Lokacin da yake girma a yankin Toller Lane duka shi da JB Priestley suna buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa tare (Toller Lane Tykes da Saltburn United). An buga hoton Percy a cikin jaridar Sunday Times a ranar 19 ga Mayu 1985 yana nuna masa ziyarar sa ta ƙarshe zuwa Valley Parade ranar bayan bala'in Gobarar Bradford City
a ranar 11 ga Mayu 1985 lokacin da mutane 56 suka rasa rayukansu kuma 250 suka ji rauni.