Ka taƙaita labarin:  Tsohon ministan wasanni Gerry Sutcliffe ya ce sabbin zarge-zargen da ke kewaye da gobarar Bradford City a shekarar 1985 wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 56 ba ya ba da hujjar sabon bincike game da bala'in. Wani sabon littafi ya yi iƙirarin cewa gobarar da ta faru a Valley Parade ɗaya ce kawai daga cikin aƙalla gobara tara a kasuwancin da ke mallakar ko kuma ke da alaƙa da shugaban ƙungiyar a lokacin Stafford Heginbotham, wanda ya mutu a 1995. Sutcliffe, dan majalisa na Bradford ta Kudu kuma mataimakin shugaban majalisar Bradford City a lokacin bala'in, ya ce ya san Heginbotham 'ya tashi ta wurin wurinsa' dangane da kudaden kungiyar amma ya kasance yana da tabbacin sakamakon binciken da alkalin kotun koli Mr Justice Popplewell ya yi cewa gobarar hatsari ce. Ginin tunawa da mutanen da suka mutu a gobarar da ta auku a shekarar 1985 a Valley Parade. Alkalin ya yanke hukuncin cewa wani dan kallo ne ya fara wutar ta hanyar jefa sigari a cikin tarkacen da ya taru a karkashin tsohuwar katako. Sutcliffe ya ce: 'Binciken da Mai Shari'a Popplewell ya yi ya kammala cewa an yi shi ne ta hanyar sigari da aka watsar a cikin tsohuwar katako kuma ban ji wani abin da zai tabbatar da ni cewa ba haka ba ne. 'Stafford Heginbotham yana daya daga cikin wadanda shugabannin kulob din kwallon kafa wanda akwai mutane da yawa a lokacin da suka tashi da wurin zama na wando. Na kasance mataimakin shugaban majalisar gari a lokacin kuma ya yi tafiya ta wurin wurin zama na wando lokacin da ya zo don biyan lissafin ga 'yan sanda da sauransu. Gobarar da aka yi a Bradford City's Valley Parade ta yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 56 da raunata 265 a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 1985. 'Amma ina ganin binciken ya kasance mai zurfi a lokacin kuma ban tsammanin akwai bukatar sake yin hakan ba saboda wannan. Ban yi imani da cewa akwai wani nau'i na rufewa ba kuma a zahiri binciken ya haifar da shawarwari da yawa game da filayen wasa wanda tare da rahoton Taylor ya fito da amsoshin da suka dace don ƙwallon ƙafa. 'A ko da yaushe za a yi hasashe amma ina ganin abin takaici ne wanda ya kashe mutane 56 kuma ya raunata mutane da yawa, kuma ya ci birni da yawa shekaru da yawa.' Sabbin da'awar suna cikin littafin nan 'Fifty-Six - The Story of...
Gerry Sutcliffe bai yi imanin cewa ya kamata a sake gudanar da bincike a kan gobarar ba. Binciken da aka yi a lokacin ya tabbatar da cewa wata sigari da aka jefar a cikin wani tsohon katako ne ya fara wannan gobara. Wani sabon littafi ya yi ikirarin cewa tsohon shugaban Bradford Stafford Heginbotham yana da alaka da gobarar da ta gabata kafin bala'in.