Ka taƙaita labarin:  Sir Oliver Popplewell, alkalin da ya gudanar da binciken jama'a game da gobarar Bradford a shekarar 1985, ya ce ya kamata 'yan sanda su duba wasu gobara guda takwas da ake zargin suna da alaƙa da shugaban kulob din na wancan lokacin don' ganin ko akwai wani mummunan abu. ' Wani sabon littafi ya yi iƙirarin cewa gobarar a filin wasa na Valley Parade na Bradford na ɗaya daga cikin aƙalla gobara tara a cikin kasuwancin mallakar ko alaƙa da shugaban ƙungiyar na lokacin Stafford Heginbotham, wanda ya mutu a 1995. Binciken Popplewell ya kammala cewa dalilin shi ne hadari wanda mai yiwuwa wani mai kallo ya fara da sigari a cikin datti wanda ya tara a ƙarƙashin tsohuwar katako. Gobara mai ban tausayi a filin wasa na Valley Parade na Bradford City ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 56 da raunata 265 a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 1985. Sir Oliver Popplewell (a tsakiya), alkalin da ya gudanar da binciken 1985 game da gobarar, ya ce 'yan sanda ya kamata su duba wasu gobara guda takwas da ake zargin suna da alaƙa da shugaban kulob din na lokacin don' ganin ko akwai wani abu mai ban tsoro. Ya tsaya a kan hukuncin farko yana cewa babu wata hujja ta ƙonawa. Amma ya ce: 'Ba na tsammanin hakan zai shafi abin da muka yanke shawara amma ina ganin yana da mahimmanci daga ra'ayin jama'a cewa 'yan sanda su kalli sauran gobarar kuma su ga ko akwai wani mummunan abu. Wannan adadi ne mai ban mamaki. 'Ina ganin yana da muhimmanci a gamsar da tunanin mutane cewa sauran gobarar ba su da alaƙa.' Gobarar da ta faru a Valley Parade ta kashe mutane 56 kuma ta raunata aƙalla 265 bayan da ta ɓarke a lokacin wasan League League League na uku da Lincoln City a ranar Asabar, Mayu 11, 1985. Ginin tunawa a Valley Parade ya nuna girmamawa ga wadanda suka mutu a cikin mummunar gobara kusan shekaru 30 da suka gabata.
Sir Oliver Popplewell ne ya gudanar da bincike kan gobarar Bradford ta 1985. Alkalin ya tsaya kan hukuncinsa na farko cewa babu wata hujja ta ƙonawa. Sai dai ya ce ya kamata 'yan sanda su duba wasu gobara takwas da ake zargin suna da alaka da juna. Wani sabon littafi ya yi ikirarin mummunar gobara daya daga cikin tara a kasuwancin da ke da alaƙa da shugaban ƙungiyar Stafford Heginbotham, wanda ya mutu a 1995.