This weekend, matches across the country will fall silent for a minute before kick-off to commemorate the Bradford fire disaster, which occurred 30 years ago.
On May 11 1985, 56 people lost their lives at Valley Parade, the home of Bradford City, due to a fire that swept through the main stand shortly before half time in their match against Lincoln City.
It was meant to be a day of celebration as Bradford City had already wrapped up the Canon League Third Division title and the ground was full to capacity.
As a 10 year old boy, watching footage of the fire left an indelible mark on me, as someone who was beginning to immerse themselves into football in a big way.
The fire is available to watch on YouTube, but I don't recommend you watch it; the clip is extremely distressing.
The football industry was on its knees at the time, rampant hooliganism and falling attendances made football fans pariahs; Premier League football and its associated razzmatazz was long to be dreamt of.
The fire's cause was attributed to a discarded cigarette, which caused the flames to rip through the wooden stand, some of it lined with flammable felt.
The stand was ill-equipped to cope with an emergency situation; six exits at the back of the stand were found to have been locked, with seven forced or found to be open by supporters fleeing the fire.
A total of 27 bodies were found at the rear near to the centre of the stand.
Some had been crushed to death trying to crawl underneath the turnstiles, with at least two pensioners who died in their seats, unable to escape.
After the fire, a newspaper from 1968 and a pre-decimalisation peanut wrapper were found in the charred remains of the wooden flooring, underneath which was covered in rubbish.
The Club had been warned prior to the fire about the potential of a fire starting due to the stand's construction but the advice was not acted upon.
The Ibrox Stadium disaster in 1971, which caused the death of 66 spectators, forced all football stadia from the top two divisions to be governed by The Green Code, a set of safety regulations which were designed to make football grounds safer.
The lower divisions were exempt; had Valley Parade been under the Green Code, then the fire would not have caused such havoc, or have even started.
The policy was absurd; for the 1984/85 season, my team's stadium - Griffin Park - had a capacity of 37,000 and was free of regulation with Brentford in the Third Division, but Second Division Wimbledon's Plough Lane ground, with room for 20,000 fewer spectators, wasn't.
It's not wise to comment on the recent revelations about alternative theories as to the blaze's cause, but its affects were felt across the country.
The Green Code was immediately enforced for all professional clubs.
That meant three sides of Griffin Park was closed for the first home game of the season in August 1985 as Brentford ensured it complied with the code's guidelines.
Fans may lament terraces and the bygone era of football stadia but must also be thankful that they are now not treated with contempt and ignorance when it comes to their safety when attending matches.
It is important to remember the Bradford fire, and just before 3pm tomorrow against Reading, I hope you will join me and many others to pay a minute's respects to their memory.
Below is a list of the Bradford fire victims with their ages; may they continue to rest in peace:
Ackroyd, John Douglas 32
Anderton, Edmund 68
Baines, Alexander Shaw 70
Bamford, Herbert 72
Bulmer, Christopher James 11
Coxon, Jack Leo 76
Coxon, Leo Anthony 44
Crabtree, David James 30
Crabtree, Harry 76
Dempsey, Derek 46
Firth, Muriel 56
Firth, Samuel 86
Fletcher, Andrew 11
Fletcher, Edmond 63
Fletcher, John 34
Fletcher, Peter 32
Forster, Nellie 64
Greenwood, Felix Winspear 13
Greenwood, Peter 46
Greenwood, Rupert Benedict 11
Hall, Norman 71
Halliday, Peter Anthony 34
Hartley, Arthur 79
Hindle, Edith 79
Hindle, Frederick 76
Hodgson, Moira Helen 15
Hudson, Eric 72
Hughes, John 64
Hutton, John 74
Kerr, Walter 76
Lovell, Peter Charles 43
Ludlam, Jack 55
Mcpherson, Gordon Stuart 39
Mcpherson, Irene 28
Mason, Roy 74
Middleton, Frederick Norman 84
Mitchell, Harold 79
Muhl, Elizabeth 21
Normington, Ernest 74
Ormondroyd, Gerald Priestley 40
Ormondroyd, Richard John 12
Ormondroyd, Robert Ian 12
Pollard, Sylvia Lund 69
Price, Herbert 78
Roberts, Amanda Jayne 20
Sampson, Jane 18
Stacey, William 72
Stockman, Craig Albert 14
Stockman, Jane Ashley 16
Stockman, Trevor John 38
Turner, Howard Malcolm 41
Turner, Sarah Elizabeth 16
Ward, Simon Neil 18
Wedgeworth, Robert 72
West, William James 78
Wright, Adrian Mark 11
This blog post was first published on Brentford FC's official website here.