GABBY Logan views the publicity surrounding the 30th anniversary of the Valley Parade fire as an important historical lesson for the modern generation of fans.

The TV broadcaster has her own personal recollections of the game, which she attended as a 12-year-old to celebrate promotion with dad Terry Yorath, City's number two at that time.

And she thinks it is just as valuable for today's youngsters to understand what it was like to watch football back then – and why it had to change.

Logan, who narrates the film One Day in May about the tragedy, said: "There are so many different things which are easy to forget from 1985. It was a different world.

"We didn't have mobile phones, there was no such thing as Wifi – a lot of young people will find that difficult to believe.

"Football wasn't a big family game at the time, it was quite male oriented. It was unusual to see many women and families but there was probably a bigger mix that day because of the occasion.

"Young people now have no idea what it was like watching sports events then. My son, who is a massive sports fan, couldn't believe the state of the ground; he was really shocked.

"In these days of the ubiquitous health and safety, it seems unheard of that we watched in those conditions.

"We were literally sitting on a tinder box and nobody thought anything of it. But that was kind of normal across a range of industry.

"One positive to come out was an absolutely much-needed revamp of the way we consumed sport and how football grounds were.

"Look at stadiums now and you see blokes in hi-viz jackets pointing you where to go. At that time there were more policemen but they weren't there to protect fans from fires but from themselves because of hooliganism.

"I think it's good for the younger generation to understand why things changed and what people went through to achieve that.

"We can all learn from historical mistakes to make sure that we don't repeat them. And we don't forget that people died in that journey."

Logan can remember being shocked by the wide-range of ages of those who did not escape when fire engulfed the main stand. She had been evacuated with sister Louise from the players' lounge to the safety of the street outside.

"There were people who were 12 like me and others in their 70s. Reading those stories left a real impact at the time.

"Afterwards, it made me fearful of going back to the ground. I wasn't thinking that it was going to happen again but it was something that caused a lot of anxiety.

"The following season Bradford moved and soon after that, Dad had gone on (to Swansea) but he did later come back. I don't think my mum particularly wanted to go."

Tonight's documentary on BT Sport shows how hard it hit Logan's father after he saw the bodies laid out beneath tarpaulin in the car park. He still struggles to talk about that day.

Logan said: "My dad has had a lot of personal tragedy in his life and a lot of people put his situation down to my brother dying (Daniel collapsed in their garden with a heart problem seven years later).

"It's a big factor but I also think Bradford left a great sadness with him."

Yorath was one of the voices coaxed into discussing their memories in the incredibly poignant film. Logan feels it is the right thing to make sure they are heard across the country.

She said: "You do talk about it with people from Bradford and those who were there. They never want to brush it under the carpet but it's done in a quiet and dignified way.

"Bradford is a great city, with so much natural beauty and the stunning buildings. It's also very quiet and doesn't shout about things.

"There's always been noise about Hillsborough, quite rightly because it needed investigating, but people don't talk about Bradford.

"But it was an important contributor to changes of how we watch football. That's the legacy and Bradford was very much in the vanguard."

* One Day in May: The Story of the Bradford City fire, premieres on BT Sport 1 tonight at 9.30pm. The latest in the BT Sport Films series, tonight's broadcast will be available free to all online at btsport.com and on TV via Sky. BT customers will be able to watch the film as normal.