For the record, we won the game 3-2 with two Alan Taylor goals and one from Kevin Hird but the win was all in vain because six days later our fate was sealed when Swansea got the point they needed in a carried over game against Bristol City.
It led to seven long years in the bottom division but that day, at Bradford City's Valley Parade, events were unfolding that left our relegation and our result absolutely meaningless.
I think it was on the journey back home that we started to learn of there having been a fire in the main stand during the game between Bradford City and Lincoln City. The news was sketchy but that evening I was at a wedding reception by which time it was being suggested there were some serious injuries.
The scenes were eventually shown on television. They remain the most horrific scenes I've ever seen at a football ground, and the footage is not anything I would wish to see again. I just sat in disbelief as I watched the main stand burn down in a matter of minutes and I even witnessed one man climbing over the perimeter wall onto the pitch already on fire.
As we know now, 56 people perished that day, 56 people who had gone to a football match and never returned home, two of them supporters of Lincoln, the remainder of them home supporters. Hundreds more were injured.
It's all been in the news again in the last few days because of a book written by Martin Fletcher, then aged 12, who survived. If you look at the memorial above you will see that his dad John, his uncle Peter, his granddad Edmund and his 11 year old brother Andrew were amongst those who lost their lives.
When you look at the list of names, other families were hit with the loss of more than one member on a day that Bradford City Football Club, and the City of Bradford, will never forget, and this week the whole of football in this country will be remembering with them.
It is Bradford City's last home game this Saturday.; they play Barnsley. Each year they observe a minute's silence ahead of the last home game and last November it was confirmed that all games played in England this weekend will be preceded by a minute's silence ahead of the 30th anniversary next month.
Turf Moor will be one of the grounds that falls silent just before 3 p.m. this Saturday. It will be an emotional period of silence for all of us, of that there is no doubt. I have good friends from Bradford who are Burnley fans with no allegiance to Bradford City, but for them it will be even more emotional and difficult to deal with.
Bradford City have thanked the football organisations for their support this year on the 30th anniversary. Yesterday, they wrote: "Bradford City and fans appreciate deeply this response of the national football community to the commemoration, which has transcended all the usual rivalries within the game."
There are two particular legacies of the disaster , one of which is it leading to improvements in construction and safety of football grounds that ensure, hopefully, there can never be a repeat of Valley Parade 1985.
The second is the work of a then young doctor David Sharpe who began to develop innovative techniques for treating the burns victims. As a result of this experience, he went on to found and lead the Plastic Surgery and Burns Research Unit (PSBRU) at the University of Bradford. Now Professor Sharpe OBE, he remained active in this field until his retirement last year.
The existence of PSBRU, also known as the Bradford Burns Unit, stands as a lasting memorial, a living legacy, of the disaster, but depends entirely on public donations.
Clubs and fans' groups across the country have pledged to support the efforts to help raise £300,000 for PSBRU.
You can donate in three ways:
1. Online at www.fire-anniversary.brad.ac.uk/donate/
2. Post to PSBRU, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP
3. Text - simply text VPFA56 followed by your chosen amount to 70070 (e.g. to donate £5, simply text VPFA56 5 to 70070)
For Burnley supporters, Saturday will be the opportunity for us all to take a moment to think of the tragic events of 11th May 1985 at Valley Parade, and of the sufferings of all those affected by the disaster.