Football match interrupted by power station demolition explosion

[@lillithdv8]

The sinister laughter is just bond-villain worthy

[@MannequinStep]

Sounds like Palpatine

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

@@MannequinStepYou beat me to it! 🤣

[@joelc9439]

Yes I heard that.

[@CameronBrtnik]

thought it was a ticking time bomb! ⏰

[@juno1597]

@@tomi2656 cynically I was thinking the same thing. we'll see who's laughing once they take a look at their power bill, but I didn't realize it was coal power plant and it's a high price to pay to clean up the enviorment. If that were nuclear power plant however this would be a disaster.

[@rotkev]

That laugh. “You may have won Mr. Bond, but you’re playing the wrong game.”

[@deejones0071]

"If you think you've won, you never saw me change the game that we've been playing..." - Casino Royale

[@BR0K3R_L0V3]

these comments are gold

[@wedemgoyz7678]

Mr bond is an austrian rapper jailed for 10yearsfor speaking truth

[@Ragnarok182]

@@wedemgoyz7678 not the same Bond, but a cool fact, thanks!!

[@deepjoydatta3584]

​​@@Ragnarok182wait , which bond we are talking about James bond ???

[@QwoaX]

Imagine the demolition happened just after someone scored a goal. Not even world cup finals get such expensive celebrations for their goals.

[@borismuller86]

Referee: “no goal” 😐

[@lepari9986]

I don't think any World Cup final goal celebrations are more expensive than the celebrations in your regular Sunday league game.

[@sehu1291]

​@@lepari9986Think of all the spilt beer

[@amcgowan1970]

Very few can celebrate a goal with an earthquake!

[@dannySG61]

You mean an own goal? 😂😂😂

[@ThugNerd]

dude with the evil laughter pushed de "explode" button, no doubt

[@zainmudassir2964]

It's Palpatine

[@tazimansari-xl9df]

bakkat 🦆 Ya Murgi 🐔 Hoga 🇮🇳🙂

[@girindrachakravarty7348]

​@@tazimansari-xl9dfbatakh hota hai bhai woh

[@tazimansari-xl9df]

@@girindrachakravarty7348 bakkat Bhi Bol Sakte Khottta Bhojpooru me

[@___idk]

.,.,,

[@macca1146]

" Honest ref i didn't mean to kick it that hard ".

[@lalaithan]

​@@DEADSHOT16_YTUsername checks out.

[@MrPGC137]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@yolanda6392]

This comments wins lmaooo

[@hobomike6935]

Legendary bragging rights for this comment, lmao

[@the_infinity_]

underrated

[@JoeBob79569]

Imagine giving someone directions _"Head towards the power station, 4 big stacks, you can't miss them.."_ 🤣

[@parikalanyantra69]

😂😂😂

[@miqueinhamgtow2961]

Underestimated comment

[@festerma5076]

​@@parikalanyantra69 underestimated? dont u mean underrated?

[@milkxv]

@@festerma5076u underestimated his joke there are several layers

[@Kill0trocity]

@@milkxvlike onions 🧅

[@my3dviews]

"So, how did your match go"? "We demolished them". 😂

[@alexandermakrianis]

😂lol!

[@crimsonchin9632]

I think "it was a demolition" would've worked better but still props, great comment.

[@petergroverd6626]

Well said.

[@kimmokoolwtf]

"but wasn't it nil nil"?. "Yes".

[@CBlargh]

Absolutely wrecked.

[@TomatoGuy-737]

That laughter was the villain's laughter who did it.

[@Somerandom1922]

For those wondering, those cooling towers aren't just for nuclear plants. In fact, basically all thermal power generation can make use of them (This one was a Coal plant). The exist to cool down the water that's boiled to spin the turbines, then return it back to the power plant to be boiled again. This isn't necessary when a powerplant is near a large body of water and can just pump in new water, while pumping out the hot water.

[@thewindgamer2607]

Ty how do you know all that if you don’t mind me asking

[@dieselengineman]

@@thewindgamer2607 because alot of power stations have then

[@thesocialistsarecoming8565]

​@@thewindgamer2607often times its from family or friends talking about working at said power plants. The reason the things are so large is to allow for natural convection of air and to create rain clouds from the steam, so that the 'cloud in a concrete bottle' has its raindrops cooled down by the flowing air and then it reenters the water system of the plant at a greatly reduced temperature

[@lusulesinistral6537]

Specifically, unless I’m mistaken, (which I might be) I think this video shows the destruction of Didcot Coal power plant in which, unfortunately, people died because they messed it up.

[@mikekk]

@@lusulesinistral6537 youre heavily mistaken. the location is in the description. this is rugeley power station, from the description. the didcot power plant cooling towers also had no casualties, and what you are describing is the incident where the boiler house collapsed whilst preparations for its demolition were on going

[@carazy123_]

This makes me oddly sad. Also cool that you can see just how thin these towers are as a result of smart structural design

[@sebbehallin8067]

True that but they are also ugly and boring

[@vinny1883]

Can't relate, they looked dystopian.

[@michaelbruvolt4221]

​@vinny1883 what's dystopian about them? You've seen too many left-wing propaganda posters

[@tappajaav]

@@sebbehallin8067 Industrial architecture isn't ment to please human eye

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Anyone can build a bridge. A few less can build a bridge that stands. Only the truly capable among us, however, can build a bridge that barely stands. I'm also reminded of _"You can't make a structure stronger by taking material away from it, but you can make it lighter."_

[@MikeHemlepp]

The calm of the players while this massive demolition is happening is the most British thing I have seen this week.

[@theindyjt]

Because they knew it was going to happen.

[@peacefrog0521]

Bri’ish 😅❤

[@ribbonsofnight]

that's nothing, when a car backfires it's traditional in many countries to ask any Americans in the vicinity why they've dived to the ground.

[@user-yp7hq5yp1x]

It’s controlled ain’t it?

[@baph0met]

What do you expect them to do?

[@Duncan_1971]

I've been inside one of those towers. They were some of the world's first dry cooling towers. It's a bit sad to see them go. Some people didn't like them but I always saw them as friendly giants looking out over the countryside.

[@Staatspolizei1941]

Agreed

[@CryosisOfficial]

Still some of these towers remaining across the country.

[@parikalanyantra69]

😮😮😮

[@Bdigi2012]

Rain makers my friend, one component of heavy flooding.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Rugeley power station had dry cooling towers?

[@FLOG2EMIT]

Players be like "I cant believe how many people showed up to watch us play!"😂

[@AlrightThere]

Yeah I was thinking with all the people there watching there was no way the players didn’t know they were going to be destroyed

[@gr8dvd]

Fun Fact: After demolition most ‘fans’ left; only 7 spectators remained.

[@karimitickaeloogreattemlor3486]

@@gr8dvdThat's an interesting fact!

[@gr8dvd]

@@karimitickaeloogreattemlor3486 Emphasis on "Fun" (fact unconfirmed) 😂 But actual fact… grad school bball league, I received a standing ovation from a similar ‘crowd’ 4-5 spectators. Best part they were wives/girlfriends from opposing team (we were so bad 0 fans) 😀😂😀

[@Buffalosabskis]

@@gr8dvd Does anyone go to school games if it's not D1? I went to a college that had D3 athletics and put millions into an arena for games. It didn't change the fact that no one cared. The entire school folded a bit over a decade after making that investment. If you build it they will not come if it's still the same product.

[@fencserx9423]

Imagine going to the bathroom. Coming out and being like “Where’s the towers”

[@Hashishin13]

outer limits music starts playing

[@anmolagrawal5358]

And the guy just watched Across the Spider Verse with that finale scene...

[@johnough4893]

"Bathroom"? Are you a Yank?

[@A_A_J.]

As he typed ‘where’s’ instead of ‘where’re’, one assumes so.

[@VoidLantadd]

Reminds me of my holiday in New York

[@emissarygw2264]

meanwhile that one guy takes the opportunity to kick the ball into the net

[@FckAUsername]

Nobody did that tf you talkin about

[@Nayturrr]

​@@FckAUsername he meant that it would be funny if someone took the opportunity of that

[@FckAUsername]

@@Nayturrr oh I’m over here replaying it mad I couldn’t find it

[@taysongt5384]

and misses

[@A..Shadow..]

I must be that one guy because I genuinely thought about that when all the players stopped to look at the crumbling structures. 😂

[@laffi]

Guy laughs like it was him detonating the buildings!

[@user-we2hf6kr8d]

That's either the most terrifying thing or the most amazing thing I have ever seen 😂

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Luckily it was not the football field being wrecked....

[@MCowie]

Depends if it was planned or not.

[@letsbfrank7084]

That’s what she said. 😅

[@JohnnyAndrewSteward]

How is that terrifying?

[@arandominternetuser9099]

@@JohnnyAndrewSteward oh I don't know, maybe the loud booming explosion followed up by industrial towers falling straight down...🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@JakeBlakeCatboy]

I think the guy laughing is responsible. He must REALLY hate football if he went that far to stop the game!

[@bigball7741]

That was me

[@silvershoes9724]

Let’s be honest, you did not search for this, but now it has found you, you’ve watched it repeatedly…

[@Davey-Boyd]

Yeah. And I'm watching it in Rugeley where it happened!

[@pstw4890]

Lol TRUE

[@HudsonWold]

ikr

[@greatman5836]

Are you still alive 😊

[@Mr_Jish]

You're absolutely right, there's just something about those controlled demolitions man 😗🤌

[@beamboy07]

imagie seeing those towers all your life and then suddenly they dissapear like that

[@beansbeansbeans99999]

i k its so sad.

[@LucasF.-sw7ep]

Look! A useless "Imagine" comment!

[@geometricaluranium1]

​@LucasF.-sw7ep you ABSOLUTE SHATTERED CARBONATED CHICKEN BONE it's an imagie comment

[@ThatIsALakeSir]

@@LucasF.-sw7epYour reply is just as useless. And so is mine.

[@enderexiusnova5213]

@@ThatIsALakeSir oh god hes become self aware

[@JesseT-w5z]

I like how every player immediately does the "disappointed dad hands-on-hips"-stance after the demolition

[@boonarga]

They realized that their electricity bills are now going to skyrocket.

[@ascascsacsdvdsvasd]

What football does to a mf

[@TaeSunWoo]

The “it really do be like that stance”

[@tscimb]

That does seem to be the standard footballer stance. It's possibly due to their bizarre enjoyment of constantly running - they don't know how to just stand still.

[@kaievoke]

where are you seeing the dissapointment in that stance i really dont get it

[@qrzone8167]

The players were like "huh there's way more spectators than we usually get today..."

[@reins8053]

How would you know what they think 🤓

[@priyam352]

@@reins8053 shut up

[@wedemgoyz7678]

@@reins8053 you gotta think to know what others think

[@romeo89281]

@@wedemgoyz7678 That goes hard

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... there are* more spectators ...

[@charliefarmer4365]

It’s interesting how the funnels almost look like they’re deflating.

[@geometricaluranium1]

funnel💀

[@charliefarmer4365]

@@geometricaluranium1 oh. What are they called? 😓

[@pranjalverma9111]

Imagine just going outfield for like 5 sec to drink water then returning back and realising 4 massive power explosion station disappeared into thin air

[@techyrelic]

I remember watching this live, it’s so weird because it’s surrounded by loads of fields on one side so it completely changed the skyline once they fell.

[@YKXZWX]

One minute of silence for the poor UK Homer left unemployed.

[@salami99]

Don’t worry, he found a job at a bowling alley that was in between bowling alleys

[@Grulaz]

Oh great now we're gonna have one angry British grimey who will have to work with Homer since he lives there

[@falsemcnuggethope]

Not a nuclear power plant though, but maybe UK Homer worked in coal industry.

[@VortexDnB]

​@@falsemcnuggethope You must be fun at parties

[@falsemcnuggethope]

@@VortexDnB it doesn't matter if I'm funny or not, as long as I'm fun

[@soundseeker63]

It's funny what you don't miss until its gone. These structures used to be a common site accross much of the UK, especially The Midlands and The North, where the coal supply was plentiful. I always remeber as kid seeing them on trips up and down the motorways and railway lines of the UK. They stood as major landmarks and often were an integral part of the economic and social life of the nearby towns. Rugeley was on such station. Ferrybridge (my local) was another. When you visit these small towns with these big old concrete behemoths now deleted from the skyline, it is actually quite strange, almost sad even.

[@LinkTheFusky]

every 2 years or so my family drove to butlins in the early 2000s and we drove past a powerplant and I got way to excited over seeing the cooling towers, I drove up to scotland from essex a few years ago and saw none of them

[@Cobalt985]

Maybe strange, but definitely for the better. Coal is a very dirty way to get energy. This is coming from an Albertan where coal was also a huge part of our history and oil is now.

[@reins8053]

Thats france not the UK. Americans 🇨🇦 am I right 😢

[@soundseeker63]

@@Cobalt985 I understand why we have moved away from coal power and accept it was always inevitable and necessary. It's the stark contrast between those huge buildings having been there for so long and suddenly being nothing there at all that I'm struggling to adjust to. I wasn't inferring we should go back to to coal power per say. Just that I kind of miss those huge distinctive shapes on the skyline in a way I never though I would. Of course it is rows and rows of wind turbines elsewhere that have taken their place so, who's to say people won't one day get all nostalgic over them too...

[@doublesunday1268]

​​@@reins8053France isnt in the UK?

[@n3t_force]

imagine playing a game of football and the fun is rudely interrupted by the moon colliding with the earth

[@CNB_YT]

Soccer*

[@n3t_force]

@@CNB_YT ok american

[@CNB_YT]

@@n3t_force MURICA!!

[@stargazer4683]

Cooling tower: its been an honor guys

[@Dfl87165]

Imagine going to the port-a-potty for 30 seconds during the game and when you come out the landscape has changed completely😅

[@reins8053]

Yes im sure no one knew this was going to happen. 😮

[@n_tas]

I am exactly the sort of person to do this and then be like "Waaait... Something's different"

[@gavinziozios1431]

"I know I had to take a massive sh*t, but I didn't think it was THAT big!"

[@airo2theknee846]

And while you’re inside you hear a massive crashing sound and are just sitting there in your port-a-potty absolutely terrified 😂

[@_kaleido]

@@airo2theknee846 I mean, at least it might help you evacuate your bowels faster…

[@gonfromcydoniaxd]

That laughter sounds like a clock ticking .

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

That laughter sounds like he's done this before.

[@DEUTSCHES_KAISERREICH..]

now that you pointed it out yeah

[@WeightliftingWithAryaman]

​@@upturnedblousecollar5811 nice profile pic

[@Z3N1TY0]

LMAO REAL

[@OneFingerYT]

"It has begun."

[@I_am_nobody999]

"Ahh mate this is great, look at how many people have turned up to watch us play this week, we must really be getting somewhere".

[@Printaholic85]

The goalie never took his eyes off the ball 😂

[@isaiasabinadisosagarcia936]

That's a man of commitment!

[@peterwebb6749]

he did tho..

[@TayWoode]

The type who’d carry on playing even when there’s an eclipse or a nuclear warning

[@hythesailor]

I think that the crowd was there to watch the demolition rather than the football match!

[@ace-paidinfull5240]

I think that too

[@mohsinuddin7049]

Wow! You guys are geniuses! 😂

[@vitesse_arnhem]

@@mohsinuddin7049Typical Remain voter, you do realize leaving the EU was the best thing Britain ever did. Commies try to ruin our nation and we STAND UP.

[@obersoth09]

@@vitesse_arnhem mate you might wanna loosen up the tinfoil hat

[@crylune]

@@vitesse_arnhem Commies? Man I see where the Americans got their habit of blaming communism on everything, right from their grandpappy GB. Pigeon shat on my car today? Must be communism. Kids wanting free lunches at school? Communist EVIL of the highest order!!!

[@beemer345]

The guy laughing sounds like he is responsible for it 😂😂😂

[@suemount6042]

Omg loving that laugh and the players so calm and nonchalant

[@silversolid1885]

becas it didnt happen and it is fake

[@dhoops616]

Fun fact, these are just natural draft cooling towers. They are totally empty except for pipes running water up to grates near the bottom of them that atomize the water and then lets the atomized water fall down into a pond beneath, where it is pumped back into the plant to cool things. Pretty neat.

[@reins8053]

Fun fact you just made that up 🎉

[@percy6070]

Yeah much more likely these are coal plant related and not even nuclear according to most other comments

[@funnynameman]

​@@percy6070He never claimed it was for a nuclear power plant, the same kind of natural draft cooling tower can be used for different facilites that need a supply of cooling water.

[@kolyashinkarev7366]

​@@reins8053Google? A stretch, I know, but try using it

[@kolyashinkarev7366]

​@@percy6070all power plants that are not wind turbines or solar panels use them in one way or another

[@haniahmahmood5870]

love how they all stood there with their hands on their hips

[@TheOneCity1]

Fr

[@Ripa-Moramee]

It's common in most running sports, it just helps with breathing

[@gthbtn]

And those players probably thought the people assembled were watching their game... 😂

[@3eeToe]

Damn that’s unfortunate that they had to remove it for whatever reason, because that’s a badass background for a field like that

[@TheRevenant4585]

I’m the one dude that would hear the explosion but be looking the wrong way the entire time.

[@pointblank0303]

Imagine having no context to what was going on, I’d be freaking tf out

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

Not really. It's obviously CD, otherwise it would look very different

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Those smoke rings are really mesmerizing

[@Zestieee]

imagine just chilling and concentrating on your lil football match when suddenly these massive enormous structures that you took for granted for years literally just absolutely fall apart.

[@harrypainter7472]

I don't need to imagine it cause I can watch it

[@ADK_7]

​@@harrypainter7472💀

[@Drazox456]

Imagine someone scored a goal and the demolition starts

[@WeHere01]

imagine someone of the team skipping that day and he comes the next day and be like: “yo where did the power station go guys?”

[@deadaccount2048]

“Jason kicked the ball a bit too hard” 💀💀

[@ADK_7]

​@@deadaccount2048😭🤣🤣

[@emil2321]

I love how it just goes straight down and disappears. No over-exaggerated smoke or explosions like in the movies

[@landscape85]

In most movies it's not a controlled demolition.

[@Walrus101]

?? That's because it was a planned demolition, those aren't in the movies lmao

[@PaulG.x]

@@landscape85In movies it's a well controlled small detonation charge and 200 litres of kerosene and alcohol mixture to make a large amount of smoke and flame. Actual high explosives make a very brief and bright flash and a lot of smoke and dust , no flames or fire balls

[@dallasyap3064]

That's some Bond villain attack scheme, and that laugh is definitely bond villain laugh.

[@chiefchanone]

We are finally in the age of time when these things get captured in HQ

[@jhonywalker002]

we are there for a long time, many scenes like these were captured on video, even back in the 1930s they captured the tacoma bridge collapse on footage and its decent quality

[@vittosphonecollection57289]

Plot Twist: The laughing cameraman activated the bombs while people were making the last security checks without even warning them.

[@Kazixe91]

Same happened to one of the most famous in the UK, the Ironbridge Cooling Towers. Iconic and pink, I used to see them every day for 20 years before they came down. They outlived their 40 year expected lifespan and were said to be weakened by the pink pigment they added (To make them blend with the local soil). But they outlived all predictions... Weirdly sad, as I suppose you get attached to something you see so often and then take it for granted when it's gone...

[@TheRealRodent]

I remember those coming down as I live about 4 miles from them (as the crow flies) and even at this distance I felt the bang through the floor like an earthquake.

[@Kazixe91]

@@TheRealRodent Yeah, it was a pretty loud bang!

[@Nat-oj2uc]

Why did they do this? Is it really pink pigment or are they pushing some green stuff?

[@Kazixe91]

@@Nat-oj2uc A mixture. They were decommissioned in 2014, so they just sat there. Over time the bottoms of the cooling towers began to turn black from dirt from the storms, and it weakened them more. Furthermore they wanted to develop 1000 new houses and a school. So yeah.. they're really trying to ruin Ironbridge lol. Then there's the fact that they wanted coal power plants replaced by greener alternatives

[@TerryTheNewsGirl]

That's what I like. A video that just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Not ones where people know it will happen and take it. Kind of spoils the tension.

[@techheck3358]

People did know it was going to happen 😂 that’s why there were so many people there

[@elizabethhair9017]

the ground shaking must've been scary.

[@O.Reagano]

1. This was a coal plant. 2. It’s real. 3. This plant was decommissioned for a couple years before this demolition 4. The city around it was not put in any danger, dust or radiation or otherwise. ❤

[@O.Reagano]

@@phuckewe5876 Source.

[@JD-re3cj]

@@phuckewe5876get a life 🤡

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

How do you know? Just chanting the press release.

[@fur_avery]

​@@lizziebkennedy7505there's some info in the description and from there you just search up the plant and get a lot of information about it and the demolition

[@royale7620]

How many coal plants left in the UK? Eco fascists winning by getting rid of everything?

[@pauljensen5699]

A similar thing happened to me with children's soccer while I was in St. Louis, Missouri in the 1970's. Two F-15's took off under full afterburner and the game of soccer... just stopped. Your's truly and both teams of children and the parents gawked at the spectacle .

[@lukereid5556]

you catch and throw the ball up in the air a lot playing soccer. perfect sport for plane watching haha

[@johnr.9589]

Wow that horizon changed drastically. Those things are massive

[@user-gl8qu7qf2q]

Wow that landscape improved significantly

[@GameDjeenie]

Construction : Takes months and years... Destruction : Takes 10 seconds....

[@bwhog]

Always easier to "load out" than "load in" :)

[@madhavtandon8093]

Read "Entropy"

[@joaov_ds]

ah yes implying a demolition is done in whatever way.

[@kujojotarostandoceanman2641]

Me when I not understand anything about engineering and structuring:

[@purefrostinghdarchives6044]

I bet he used to work at that power station.

[@kayrollo7962]

And his boss was inside still

[@fishfood6958]

@@kayrollo7962why would his boss be inside the cooling towers?

[@BigAL0074]

That was the sound of your energy bills going up.

[@federico0439]

Good point

[@eaccer]

exactly

[@xjustgamerx]

why does the cameraman sound like he just blew that up 😭

[@FourBrothers-s3f]

We've watched it before, but never got to explain our thoughts. This video is interesting to watch. You're in a football match, when suddenly, you hear a nearby exploding tower. Now, that's something you don't see every day.

[@muzictv3933]

And there goes the power station. Chris Kamara.... 'I don't know Jeff, has it?'

[@IAMPLEDGE]

@muzictv3933 I suppose he just thought they all went down injured to waste a bit of time. Brilliant comment by the way.

[@snakesnail6664]

i love how you can hear how long it takes for the sound to get to you. the towers are thoughourly falling by the time you hear the boom

[@DaBlazesUSay]

When the referee got home late, his wife asked "Why so late, love?" He replied, "Dearie, you'll never believe why, but I had to add several minutes to stoppage time!"

[@SixLeafCloverOFire]

That's so cool! It's so weird because it doesn't even look real!

[@johnassal5838]

To think that's the best crowd that match could draw even with the scheduled demolition to watch..

[@NicholasMills-q4g]

The removal of our energy producing infrastructure. Instead of mothballing the power station they’ve completely demolished so that it cannot be used ever again. So very sinister.

[@Arc_5]

no ones talking about how everyone except the goalie instinctively put their hands on their hips

[@vetiverose128]

wot does that mean

[@Arc_5]

@@vetiverose128 everyone just put their hands on their hips when the power plant got demolished

[@FurnitureFan]

"Let's do the Time warp again!" 🎶

[@AutisticAl]

The footballers were probably wondering why so many people showed up to watch them play 😂

[@Thegoatedcat-x9y]

I love how everyone suddenly looked at the demolition as soon as they heard the explosion

[@kyrkur]

yes that's the point of the video

[@Mythraen]

It's ridiculous to remark on people turning to look when there's a goddamn explosion and four giant buildings falling.

[@jnyYT]

Normally what happens when four massive buildings fall

[@Madippadibabas]

It turns out that people, just like other animals, will infact divert their attention to sudden loud noises

[@51SErVER]

I'd be surprised if they just ignored it

[@epiclighthd7655]

the view is so much better immediatly its actually crazy!

[@TomSykesMedia]

Now that's a shot

[@jpandrew-zq7pq]

Man, the way they sink looks like if they weren't real. 😮

[@wehavenotakebacks9363]

I don’t think this is real

[@jpandrew-zq7pq]

@@wehavenotakebacks9363 yeah, so do I. But I haven't got any confirmation yet.

[@kestrelynn]

Though i appreciate skepticism on the internet, this was 100% real, they have the date and time in the description of you want to fact check it yourself. Also feel free to look up the many other videos of coal powerplants being demolished in the uk. There used to be loads now only 1 is left and thats getting demolished this year, so theres plenty of videos of the demolition. And youll ser that most of them look like this, because this is how theyre demolished The reason they seem to fall slowly (if thats what your refering to) is that gravity pulls everything down at the same rate (disregarding air resistance) so when something massive is falling, it doesnt look like its falling very fast. Same reason why a housefly look so incredibly fast compared to like an elephant, even though elephants can run way faster than a fly can fly. Its relative to the size of the thing moving

[@studyseason2509]

I don’t know if people are being funny but it looks super fake to me too. 😅 Where I live (in Germany) we also got ride of one of these but it was a very slow process. Took literally month. They started at the top and it seemed as if they were taking it away brick by brick. 😂 That’s why I’m so confused now. 😅

[@jpandrew-zq7pq]

@@studyseason2509 perfect. Now we're two who think equal.

[@royalbluegaming7763]

I thought this was an accident, and people were cheering as a power plant collapsed

[@stevetaylor8698]

When my children were little, we used to drive past Drax power station. We used to tell them that the cooling towers were there to make clouds and that's why we have such miserable weather in England.

[@draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978]

Always sad to see those things fall down.

[@nothing.mp3]

Don't worry they'll replace it with a perfectly green and renewable russian gas fired power station

[@draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978]

@@nothing.mp3 After Covid, they're forced to rely on something after destroying their own power sources lol

[@charliespareacc]

@@nothing.mp3 🤣🤣🤣🤣made me chuckle that

[@cowfat8547]

@@nothing.mp3gas is cleaner than coal so it’s improvement

[@ericbucher8636]

500 Windmills@@nothing.mp3

[@FlyWithMe_666]

“We’re getting our asses kicked here, embarassing … if only something could happen that distracts them for a while.”

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

arses*

[@LunarisInc]

I live close to rugley but RIP rugley power station

[@charlottebudinger5695]

Yeah same it was one of those things that you always see when you're there or just driving past

[@Komotau4691]

Its sad how industry of our ancestors are just demolished.

[@Intonite]

@@Komotau4691 hope they don’t destroy fiddlers ferry station. We have a great view of the magnificent structure

[@Komotau4691]

@@Intonite I hope too. Interesting power plant. And Im not even from England.

[@Sam20001]

@@Intonite they will demolish every old power station

[@ChickenDing]

The day you finely decide to do that painting of the landscape 😮

[@theplaceholder3]

I woulda been like “Hey ummm I don’t think it’s supposed to do that”

[@dynaflow666]

They know how to celebrate their goals!

[@headfirsst4halos]

when you think there are a bunch of people coming to watch your football match but it turns out they're only there to see some towers fall down

[@babidavi6910]

We still have a few of these stacks around Pittsburgh and just random Pennsylvania locations. (The Waterfront has a whole line-up.) We keep them here as part of our culture and history. Even my grandma down in WV lived a couple blocks down from stacks that looked just like these, short and wide, but they were still in operation! We used to watch the water boil down the sides at the bottom from her porch while she told us stories. No idea if they are there now, that was years ago. Every time I see other places knock theirs down, it makes me wonder how the people who built and worked around them would feel, knowing those giants are no longer necessary.

[@paulefc1971]

My dad used to work at this Power Station, between that and Lea Hall Colliery that was next to it were the largest employers in the town, almost everyone I went to school with either worked at the power station, the pit (or Armitage shanks, which is down the road), all really well paid jobs, since it was all destroyed, we have a big Amazon depot built on the site now, most kids that go to school now probably have parents that work there on crap pay, that's progress, apparently!!

[@rubydreamsuwu1095]

The way they just folded in on themselves like paper is absolutely insane considering their colossal size

[@Iamthestig42069]

Cooling towers are big but most of it it air. Kinda like if the radiator in your car was bent to form a cylinder instead of a flat rectangle. The walls are just tubes for water, there is no roof and the center part is open.

[@razzynmore7365]

Rip to the spiders, mice and flies that were getting comfy there

[@keithfowler2013]

Crikey, he kicked that hard !!!!!

[@foxwolf316]

dude how can you not say this video is real for some viewers watching this? like if someone says this is fake, is that really hard to edit something like that?

[@MiguelMartinez-eb9pp]

yo estoy aquí por la gran Media Inglesa

[@ashman4827]

VAR check complete, no foul play, good job everyone....

[@WeaselKing1000]

That's wrong that, Daz...

[@adebolabloke6962]

Played my junior football in Rugeley. Shame to see those things gone

[@montakims]

Imagining the sheer scale of those towers are just how fast they collapsed

[@richard6440]

The twin towers

[@ognivoav5572]

what is the score in the match?

[@thewatcher2570]

Was that Rugeley power station?

[@leeellis6738]

Yes

[@leeellis6738]

Rugeley B Station

[@bigwalla]

no it was the taj mahal

[@thewatcher2570]

@@bigwalla yeah.....bit late for your quick witted humour darling.

[@Otter_129]

Power station demolition explosion interrupted by football match*

[@cyberpunk.386]

It looks even funnier in reverse, cooling towers coming out of nowhere

[@paulburns1333]

Thought that was the goalie falling over.

[@VickiVampiressYT]

As much as I love industrial skylines (possibly because I grew up with them in Eastern Europe), I imagine this would've created a whole new vista for the people living there. And maybe for the better, who knows.

[@playz6449]

Had a similar experience when I was playing football in the north of Ukraine in 1986.

[@FletcherSketcher92]

Apparently it went to VAR to confirm the demolition