1971 Ibrox disaster

[beccabear67]

Not old enough for that one to have registered with me, I'd have been just three years old. Don't know that I've heard about it until now. One that made a big impression on me at the time (even more than the Sheffield one maybe as it was after) was the Bradford fire; they showed scenes of it on the news.

[onthebusesfan]

Does Anyone Remember This In 1971.

The 1971 Ibrox disaster was a crush among the crowd at an Old Firm football game, which led to 66 deaths and more than 200 injuries. It happened on 2 January 1971 in an exit stairway at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the worst British football disaster until the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, England, in 1989.