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Ibrox disaster refers to two accidents which led to major loss of life at Ibrox Stadium (formerly Ibrox Park) in Glasgow, Scotland. Ibrox Stadium, originally Ibrox Park, is the stadium of Rangers F.C. It is located on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. ...
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First Ibrox disaster
On April 5, 1902, during a Scotland vs England match in the British Home Championship, a section of terracing at the back of the newly built West Tribune Stand collapsed due to heavy rainfall the previous night. Hundreds of supporters fell up to 40 feet (12 m) to the ground below. 25 people died and 517 were injured.[1] April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ...
1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Scotland 11 - 0 Ireland (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 February 1901) Biggest defeat Uruguay 7 - 0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1954) Best result Round 1, all European Championship Appearances 2 (First...
First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in...
The British Home Championship (also known as the Home International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the UKs four national teams, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (Northern Ireland after 1921-1922), from the 1883-1884 season until the 1983-1984 season. ...
The stand at the time consisted of wooden terracing supported by a steel girder frame. Following the accident such frameworks were discredited, and replaced throughout the United Kingdom by terracing supported by earthworks or reinforced concrete.
The tragedy occurred after 51 minutes of the match, which was declared void by the two Football Associations. All proceeds of the replayed match at Villa Park, Birmingham on 3 May 1902 went to the disaster fund. Villa Park, in Birmingham, England; is the stadium at which Aston Villa Football Club play their home games. ...
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May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ...
1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Further problems During the 1960s there were concerns about the safety of the stairway adjacent to passageway 13, the exit closest to Copland Road Underground Station. On 16 September 1961 two people were killed in a crush on the stairway, and there were a couple of other incidents where several people were injured. However Rangers had spent £150,000 on improvements, a very significant sum for the time. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...
Second Ibrox disaster The second major incident occurred on January 2, 1971 at the end of a Rangers vs Celtic game. After 89 minutes of scoreless football Celtic took a 1-0 lead and many Rangers supporters left the stadium. However, in the last seconds of stoppage time, Colin Stein scored an equaliser for Rangers. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...
Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ...
Celtic Football Club (pronounced seltik in IPA; AIM: CCP) is a Scottish football club, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. ...
Crowd at football match between Celtic F.C. and Rangers F.C. at Celtic Park. ...
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Colin Stein (born May 10, 1947), was a Scottish football player. ...
As the crowd were leaving the ground, barriers on the stairway adjacent to passageway 13 gave way causing a massive chain-reaction pile-up of spectators. The tragedy resulted in the loss of 66 lives, many of whom were children - five of them schoolmates from the town of Markinch, in Fife. Bodies were stacked as deep as six feet in the area. Over 200 other fans were injured. Disambiguation: the similarly named Merkinch is an area of Inverness Markinch is a small town located in Fife, Scotland. ...
Initially it was speculated that fans leaving the ground turned back when they heard roars from the crowd. The speculation was that those who turned back collided with fans leaving the ground when the match ended. The official inquiry into the disaster indicated that there was no truth in this hypothesis. All the spectators were going in the same direction at the time of the collapse. The myth surrounding the Stein goal became widely believed for many years after the disaster.
Consequences The 1971 disaster led to a huge redevelopment of Ibrox, spearheaded by the general manager at the time Willie Waddell, who visited Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion for inspiration. Ibrox was converted to an all seater stadium, and was subsequently awarded UEFA 5 star status. A statue of Rangers captain at the time of the disaster, John Greig, featuring a plaque was later unveiled at the corner of the Bill Struth Main Stand and the Copland Road Stand, the Copland being the scene of the tragedy. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x1156, 145 KB) Summary Statue of John Greig unveiled on 2nd of January 2001 in memory of those who died in the Ibrox stadium. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x1156, 145 KB) Summary Statue of John Greig unveiled on 2nd of January 2001 in memory of those who died in the Ibrox stadium. ...
Ibrox Stadium, originally Ibrox Park, is the stadium of Rangers F.C. It is located on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. ...
William Waddell (? - 1992) was a professional football (soccer) player and manager. ...
BV Borussia Dortmund is a German football club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. ...
The Westfalenstadion is a German football stadium in Dortmund that is host to the Borussia Dortmund (BVB) football team and will host several matches of the 2006 World Cup, including a semi-final. ...
The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...
John Greig (born September 11, 1942 in Edinburgh) is a former Scottish professional football player who, despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown Heart of Midlothian F.C., spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers F.C.. A determined, forceful player, Greig made 857 appearances for Rangers (including a club...
Bill Struth Bill Struth (1873-1956) was the second manager of Rangers Football Club, controlling the team for 34 years between 1920 and 1954, as well as the holder of a number of other positions at the club. ...
See also List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which occurred in the United Kingdom or involved UK citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life exceeded 40. ...
External links
References - ^ Sheils, Robert (November 1998). "The fatalities at the Ibrox disaster of 1902". The Sports Historian 18 (2): 148-155. Retrieved on 17 May 2007.
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