1971 Ibrox disaster

When

2 Jan 1971

Kind

Crowd crush

Coordinates

55.85° N, 4.31° W

Description

crush among the crowd at an Old Firm football game

Deaths

66

Injured

200

Crowd crush at a Glasgow football game

The 1971 Ibrox disaster, also known as the Second 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 on an exit stairway at Ibrox Park in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the worst football disaster in Britain until the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, England, in 1989.

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