The Ibrox Disaster Photos: When Rangers Played Celtic And Football Wept
ON 2nd January 1971, 66 people died at Ibrox Stadium. They had gone to see the Rangers-Celtic match. Many more were injured. Many more lives were hurt. The fans went to leave the game. But there was crash on Stairwell 13, a passage taking supporters down from the packed terraces. The names of those who died are listed on the John Greig statue which looks out onto Edmiston Drive.
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Bystanders line the road as the long funeral procession passes from Markinch village to the cemetery for the burial of three boy football fans from the village who were among the sixty six victims of the crowd disaster at Ibrox Park, Glasgow. Markinch lost five boys in the disaster, two of them were cremated.
Posted: 3rd, January 2011 | In: Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
