RIP The Ibrox 66

[kinboshi]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/8230503/The-Ibrox-Disaster-of-January-2-1971-which-claimed-66-lives-was-a-tragedy-waiting-to-happen.html

YNWA

[Maxriddles]

My mates uncle was one of those who didn't make it home, one of the 32 teenagers who died that day. Although I wasn't born until 1972 the impact of this disaster on family members who were there was always clear to me. The tragedy that occurred that day could have just as easily occurred in many football grounds throughout the UK at that time and if anything positive came from this disaster it was the improvements in fan safety that followed beginning with the complete rebuilding of Ibrox.

Here's hoping today's remembrance before kick off is observed by all in the ground today and that a decent game follows.  

[celtic]

RIP the ibrox 66

[Longy]

RIP.

An oft forgotten tradegy in British football, especially south of the border.

[TightEnd]

RIP

Good to see the silence respected so well before the game


A good documentary on R5L about this one evening last week.

[AndrewT]

Anyone know why Neil Lennon didn't come out of the tunnel until after the silence had finished?

[Robert HM]

RIP the ibrox 66

[ACE2M]

RIP

[Waz1892]

RIP.  Never forget.

[celtic]

Anyone know why Neil Lennon didn't come out of the tunnel until after the silence had finished?

He was late coming out of the dressing room and the whistle for the start of the minute's silence had gone so decided to stay in the tunnel until it was over.

[The Baron]

RIP

Good to see the silence respected so well before the game


A good documentary on R5L about this one evening last week.

[Teacake]

66 fans went to see their team and didn't come back

RIP

[ScotlandStu]

    I was there, went into town after game knowing nothing of disaster. Got home to frantic wife (4 months married) still unaware. The closer you are to something, the less you know. The same thing happened to me at the Heysel Stadium. I am still pissed off that game was allowed to go ahead.

[Div]

    I was there, went into town after game knowing nothing of disaster. Got home to frantic wife (4 months married) still unaware. The closer you are to something, the less you know. The same thing happened to me at the Heysel Stadium. I am still pissed off that game was allowed to go ahead.

Amazing how many similar tales I've heard this week. Life before mobile phones and 24 hour news feels like a distant memory now.

I was born four days before the game and was still in hospital with my mum on the day of the game.

My dad (Celtic fan) got a lift to the game from my uncle and his mates (Rangers fans). After the game they went into town for a pint not knowing anything had happened.

Then my dad headed up to the hospital where my mum was sick with worry, because news had spread through the wards about the disaster.

[Maxriddles]

Good to see the silence respected so well before the game

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