66 fans where killed in a crowd related incident within the stadium; stairway 13 in the East terrace. Among the victims where 31 teenagers and the youngest fan being only 9 years old.
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Rangers FC – Ibrox Disaster
It was the afternoon of the Old Firm game, Rangers v Celtic at Ibrox, Saturday January 2 1971.The match was heading for a 0-0 draw when Jimmy Johnstone broke the deadlock to give Celtic the lead in the 89th minute.
Telegraph – The Ibrox Disaster of January 2, 1971 which claimed 66 lives was a tragedy waiting to happen
On any other afternoon, such dank and bone-chilling conditions would have been the Scottish climate’s unsubtle hint to stay indoors, draw the curtains and bank the hearth. Not so on January 2, 1971, a lethal date in the annals of British football.
BBC On this day – 1971: Disaster at Ibrox
Sixty-six football fans died after a match between Celtic and Rangers at Ibrox Park.
BBC On this day – 1971: Disaster at Ibrox
Sixty-six football fans died after a match between Celtic and Rangers at Ibrox Park.
Belfast Telegraph- The stairway to hell haunting Ibrox
Tragedy is never truly authenticated in the modern world unless seen through the lens of a television camera
Iain Duff – THE IBROX DISASTER, 1971 – SCOTTISH FOOTBALL’S DARKEST HOUR
It was a bitterly cold day in Glasgow. Temperatures never made it above zero and a freezing fog lingered over the city for much of the day. In the traditional New Year derby, the Rangers and Celtic players had battled with their usual level of intensity in front of 80,000 fans at Ibrox.
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Ibrox disaster anniversary: The day five of my friends never came home
January 2, 1971 started out just as most Saturday mornings did back then by preparing to go and watch a football match.
Lesson Learnt
As the 40th anniversary of the Ibrox disaster draws near, Iain Duff explores the influence that the tragedy had on both Rangers and their stadium
Memories still raw 50 years on
The crush that killed 66 supporters, many of them teenagers, at a Rangers-Celtic match in 1971 is seared into Scottish history. For the survivors and bereaved, the pain lives on.
Rangers urged to seek advice on stairway
The Glasgow Herald. Murphy, James (24 February 1971)
Directors evidence on stairway safety
The Glasgow Herald. Murphy, James (23 February 1971).
‘Singing and dancing to their deaths’: football’s forgotten tragedy
theguardian
In 1971, an Old Firm derby at Ibrox ended with the death of 66 fans as they celebrated a late goal. John Hodgman survived the terrifying crush and, 50 years on, asks how Rangers avoided taking responsibility
The five boys who didn’t come home- The story of the 1971 Ibrox Disaster
Eight teenage boys hurry along a quiet Fife road talking excitedly about their day ahead. It is two days after the Hogmanay celebrations that mark new year in Scotland.
