Ibrox Disaster

The Ibrox disaster refers to two accidents, both at football games held at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland:

  • The 1902 Ibrox disaster was a partial stadium collapse that caused 25 deaths and 517 injuries
  • The 1971 Ibrox disaster was a crowd crush in a stairway, causing 66 deaths and over 200 injuries, at an Old Firm match

Famous quotes containing the word disaster:

    “Therefore it was surprising that, as we kept the newspapers from
    Mother,
    She died feeling responsible for a disaster unverified,
    Murmuring, in her sleep as it seemed, the ancient slogan
    Noblesse oblige.”
    —Josephine Miles (1911–1985)