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This page is dedicated to the 66 people who lost their lives in Scotlands worst footballing tragedy. The Ibrox disaster occurred on January 2, 1971 at Ibrox Stadium (then known as Ibrox Park) at the end of a Rangers-Celtic game. After 89 minutes of scoreless football, Celtic took a 1-0 lead, and many Rangers supporters left the stadium. However, in the last seconds of stoppage time, Rangers equalized.
Shortly after the equalizer, barriers on Stairway 13 gave way, causing a massive chain-reaction pileup of spectators. Initial reports indicated that fans who were leaving the ground turned back once they heard about the equalizer and collided with fans leaving the ground. However, the official inquiry into the disaster indicated that all the spectators were going in the same direction at the time of the collapse.
The tragedy resulted in the loss of 66 lives; bodies were stacked as deep as six feet in the area. Over 200 other fans were injured.
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DAVID ANDERSON [45] EASTERHOUSE
JOHN BUCHANAN [37] CASTLEMILK
RICHARD BARKE [15] SHETTLESON
DAVID DUFF [23] POSSIL
PETER FARRIES [26] SANDYHILLS
JOHN GARDINER [32] CLYDEBANK, DALMUIR
THOMAS GRANT [16] YOKER
CHARLES GRIFFITHS LIVINGSTON [30] TOLLCROSS
BRIAN HUTCHINSON [16] BARLANARK
JOHN JEFFREY [16] YOKER
ANDREW LINDSAY [18] EASTERHOUSE
THOMAS MELVILLE [17] POSSIL
FRANCIS DOVER [16] POSSILPARK
ROBERT MULHOLLAND [16] DRUMCHAPEL
DUNCAN McBREARTY [17] SHETTLESTON
DONALD McPHERSON [30] CRAIGTON
THOMAS McROBBIE [17] BRIDGETON
ROBERT RAE [25] PARTICK
WILLIAM SHAW [38] RUCHAZIE
WALTER SHIELDS [ ] PARTICK
GEORGE SMITH [40] CARDONALD
WILLIAM SOMERHILL [17] GALLOWGATE
JAMES TRAINER [20] BRIDGETON
JOHN CRAWFORD [23] SPRINGBURN
GEORGE FINDLAY [21] TOWNHEAD
JOHN NEIL [ ] SHETTLESTON
NIGEL PICKUP [9] LIVERPOOL
WALTER RAEBURN [36] BROUGHTON
JAMES SIBBALD [28] RESTALRIG
ROBERT C CAIRNS [17] EDINBURGH
THOMAS DICKSON [32] AIRDRIE
IAN FREW [21] AIRDRIE
JAMES GREY [37] LARKHALL
IAN HUNTER [14] NEWMAINS
JAMES MAIR [19] LARKHALL
ROBERT MAXWELL [15] BLANTYRE
ALEXANDER ORR [16] AIRDRIE
MATTHEW RIED [49] CALDERCRUIX
CHARLES STIRLING [20] CHAPELHALL
PETER WRIGHT [31] UDDINGSTON
GEORGE IRWIN [22] DUNOON
PETER EASTON [13] MARKINCH
MARTIN PATON [14] MARKINCH
MASON PHILLIPS [14] MARKINCH
BRIAN TODD [14] MARKINCH
DOUGLAS MORRISON [15] MARKINCH
HUGH ADDIE [33] BARRHEAD
ROBERT GRANT [21] BISHOPTON
ALEX McINTYRE [29] BARRHEAD
GEORGE WILSON [15] GREENOCK
MARGARET FERGUSON [18] FALKIRK
ROBERT McADAM [36] DENNY
RICHARD McLEAY [28] SLAMMANAN
JOHN McLEAY [23] SLAMMANAN
RUSSEL MALCOLM [16] BROXBURN
GEORGE ADAMS [43] CLYDEBANK
ROBERT CARRIGAN [13] KIRKINTILLOCH
CHARLES DOUGAN [31] CLYDEBANK
ADAM HENDERSON [ ] CUMBERNAULD
DAVID McGHEE [14] BEARSDEN
THOMAS MORGAN [14] BEARSDEN
JAMES RAE [19] KIRKINTILLOCH
JOHN SEMPLE [18] KIRKINTILLOCH
THOMAS STIRLING [16] KIRKINTILLOCH
DONALD SUTHERLAND [14] BEARSDEN
JAMES McGOVERN [24] TRANENT
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