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	Ibrox Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ibrox Stadium, originally Ibrox Park, is the stadium of Rangers F.C. It is located on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox district of Glasgow.
		However, the redeveloped Ibrox, with some 36,000 seats, foreshadowed the advent of all-seated stadia for all Britain's principal football clubs, as required by the Taylor Report of 1989.
		Rangers F.C. Ibrox disaster - Two separate disasters in 1902 and 1971; however, the term is usually used in relation to the 1971 incident.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ibrox_Stadium (663 words)

	THE IBROX DISASTER
		Ibrox at 3pm is often a raucous venue, with the noise from the home fans an intimidating prospect for visiting teams.
		Afterwards, some of us at the BBC were criticised for not having pictures of the disaster, but you have to realise that news and sport were entirely separate entities at the time, and there was no blurring of distinctions.
		IBROX, 1902 Ibrox Park had won the right to host a Scotland v England match thanks to their new west stand, but a partial collapse of the terraces there claimed 25 fatalities and left hundreds injured.
	www.rangers1.co.uk /stairway13.htm (3441 words)

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		At the end of the'Old Firm' clash at Ibrox, the steel barriers on Stairway 13 in the ground gave way and a total of sixty-six people were suffocated to death and many more injured in the resulting crush.
		It was thought that Colin Stein's dramatic equaliser for Rangers in the final seconds of the match, a minute after Jimmy Johnstone had opened the scoring for Celtic, caused fans who were leaving the ground to come back and meet a wave of jubilant fans coming in the opposite direction.
		It is believed that the crush resulted from a single person falling on their way down the stairs, and due to the steepness of the steps, the people behind saw nothing and continued down.
	www.sunnygovan.com /PLACES/Places/disaster.html (1681 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Sport - Fallout of first Ibrox disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		IT WAS the disaster that changed the face of Scottish football, but it has been largely forgotten among the annals of stadium carnage such as Heysel, Hillsborough, Bradford and the second Ibrox disaster, which claimed 66 lives in 1971.
		The first Ibrox disaster took place at the match between Scotland and England on April 5, 1902, and left 26 people dead and 587 injured.
		It may stretching a point to argue that the first Ibrox disaster led to the sectarian divide between the two great clubs, but it is certainly a subject worthy of investigation.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=12932003 (1056 words)

	The Ibrox Disaster, 2nd January 1971
		I was recently contacted by Craig Smith who lost his father in the Ibrox Disaster, and in his e-mail he expressed his dismay at the lack of web sites, including the official club site, which make any mention of that fateful day.
		Before we got to Ibrox we had decided that no matter what the score was we would wait for ten minute after the game was over to avoid any scary situations as I had been involved in a couple, at Hampden when Scotland played Italy and at Parkhead.
		If memory serves me the first money to go into the Ibrox Disaster fund was 50,000 pounds from Celtic its a pity their scumbag support could not see what a tragic day it was for the city of Glasgow.
	uk.geocities.com /ibrox_disaster/disaster.html (4047 words)

	The East Enclosure - Ibrox Disaster 2nd January 1971
		It was thought that Colin Stein's dramatic equaliser for Rangers in the final seconds of the match, a minute after Jimmy Johnstone had opened the scoring for Celtic, caused fans who were leaving the ground tocome back and meet a wave of jubilant fans coming in the opposite direction.
		The inquiry that followed the horrific disaster found this to be untrue.
		I was eighteen in 1971 and for the past almost 30 years have met people that were at the game but have never met or talked to any of the 145 others who were injured.
	www.ayeready.com /ibrox/disaster.html (1651 words)

	Ibrox disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There have been two accidents leading to major loss of life at Ibrox Stadium (formerly Ibrox Park) in Glasgow, Scotland.
		On April 5, 1902, during a Scotland-England British Home Championship match, a section of terracing at the back of the West Stand collapsed.
		The official inquiry into the disaster indicated that there was no truth in this hypothesis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ibrox_disaster (333 words)

	Rangers Football Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ibrox Stadium, home of Rangers Football Club, is the last word in state-of-the-art sports venues and the Club is justly proud of owning one of the leading grounds in the world.
		So this is today's Ibrox Stadium, a contemporary environment in which a positive-thinking club moves forward with a passionate regard for its history and its heritage.
		But at this game, the first Ibrox disaster occurred when a section of the wooden terracing collapsed and 26 people were killed.
	www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk /club/view/stadium/0,,5,00.html (1601 words)

	Ibrox Disaster
		However an enquiry into the disaster found this not to be the case.
		Afterwards he arranged for the club to be represented at every funeral and vowed to make Ibrox a stadium both safe and comfortable.
		He embarked on a plan to modernise the stadium and current Ibrox is a testament to the work he started.
	glasgowrangersforum.tripod.com /disaster.html (388 words)

	BBC - A Sporting Nation - The Ibrox Disaster 1971
		Football stadium disasters carry a heavy resonance in British culture that goes far beyond the communities affected.
		It was only after Colin Stein had equalised Jimmy Johnstone's 89th minute opener in the last minute that the disaster happened as the crowd made their way out through exit 13, leavings scores of dead, hundreds injured and countless supporters traumatised.
		He described the aftermath of Scotland's worst ever football disaster: “Eventually at the top of the terrace the true horror became apparent.
	www.bbc.co.uk /scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0044 (600 words)

	Ibrox 1902 Disaster - Football Ground Guide
		No one knew how to build a safe footballing stadium at that stage and it really took this disaster for clubs to realise you couldn't use what we would term, at best, temporary structures for a large group of people.
		Ibrox in 1902 was built by Archibald Leitch.
		The wooden terracing that gave way at Ibrox did apparently have a steel supporting frame..not thats its evident in the photo.
	footballgroundguide.ipbhost.com /index.php?showtopic=5986 (529 words)

	FollowFollow.com - the definitive Rangers website. Independent news and stats from footymad.net
		Ibrox was chosen for the game because of £20,000 spent in the previous two years and was considered the best venue (Queen's Park and Celtic also bid for the game).
		Ibrox was actually one of the best appointed grounds in Britain at the time of the Disaster - unlike Hampden for instance it featured metal crush barriers and concreted terraces.
		The fatal accident enquiry established 30 years ago that the Disaster happened after the final whistle and was not related to the late goal.
	www.followfollow.com /news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=82102 (1362 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Ibrox disaster - The tragedy of stairway 13
		Scotsman.com News - Ibrox disaster - The tragedy of stairway 13
		But as the home fans filed out of the ground the Ibrox side equalised seconds later sending their supporters scrambling back on to the terraces to celebrate their equaliser only to collide with fans still making their way out.
		The collision was catastrophic and on stairway 13 fans began to fall at the head of the stairs prompting a lethal cascade so intense that iron guide rails were twisted out of shape with the pressure of tumbling bodies.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=123&id=8252002 (354 words)

	The Scotsman - Scotland - ARCHIVE: IBROX DISASTER REQUEST DENIED
		Official records revealed that in July 1970 councils north of the Border were told by the government that stadium improvements they sought offered only "marginal benefits" and the time was not yet right for change.
		It was the Ibrox disaster that eventually prompted the government to introduce the 1974 Safety of Sports Grounds Act, requiring local councils to issue safety certificates for big grounds.
		The request had been led by Glasgow council chiefs who were concerned about crowd safety at Hampden Park, Parkhead and Ibrox, and wanted the local authorities to be handed wider responsibility for assessing standards at local stadiums.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=372002 (379 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Ibrox disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		FAMILIES of the victims of the Ibrox disaster are considering legal action against the Scottish Secretary after secret documents revealed the government had ruled out stadium improvements six months before the accident killed 66 fans.
		THE families of the victims of the Ibrox disaster have called for a new inquiry into the tragedy which killed 66 football fans after secret Scottish Office documents revealed the disaster could have been averted.
		ON 2 January 1971, 85,000 of the world’s most passionate football fans crammed into Ibrox stadium, then the largest club ground in the UK.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=123 (288 words)

	Xtratime Community - The History of Rangers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ibrox was bursting at the seams as 118,567 fans crammed in to watch Dave Kinnear and Alex Venters give Rangers a 2-1 win.
		Yet, unseen amid this sea of emotions, a disaster was beginning to unfold at the Rangers end of the ground over on the East terrace at Staircase 13.As the fans swayed away from the heaving mass, some stumbled halfway down the steep steps.
		The Ibrox faithful had seen some poor European results in recent times but a debut defeat at the hands of the Irish part-timers would have been a truly catastrophic start to the new manager’s reign.
	www.xtratime.com /forum/showthread.php?t=164046 (7890 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 2 \| 1971: Sixty-six die in Scottish football disaster
		The disaster occurred when crush barriers collapsed as thousands of fans made their way out of the stadium.
		Initial reports suggest the tragedy, which happened on stairway 13 of the stadium, was caused when hundreds of Rangers fans began leaving the match early believing Celtic had won.
		The disaster remains the worst in the history of Scottish football and is surpassed only by the Hillsborough tragedy in British football.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/2/newsid_2478000/2478305.stm (447 words)

	The East Enclosure - News Archive November 2000
		But the Fatal Accident Inquiry that investigated the disaster found that a section of the crowd leaving down Stairway 13 had stumbled, causing a domino effect down a gangway that led to a crush at the bottom.
		No action was taken against the Ibrox board, although they did begin modernisation plans that now see the stadium as one of the most impressive all-seater arenas in world football.
		The Ibrox chief is adamant that the deal is still alive despite earlier reports that any move had fallen through for the Norwegian international.
	ayeready.com /na/nanov00.html (12215 words)

	Tinny Can On My Tail—Matt McGinn Discography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This is another prime McGinn of Calton album—a toss up for me as to which of the two RCA records is the better.
		The other songs are self-explanitory, Matt's writing talent having been drawn to the subjects concerned through their importance to his world at this time.
		The tragic account of "The Ibrox Disaster" is undoubtedly the most moving piece to come from the pen of McGinn in recent years.
	www.theballadeers.com /MM_D09_tinny_can.htm (260 words)

	Safety powers denied before tragedy
		Scottish councils were prevented from taking control of safety at football grounds less than six months before the Ibrox disaster, it has been revealed.
		Official records made public after more than 30 years show that an official request by councils to take on the responsibility was dismissed by the Scotland Office.
		According to 1971 government records made public at the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh, this decision was not taken lightly.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/News2002/January/bbc010101.htm (358 words)

	Blink Gentle Man Blink (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		i personally think the Ibrox disaster should be remembered and all the better through film.
		I got your e mail address from the Sunday Post, about your forthcoming new film to be shot in Scotland about the Ibrox disaster.
		This explains a lot as to why Rangers are so against this disaster being brought to the lime light.
	www.monkmedia.net /blink/letters4.html (402 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Scotland: News - Memorial service for Ibrox disaster
		Rangers are to hold a service to commemorate the 66 people killed in the Ibrox disaster of 1971.
		The service will take place at Ibrox on January 2 and relatives of the dead have been invited to participate in the unveiling of a bronze statue.
		No action was taken against the Ibrox board, although they did begin the modernisation plans.
	www.soccernet.com /scotland/news/2000/1130/20001130rfcmemorial.html (204 words)

	The Bradford City fire - Forums powered by UBBThreads™ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		That was the second to worst disaster to ever hit a football stadium in the United Kingdom.
		Although the Ibrox crush where 66 died was awful I would say for for lives lost and injuries, Hillsborough was by far the worst, 96 died, more than 200 injured.
		Even the teacher, (a retired cop who served in the biggest shithole areas Sydney has to offer and who has developed the driest, most macabre sense of humour ever) couldn't bare to watch it for a 2nd time.
	www.officialboard.com /ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=soiaother&Number=1273174&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart= (518 words)

	The Scotsman - Opinion - Leaders - Lifting the Ibrox disaster veil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Scotsman - Opinion - Leaders - Lifting the Ibrox disaster veil
		FEW recent national disasters are etched deeper in the Scottish psyche than the tragedy at Ibrox, in January 1971, when Rangers and Celtic played their traditional New Year fixture.
		In the dying seconds of the match, Rangers scored an equaliser.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /leaders.cfm?id=8392002 (358 words)

	The world's top ibrox disaster websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Ibrox disaster occurred on January 2, 1971 at Ibrox Stadium (then known as Ibrox Park) at the end of a Rangers-Celtic game.
		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.
	dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/ibrox_disaster (212 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 2 \| 1971: Disaster at Ibrox
		But a public inquiry discounted this theory and said the deaths were the result of the crush of fans pouring down stairway 13.
		The disaster remains the worst in the history of Scottish football.
		I was 18 in 1971 and for the past almost 30 years have met people that were at the game but have never met or talked to any of the 145 others who were injured.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/witness/january/2/newsid_3368000/3368963.stm (1363 words)

	Untitled Document
		The piece is inaccurate regarding the Ibrox Disasters.
		The author states "the second Ibrox disaster in 1971 was a wake-up
		The 1961 disaster had wooden railings and real ash steps with wooden board strappings; the 1971 disaster had metal barriers and stone steps.
	www.scotsmagazine.com /letterContent.asp (1518 words)

	ibrox disaster
		Nor, for that matter, was he responsible for Craig Dargo's strike at Ibrox on Saturday which earned Caley Thistle a1-1draw.
		Ian Black was 'man of the match' last week at Ibrox but Craig Dargo got all the ICT headlines with his first ever goal for the club.
		Andrews also backed the misfiring Ibrox strikers to recapture their scoring prowess, an ability which has deserted them in recent weeks.
	www.armchairfans.co.uk /news/ibrox-disaster.html (333 words)

	Ibrox Disaster of 1971, Glasgow Rangers Football Club
		This site is dedicated to those who died and to the relatives and friends who lost loved ones.
		Further information on the Ibrox Disaster is available here.
		Information on how to join the Rangers mailing list is available here.
	uk.geocities.com /ibrox_disaster (91 words)

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