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1971 Ibrox disaster

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1971 Ibrox Disaster

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The Ibrox Disaster : Always In Our Hearts

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Football Disasters [IgeoNews]

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Ibrox Disaster: Remembering one of Scottish football's darkest days

The 1971 Ibrox disaster was a crush among the crowd at an Old Firm football game, which led to 66 deaths and more than 200 injuries. It happened on 2 January 1971 in an exit stairway at Ibrox Park in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the worst British football disaster until the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, England, in 1989.
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