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:

    “When wine is spilled with accident, death and disaster hasten.”
    —Joseph O’Donnell. Clifford Sanforth. Ah Ling, Murder by Television, after he accidentally spills wine on Mrs. Houghland (1935)