Disasters - Pre-1980
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April, 1902, Glasgow, Scotland 25 killed and 516 injured when the West Stand at Ibrox Stadium collapsed during a Scotland versus England international match. Websites |
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March, 1946, Bolton, England 33 killed and 400 injured when a wall collapsed at Burden Park before an FA Cup tie between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City. Websites |
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March, 1955, Santiago, Chile 6 killed when 70,000 tried to jam into the National Stadium for the final of the South American Championship in which Argentina beat Chile 1-0. Websites |
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September, 1962, Libreville, Gabon 9 killed and 30 injured when a landslide engulfed part of the stadium during an international between Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville. Websites |
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May, 1964, Lima, Peru 318 killed and 500 injured at the National Stadium after Argentina beat Peru in an Olympic qualifying match. Trouble broke out when the referee disallowed a Peruvian goal in the final two minutes. Website |
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June, 1968, Buenos Aires, Argentina 74 killed and 150 injured after a league game between River Plate and Boca Juniors. People trying to leave were crushed against locked exits and burning papers were thrown down by celebrating fans in an upper tier. Websites |
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January, 1971, Glasgow, Scotland 66 killed and 145 injured when fans tried to turn back on a staircase at Ibrox Stadium after a late Rangers equaliser in the derby against Celtic. Websites |
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March, 1971, Salvador, Brazil 4 killed and 1500 injured in panic caused by a fight and a stampede in grandstand. Website |
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February, 1974, Cairo, Egypt 49 killed and 50 injured as crowds attempting to enter the Zamalek Stadium for a top club game broke down the barriers and a wall collapsed. Website |
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October, 1976, Yaounde, Cameroon 2 killed in fighting after a penalty was awarded to Cameroon in a World Cup qualifying tie against Congo and the Congolese keeper tried to attack the Gambian referee. Website |
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December, 1976, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 6 killed, including 2 children, at a World Cup qualifier between Haiti and Cuba. When Cuba scored, a Haitian fan set off a firecracker. Fans feared gunfire and panicked, knocking down a soldier whose gun went off and killed a small boy and girl. Further panic caused 2 people to be trampled to death, and one man died jumping over a wall. The soldier committed suicide. Website Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football |
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May, 1978, Ghana, Africa 15 killed and 35 injured when a wall collapsed. Website |
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August, 1979, Nigeria, Africa 24 killed and 27 injured in a stampede following floodlight failure. Website |
