A minute’s silence was observed in memory of the football fans who died in the Ibrox disaster more than 50 years ago.
66 Rangers fans were killed and over 200 injured in a clash at an Old Firm football match on 2 January 1971.
To mark the 53rd anniversary of the disaster and to remember those who lost their lives, a memorial service and two minutes’ silence was held at the John Greig Memorial Statue at 1.
30pm on Tuesday (2 January).
Read more: Ibrox disaster 50 years later: Stairwell 13 may be gone but the memory remains For his fans, manager Philippe Clement, of the Rangers family Members and officials from the Light Blues ground attended.
A wreath was placed at the memorial with a special message: ‘Always Remember’.
A minute’s silence was also observed before the game against Kilmarnock at Glasgow Stadium at 3pm.
Rangers Football Club shared a video of whistle players playing at the stadium and said: Forever in our hearts” 💙 We will never forget those who followed the Rangers and never made it home.
forever in our hearts.
#AlwaysRemembered pic.twitter.com/XExsEUbqmk — Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) January 2, 2024 The club also said: “On Tuesday, January 2 at Ibrox 53rd Anniversary of the Disaster” In 1971, it lost 66 supporters and affected many more.
“This day of remembrance of those who tragically lost their lives in this and previous events at Ibrox remains an important part of the club’s history.
” At the time, the Ibrox incident It was the worst disaster in British football history.
More than 80,000 fans attended the Rangers v Celtic match that day, and thousands of them were leaving the stadium on Step 13 when tragedy struck.
There was a large gathering and 66 people died, most of them from choking, or shortness of breath.
Herald: Photos of the Ibrox disaster in 1971 Photos of the Ibrox disaster in 1971 Among the victims were children, including five classmates from Fife.
The youngest person to die was nine-year-old Nigel Patrick, who was picked up from Liverpool.
This was not the first incident to occur in the stairwell, which is closest to Copeland Road Tube station.
There on September 16, 1961 he was killed in a collision in which two people were injured, in 1967 he was injured eight people and in 1969 he was injured 26 people.
Read more: Fans not returning from Old Firm match after Stairway 13 tragedy Meanwhile, the first Ibrox disaster occurred on April 5, 1902, during a friendly between Scotland and England.
It occurred on.
The wooden bleachers at 25 West Tribune collapsed, causing hundreds of people to fall approximately 40 feet (12 meters) to the concrete floor below, killing more than 500 people and injuring more than 500 others.
At the time, the Herald described the scene as one of “inevitable horror and confusion” and said that “the applause of the audience was grotesquely interrupted by the groans of the wounded and dying.
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