Burnden Park disaster 1946

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  1. cam

    cambstyke Well-Known Member

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    Juve v Liverpool Heysel. Many killed and the game still played. :frown:

    I also had never heard of the Burnden Park disaster
     
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    cambstyke Well-Known Member

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    Yes, forgot about that, Ian.

    But I wonder how many people have actually even heard about the Burnden Park disaster?
     
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    It's incredible how something like that goes under the radar considering the exposure the Hillsborough disaster gets.

    Slightly off topic, but I was in New York last week and visited the memorial of the 9/11 disaster. What I never knew was that there was a terrorist attack on one of the twin towers back in 1993 when 6 people were killed. Ironically the day I visited coincided with the 23rd anniversary of this particular incident. However I have never heard or read anything about this disaster prior to seeing a sign at the site which commemorated it.

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    I knew about the terrorist attack on the twin towers, it was a bomb in a truck which exploded outside the buildings.

    Never heard of the Burnden Park disaster though.

    Anyone remember Ibrox?
     
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    Archey I seem to remember some sort of attack on the towers. Think it was a car bomb in the basement garage. Obviously not big enough to have caused too much damage. Although with 6 people being killed you'd think it would be remembered.
     
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    I remember the 93 attack. I remember thinking how unusual as the US hadn't experienced much on shore terrorism before. Never heard of the Burnden Park disaster.
     
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    Glasgow Rangers also had a disaster at Ibrox in 1971.Over 60 people died.
     
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    66 to be precise. Wasn't the first Ibrox disaster. They had another about 1902 after a riot in an Old Firm Derby.
     
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    The FBI were in on it (ie knew in advance) and actually provided the explosives for the bombs I do believe. All proven in documented tape recordings at the time.
     
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    It was an England v Scotland match.... Part of the wooden terracing collapsed.
     
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    Which game?

    The Burden Park one was a game between Bolton and Stoke according to BBC.
     
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    Turvey is correct
    Game was a Scotland England clash at ibrox where a wooden stand collapsed in 1902
     
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    Ah just looked it up and your right Ian ,:cool:

    I was looking at the Burden Park game in 1946. It was the England v Scotland by turvy that threw me ,it's Scotland V England.:rolleyes:
    I'm alright now.:biggrin:
     
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