Burnden Park disaster
1946 crowd crush during a football game in Lancashire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Burnden Park disaster was a crowd crush that occurred on 9 March 1946 at Burnden Park football stadium, then the home of Bolton Wanderers. The crush resulted in the deaths of 33 people and injuries to hundreds of Bolton fans.[1] It was the deadliest stadium-related disaster in British history until the Ibrox Park disaster in 1971.
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Date | 9 March 1946; 78 years ago (1946-03-09) |
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Location | Bolton, Lancashire, England |
Cause | Overcrowding of banking terraces causing a stampede |
Deaths | 33[1] |
Non-fatal injuries | ca. 400[1] |
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The match, an FA Cup Sixth Round second-leg tie between Bolton and Stoke City, was allowed to continue, with the game ending goalless. The disaster brought about the Moelwyn Hughes report, which recommended more rigorous control of crowd sizes.