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Deaths and Injuries in Major Accidents at British Football Stadia


Year Stadium Cause Deaths Injuries
1888 Valley Parade, Bradford Railings collapse 1 3
1896 Blackburn Stand collapse   5
1902 Ibrox Park, Glasgow Terrace collapse 26 550
1907 Brentford Fence collapse    
1907 Leicester Barrier collapse    
1914 Hillsborough, Sheffield Wall collapse   80
1923 Charlton Railings collapse   25+
1923 Wembley Crushing   1000+
1924 Burnley Crushing   1 ?
1926 Maine Road , Manchester Barrier collapse    
1932 Huddersfield Crushing   100+
1937 Watford Barrier collapse    
1937 Huddersfield Barrier collapse   4 *
1938 Fulham Barriers collapse    
1939 Rochdale Athletic Ground # Roof collapse 1 17
1946 Bolton Crushing 33 400
1957 Shawfield, Glasgow Barrier collapse 1 50
1961 Ibrox Park, Glasgow Crush on staircase 2 50
1961 Huddersfield NK 1    
1962 Oldham Barriers collapse   15 *
1963 Arsenal Crushing   100+
1964 Port Vale Fall/Crushing   1 2 *
1964 Sunderland Crushing   80+
1966 Anfield, Liverpool Crushing   200
1967 Leeds Crushing   32 *
1967 Ibrox Park, Glasgow Crush on staircase   8
1968 Dunfermline Barriers collapse 1 49
1971 Ibrox Park, Glasgow Crushing 66 145
1971 Carlisle Barrier collapse   5
1971 Oxford Wall collapse   25
1971 Stoke Crushing   46
1972 Arsenal Crushing   42
1972 Wolverhampton Barrier collapse   80
1975 Lincoln Wall collapse   5
1978 Leyton Orient Barrier/wall collapse   30
1980 Middlesbrough Gate pillar collapsed   2 ?
1981 Hillsborough, Sheffield Crushing   38
1984 Walsall Wall collapsed   20
1985 St Andrews, Birmingham Wall collapse 1 20
1985 Valley Parade, Bradford Fire 56 Hundreds
1987 Easter Road, Edinburgh Crushing   150
1989 Hillsborough, Sheffield Crushing 96 400+
1989 Middlesbrough Crushing   19
1993 Cardiff Arms Park Distress rocket 1 0

# Rugby League match

* Number taken to hospital

 

Sources

- Simon Inglis, author of The Football Grounds of Britain. Harper Collins (1996)

- Football Stadia Advisory Design Council (1991). Football Stadia Bibliography 1980-1990. The Sports Council.


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