Otis
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Burnden Park: 'Forgotten' football disaster recalled - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-35697169
Just reading about this terrible tragedy.
First time I had heard about it.
1946. FA Cup match between Bolton and Stoke. The ground held 65,000, but 85,000 turned up and 33 people were crushed to death.
Says the extra fans were probably due to it being just after the war, games having been suspended during it. Also seems that many wanted to see the great Stanley Matthews in action.
Anyway, 33 people were crushed to death and many of the dead bodies were laid out behind the goals and the game continued with the dead bodies just lying there. Reasoning being, they thought abandoning the match might have caused even bigger problems.
Unbelievable turn of events and very tragic.
Just reading about this terrible tragedy.
First time I had heard about it.1946. FA Cup match between Bolton and Stoke. The ground held 65,000, but 85,000 turned up and 33 people were crushed to death.
Says the extra fans were probably due to it being just after the war, games having been suspended during it. Also seems that many wanted to see the great Stanley Matthews in action.
Anyway, 33 people were crushed to death and many of the dead bodies were laid out behind the goals and the game continued with the dead bodies just lying there. Reasoning being, they thought abandoning the match might have caused even bigger problems.
Unbelievable turn of events and very tragic.
