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History of Football disasters
from the Hillsborough Justice Campaign
The following record of Football related Disasters is a chilling reminder of the price ordinary supporters have paid to watch a game of football. After each disaster we are told "It will never happen again" but history shows us that this is never the reality.
| YEAR | PLACE | DEAD | INJURED | CIRCUMSTANCES |
| 1902 | Ibrox, Glasgow | 26 | 500 | Stand collapsed. |
| 1914 | Hillsborough, Sheffield | - | 75 | Wall collapsed. |
| 1946 | Bolton | 33 | 400 | Wall collapsed. |
| 1961 | Santiago, Chile | 5 | 35 | ? |
| 1961 | Ibrox | 3 | 35 | Stand collapsed. |
| 1964 | Lima, Peru | 318 | 500 | Police fired - panic. |
| 1968 | Argentina | 74 | 150 | Stadium fire. |
| 1968 | Tripoli | 30 | 120 | Police fired - panic. |
| 1971 | Ibrox | 69 | 100S | tairway crush. |
| 1972 | Wolverhampton | - | 80 | Barrier collapsed. |
| 1974 | Turkey | 44 | 600 | Platform collapsed. |
| 1975 | Moscow | 20 | ? | Light failed - panic. |
| 1976 | Haiti | 6 | ? | Police fired - panic. |
| 1978 | Orient, London | - | 30 | Barrier collapsed. |
| 1979 | Cairo | 48 | - | Wall collapsed. |
| 1979 | Indonesia | 12 | ? | Panic and crush. |
| 1981 | Middlesborough | 2 | - | Pillar collapsed. |
| 1981 | Columbia | 17 | 15 | Stand collapsed. |
| 1981 | Greece | 21 | 54 | Stairway collapsed. |
| 1982 | Columbia | 24 | 50 | Crowd crush |
| 1982 | Algiers | 8 | 600 | Stand collapsed. |
| 1982 | Moscow | 69 | ? | Barrier broke. |
| 1982 | Brazil | 3 | 25 | Police fired - panic. |
| 1985 | Birmingham | 1 | 20 | Wall collapsed. |
| 1985 | Mexico | 10 | 74 | Crowd crush. |
| 1985 | Heysel, Belgium | 39 | 240 | Wall collapsed. |
| 1985 | Holland | 50 | ? | ? |
| 1985 | Bradford | 56 | 200 | Stand fire. |
| 1988 | Katmandu | 71 | 200 | Locked gate - crush. |
| 1989 | Hillsborough | 96 | 400 | Crowd crush. |
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