Remembering The Ibrox Disaster, 2 January 1971 by DidsburyCelt who was at the game.
At the start of that season I was working in a large tax office in south Manchester with many young football fanatics. My manager was keen to start an office football team. Sunday football was very po
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I was 17 and at the game and had no idea that it had happened
No such thing, as social media (as you say Niall) to update anyone
I normally caught the train straight home to get ready to go out on a Saturday night, but decided to stop off and pay a visit to my granny, as she lived close by the train station
As I was having my tea, a newsflash came on, saying disaster at a British football ground today...and I thought "That looks like Ibrox"
When it showed what happened, I bolted out the door (they hadn't said which end it had happened at)
I ran home like the Flash, and when I got there, my mates had showed up and asked if I'd made it home, as they had seen it on the news and knew I was at the game
My mother was in a right state, she collapsed, as I flew in the house
A terrible tragedy which took so many lives
HH