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Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox area of Glasgow, Scotland. The home of Scottish Premiership team Rangers , Ibrox is the third-largest football stadium in Scotland , with an all-seated capacity of 51,700.
The 1902 Ibrox disaster was the collapse of a stand at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Govan (now part of Glasgow), Scotland.The collapse caused the deaths of 25 supporters, and injuries to 500 more during an international association football match between Scotland and England on 5 April 1902 as part of the 1901–02 British Home Championship.
The three largest football stadiums in the country are located in Scotland's largest city Glasgow – Celtic Park, Hampden Park (the football ground of the national football team) and Ibrox Stadium. Other notable large football stadiums include Rugby Park in Kilmarnock, Almondvale Stadium in Livingston, and Pittodrie Stadium in Aberdeen.
The 1971 Ibrox disaster, also known as the Second Ibrox Disaster, was a crush among the crowd at an Old Firm football game (Rangers v Celtic), which led to 66 deaths and more than 200 injuries. It happened on 2 January 1971 in an exit stairway at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow , Scotland.
The Ibrox disaster refers to two accidents, both at football games held at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland: The 1902 Ibrox disaster was a partial stadium collapse that caused 25 deaths and 517 injuries; The 1971 Ibrox disaster was a crowd crush in a stairway, causing 66 deaths and over 200 injuries, at an Old Firm match
Fans of Rangers FC gathered en masse outside Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, after the team secured the Scottish Premiership title on on March 7.A draw between Celtic FC and Dundee United on ...
Ibrox (/ ˈ aɪ b r ɒ k s /) is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland.It is situated south of the River Clyde and is part of the former burgh of Govan. [1] The origin of the name Ibrox is unclear: it may either derive from the Cumbric / Northern Brittonic broch (see Proto-Brythonic brox) or, possibly, the Gaelic àth bruic, meaning "badger ford", but this is unconfirmed.
It was the first major modernisation of a football stadium in Scotland for decades. Partick Thistle rebuilt two stands at Firhill Stadium and hosted two other clubs who had been made homeless. Almondvale Stadium was built to provide 10,000 seats as required at the time, however attendances rarely exceed half of that total.