1998/05/01 by Norman R. Baker · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Sport and Mega-Event Impacts #Fell #Football #History #Geography #Archaeology #Cartography
paper · doi:10.1080/17460269809444773
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On 9 March 1946 Bolton Wanderers were hosting Stoke City in the second-leg of a Football Association Cup Sixth Round tie. Shortly before the 3.00pm kick-off, a section of the densely packed crowd on the terraces in the north west corner of Burnden Park swayed uncontrollably, two crush barriers collapsed and many spectators fell forward on top of those in front of them. Under the pile of humanity, thirty three people asphyxiated and around them hundreds of others were injured.