Football History

Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here; Part Five here; Part Six here; Part Seven here;  Part Eight here; Part Nine here; Part Ten here, and part ...

Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here; Part Five here; Part Six here; Part Seven here; Part Eight here and Part Nine here.). On 11th May 1985, ...

Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here; Part Five here; Part Six here; Part Seven here; and Part Eight here.). Within less than three weeks of each ...

Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here; Part Five here; Part Six here and Part Seven here). Less than one month after a crush at the Luzhniki ...

Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here; Part Five here; and Part Six here). 1982 was a bad year for Stadium disasters. Within the period of less ...

Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here; and Part Five here). Gate 7, Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens The Karaiskakis Stadium, which was the venue for the inaugural Olympic ...

Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here.) The Ibrox Stadium Disaster 1971 They saw that lightening never strikes twice. Unfortunately, the Ibrox ground, home of Glasgow Rangers, ...

Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; and Part Three here). Puerta 12, Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires The rivalry between River Plate and Boca Juniors, known as the Superclasico, is arguably the fiercest ...

Continuing the series that looks at those – thankfully rare -occasions when fans went to a match, but never returned home afterwards. (For Part One please click here; and Part Two here). Kayseri Atatürk Stadium Disaster The cities of Kayseri and Sivas in central Turkey had always enjoyed a friendly rivalry, both competing for regional supremacy in the area of ...

Continuing the series which looks at those, thankfully, rare times when football fans went to a match but never came home again. (For Part One click here). Estadio Nacional Disaster, 1964 The worst footballing disaster of all time occurred in Lima, Peru, in May 1964, and was a qualifier for the Summer Olympics due to be held in Tokyo later ...