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Burden Park, Bolton, 1946

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JustJohn

JustJohn Report 12 Mar 2014 09:00

It is now called Reebok Stadium, presumably after a gazelle that used to roam wild over that part of Bolton :-) ;-)

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Cynthia

Cynthia Report 12 Mar 2014 08:45

Thank you Elizabeth. I had heard of Burnden Park but didn't realise about the tragedy. So very sad for those families whose young men went out to watch a football match and never returned home.

The new Bolton Wanderers football stadium is part of a shopping complex now and very splendid indeed.

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JustJohn

JustJohn Report 12 Mar 2014 07:00

Hillborough is so famous. Yet I had never heard of this Burnden Park disaster - and I do like my football. Do remember a fire at Bradford and a crush at Rangers (v Celtic).

Thanks for this, Elizabeth. Wonder how many of these young men had just survived action in WW2. And presumably the ROBEYs and the BATTERSBYs were from same family.

Burnden Park had a capacity of 70,000, and believe it has been site of an Asda since 1997.

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AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 11 Mar 2014 22:16

and all so young - how awful

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Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 11 Mar 2014 20:31


This is the list of the people who went to the football match and died.



WILFRED ADDISON Moss Side, Manchester.
WILFRED ALLISON (19), Leigh.

FRED BATTERSBY (31), Atherton.
JAMES BATTERSBY (33), Atherton.
ROBERT BENTHAM (33), Atherton.
HENRY BIMSON (59), Leigh.
HENRY RATCLIFFE BIRTWISTLE (14), Blackburn.
JOHN T BLACKSHAW, Rochdale.
W BRAIDWOOD (40), Hindley.


FRED CAMPBELL (33), Bolton.


FRED PRICE DEARDEN (67), Bolton.


WILLIAM EVANS (33), Leigh.


WINSTON FINCH, Hazel Grove, Stockport.
JOHN FLINDERS (32), Littleborough.


ALBERT EDWARD HANRAHAN, Winton, Eccles.
EMILY HOSKINSON (40), Bolton.
WILLIAM HUGHES (56), Poolstock, Wigan.


FRANK JUBB, Rochdale.


JOHN LIVESEY (37), Bamber Bridge, Preston.
JOHN THOMAS LUCAS (35), Leigh.


HAROLD MCANDREW, Wigan.
WILLIAM MCKENZIE, Bury.
MORGAN MOONEY (32), Bolton.


HARRY NEEDHAM (30), Bolton.


DAVID PEARSON, Rochdale.
JOSEPH PLATT (43), Bolton.
SIDNEY POTTER (36), Tyldesley.


GRENVILLE ROBERTS, Ashton-in-Makerfield.
RICHARD ROBEY (35), Barnoldswick.
THOMAS ROBEY (65), Billinge, Wigan.


T SMITH (65), Rochdale.


WALTER WILMOT (31), Bolton.
JAMES WILSON, Higher Openshaw, Manchester


This post is dedicated to their families and friends.


Sincere wishes
Elizabeth,
xx

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 11 Mar 2014 20:24

Dear All

Hello


On 9 March 1946, an FA Cup quarter final was played between Bolton
and Stoke City.


At the Burden Park Football stadium, the home of Bolton Wanderers, there was a huge crush which resulted 33 people dead and hundreds of Bolton fans injured.


The harrowing details of how this happened has astonishing similarities
with Hillsborough in 1989.


The disaster brought about the Moelwyn Hughes report, with recommendations
for more rigorous control of crowd sizes.


On 24 August 1946 England and Scotland drew 2–2 in an additional fixture in
aid of a fund set up.

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This disaster has been largely forgotten.

However, when Bolton Wanderers moved to a new ground, a memorial plaque was placed at the site of the tragedy in 2000.


Take gentle care
Sincere wishes
Elizabeth,
xx