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Thread: Burnden Park Disaster

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    Burnden Park Disaster

    Perhaps it's common knowledge but I don't recall ever hearing about this disaster 70 years ago when things were obviously very different than today. - view external link

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    re: Burnden Park Disaster

    Have to admit I'd not heard of this before.
    Was it Burnden park where a building next to the stadium caught fire and the match played on? Mid 80s?

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    re: Burnden Park Disaster

    It was in 1946, a crowd crush incident similar to Ibrox and Hillsborough.

    So maybe not too different than today where South Yorks Police now make crushes of their own by holding back fans in a confined space.

    The incident on Millmoor Lane v Swansea wasn't too dissimilar only on a matter of scale and daft use of police horses by......yes South Yorkshires finest.

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    re: Burnden Park Disaster

    Aye. Caused the death of a Swansea fan!

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