Burnden Park disaster
The Burnden Park disaster was a crowd crush that occurred on 9 March 1946 at Burnden Park football stadium, then the home of Bolton Wanderers. The crush resulted in the deaths of 33 people and injuries to hundreds of Bolton fans. It was the deadliest stadium-related disaster in British history until the Ibrox Park disaster in 1971.
| Date | 9 March 1946
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| Location | Bolton, Lancashire, England
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| Cause | Overcrowding of banking terraces causing a stampede
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| Deaths | 33
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| Non-fatal injuries | ca. 400
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