Today is the 50th Anniversary of the 1971 Ibrox Disaster in Glasgow. Here's the memorial to the 66 people killed in the crush on stairway 13. It also remembers the Ibrox disasters of 1902 (25 people) and 1961 (2 people). The figure is John Grieg, captain in 1971. #RangersFC 
2/4 It was the Rangers v Celtic Old Firm derby. The disaster on Stairway 13 happened as Rangers equalised in the final minutes, the poor safety standards causing a crush and stampede. The ground has largely been rebuilt, but even today Ibrox Stadium has no exit 13.
3/4 My own footballing sympathies are for Celtic rather than for Rangers, but Ibrox Stadium is by far the more impressive of the two grounds, and one of the most impressive in Britain. The 1928 frontage of the main stand by Archibald Leitch, remodelled 1992, is unforgettable.
4/4 When I took these photos in 2015, Rangers were in the lower divisions. As so often happens in Glasgow a passer-by stopped to chat. I asked him the current state of the Old Firm rivalry. 'Oh, we're all Celtic fans now', he said cheerily, though I expect that is no longer true.
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