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Chamber and committees

Ibrox Disaster

  • Submitted by: Fulton MacGregor, Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
  • Motion reference: S5M-23818

That the Parliament notes that 2 January 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the Ibrox disaster, which killed 66 people and injured over 200 following an Old Firm game; notes that this was one of the worst football disasters ever in Scotland and the UK; acknowledges that all who died were under 50, including Ian Scott Hunter from Newmains in Lanarkshire, who was only 14; remembers all who died and stands in solidarity with the family of Ian and all the families who lost loved ones on that fateful day; pays tribute to the solidarity demonstrated across society and the football world, including by both Rangers and Celtic; notes that the teams competed again at the stadium exactly 50 years later and laid wreathes to commemorate those who died; feels strongly that such events put football as a game into sharp perspective, and believes that spectator sport should always be safe and never again should someone leave their home to watch their team and not return. 


Supported by: Clare Adamson, Alasdair Allan, Jeremy Balfour, Keith Brown, Jackson Carlaw, Willie Coffey, Bob Doris, James Dornan, Annabelle Ewing, Neil Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Kenneth Gibson, James Kelly, Bill Kidd, Johann Lamont, Monica Lennon, Richard Lyle, Rona Mackay, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Joan McAlpine, Stuart McMillan, Alex Neil, Gil Paterson, Colin Smyth, Adam Tomkins, David Torrance, Sandra White