Ibrox Disaster

On the afternoon of January 2nd 1971 Rangers were hosting Celtic in a thrilling game were it ended 1-1. With Celtic scoring in the 89th minute it looked like they had the match but with just seconds left Colin stein scored a dramatic equalizer.

You can imagine the delight the 80,000 Rangers fans must of been feeling but a horrible disaster was about to unfold. over at the east terrace on staircase 13 a huge wave of people stumbled down the steep stairs falling over each other and causing a huge pile up, crushing steel barriers with the impact but some people did not notice what was going on and continued to surge down.

 

66 people died that day and 140 were injured and remains one of the worst tragedy's at Ibrox to date.

A bronze statue of John Grieg was unveiled on the 30th anniversary on top of a memorial to those who had died and every year since, the club pays its respects by placing a special wreath.

 

 

Rangers & Celtic

The first time these rivals met was on May 28th 1888 at Celtic park were the home team won 5-2. This old firm derby is one of the oldest in the world and these two Glasgow giants are the most successful in Scottish football but that is not the only reason there is strong hatred for one another. The two clubs are largely concentrated in Glasgow and have huge support throughout the world in towns and cities which makes these two clubs successful and popular. The main difference between these clubs and why they have history is because of there religious status, Rangers being Protestant and Celtic being catholic.

In my opinion Scottish football has died for some years now with no real excitement with Rangers getting relegated to division 3. Celtic may have been happy with the decision but to be honest it has killed the top tier of Scottish football with no real competition involved.

Rangers and Celtic have played each other 399 times, Rangers winning 159 and Celtic 144 also 96 draws. 

Rangers have won the league title 54 times, the Scottish cup 33 times and the league cup 27 times.

Celtic have won the league title 45 times, the Scottish cup 36 times and the league cup 14 times.

first 6 weeks of college

The first weeks of college have been quite good and im starting to learn new and different things that i did not see last course. I like the hardware unit as i have never really explored it in much detail before and im looking forward to working through the units. As well as hardware I really want to do more with the photo and video editing and also explore different software that i can use at home. Overall the course so far has been good.