Burnden Park Disaster

Date: March 9, 1946 • Location: Bolton, United Kingdom

Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England.

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.