Today, we once again remember the 33 Wanderers’ supporters who went to watch a match and sadly never came home.
Seventy-nine years ago on 9th March, 1946 Wanderers played Stoke City in an FA Cup tie at Burnden Park.
With a crowd estimated at around 85,000 – 15,000 more than capacity – 33 fans lost their lives in a crush which became the Burnden Park Disaster.
Many more suffered life-changing injuries in what, at the time, was the worst tragedy in British football and left a lasting memory on Bolton Wanderers Football Club, the town and its people.
We continue to remember those that lost their lives with their names included in our Book of Remembrance, which is open at the front of the Toughsheet Community Stadium.
As ever, at our Annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving at the end of the season we will also pause to remember those that died in the tragedy and light candles in their memory.
Those that perished will not be forgotten.
Wilfred Addison
Wilfred Allison
Fred Battersby
James Battersby
Robert Bentham
Harry Ratcliffe Birtwistle
Henry Bimson
John Thomas Blackshaw
William Braidwood
Frederick Campbell
Fred Price Dearden
William Evans
Winston Finch
John Flinders
Albert Edward Hanrahan
Emily Hodgkinson
William Hughes
Frank Jubb
John Livesey
John Thomas Lucas
Harold McAndrew
William McKenzie
Morgan Mooney
Harry Unsworth Needham
David Pearson
Joseph Platt
Sidney Potter
Granville Roberts
Richard Roby
Thomas Roby
Thomas Smith
Walter Wilmott
James Wilson