Season 1901/1902

Scotland - England - 15/04/1902

Source : Telegraph.co.uk

More than 600 people were killed or injured in the first Ibrox Disaster in 1902 when Scotland played England

On April 5 1902, 25 people died and nearly 600 were injured during a Home International match between Scotland and England as a result of structural deficiencies in the newly-built West Tribune Stand (now the Broomloan Stand, where Celtic fans are seated at Old Firm games).
Work on Hampden Park, which would become the national stadium, was not completed until 1903. Meanwhile, the annual fixture against the Auld Enemy had become hugely popular and, consequently, extremely lucrative for the club which hosted it.
Rangers had last been awarded that honour in 1892 but improvements at Celtic Park saw England visit Glasgow’s east end in 1894, 1896, 1898 and 1900.
That prompted the Rangers directors to authorise renovations to their own ground at a cost of £20,000, which represented a major investment at the time.
Their ambition was rewarded when the Scottish Football Association decided that England would return to Ibrox in 1902.