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A MEMORIAL has been erected to two football fans from Barrhead, half a century after they died in the Ibrox disaster. Close pals Hugh Addie, then 30, and Alex McIntyre, then 29, went to cheer on their beloved Rangers at home to Old Firm rivals Celtic on January 2, 1971, but never returned. Fifty years on from that dreadful day, a headstone has now been put in place at Neilston Cemetery for family and friends to visit and pay tribute. The move is part of a project by Rangers fan and historian Iain McColl to restore the graves of all 66 victims of the Ibrox disaster – the worst footballing tragedy in Scottish history. ....
Ibrox Disaster 50 years on: The fans who never came home from the Old Firm match after Stairway 13 tragedy Andy Ewan pictured at home in Dunoon with his match programme for the Rangers v Celtic match at Ibrox IT was supposed to be the start of a new year and new hope as families had just celebrated the bells 24 hours before. Parents, wives and children waved off their loved ones as fans headed to the traditional New Year derby between Rangers and Celtic. But within hours those same families who had said their goodbyes expecting to see their loved ones walk through the door that night, were left with the heartbreaking task of having to identify the bodies of the football fans who never came home. ....