09.03.2016 17:33 h

Bolton mark 70th anniversary of Burnden Park disaster

Bolton Wanderers manager Neil Lennon and current players were among the mourners as the English club held a memorial service to mark the 70th anniversary of the Burnden Park disaster on Wednesday.

The tragedy saw 33 supporters killed and another 400 injured when north-west club Bolton hosted Stoke in the second leg of an FA Cup quarter-final tie on March 9, 1946.

Some of those who died were crushed against steel barriers while others were trampled as play continued after the victims had been taken out of the ground.

The names of those who died were read out during the service from a new memorial book which will be placed in the reception area at the Macron Stadium.

Bolton moved from Burnden Park to the Macron in 1997 and, until the Ibrox disaster, which killed 66 Rangers fans in Glasgow in 1971, it remained the worst loss of life at a British football ground.

Subsequently, the 1989 Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, in which 96 people died, established a British record death toll for a stadium-related tragedy.

Bolton, who are currently bottom of the Championship table, wore a special third kit to mark the anniversary in Tuesday's 2-2 draw with Ipswich.