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Remembering the Burnden Park Disaster and the 33 killed in 'football's forgotten tragedy'

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It is the darkest day in the history of Bolton Wanderers and at the time, was the greatest tragedy in British football history.

On March 9 1946, 33 people went to a football match and never came home. Hundreds more were injured and thousands who were there will never have forgotten what they witnessed and experienced.

Yet, the Burnden Park Disaster is one that is rarely talked about outside of Bolton and has become known by some as 'football's forgotten tragedy'.

It was the second leg of the FA Cup quarter final and Bolton Wanderers were playing Stoke City, having gone 2-0 up in the first leg.

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