TWO PEOPLE WERE killed and several others injured as a result of a fan crush at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg.
The 87,000-seater stadium, the biggest in South Africa, was hosting the derby between Soweto rivals Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs, who won 1-0.
Michael Sun, the councillor for public safety in Johannesburg, confirmed the deaths on Twitter and said gates were opened to ensure crowd control. The match was allowed to finish.
“Situation report from FNB Soweto Derby: Stampede reported with multiple injuries, 2 confirmed fatal,” Sun wrote.
“Soweto Derby update 2: All gates opened to ensure crowd control, game set to continue, ambulance capacity increased. Situation under control.”
Jacques Grobbelaar, CEO of Stadium Management South Africa, told reporters: “We wish to express our condolences to the families of all those affected by the incident.
“This is extremely unfortunate as solid security plans were in place to ensure that this is a risk-free event. At kick-off, there was no reason to believe that the game needed to be delayed, given that the stadium was half full.”
The stadium was rebuilt for the 2010 World Cup and hosted the final, where Spain beat the Netherlands.
Ah Lentini, if it wasn’t for that crash! Ah those were the days channel 4 and the hour long highlights on network 2 on a Monday!
Serie A had some serious talent back in the day
£13 for Ronald in 1996 what a bargain.
Comes in 3′s. Andy Carroll, Sterling……
Massimo Taibi, would be worth 25 mil now, Poulson maybe the same……..
Would hardly call 6.9 million a “miniscule” fee. That would have been massive in the 80s.
Should c.ronaldo not be on this list?
It’s last 10 teams, real are already on it
Yeah I thought that at first too but then read the article again although a list of the 10 most expensive signings might be a bit more relevant. If the list was done that way then Ronaldo, Zidane and (I think) Figo would also be there.
The world record fee wasn’t broken once between 2000
& 2013?? That can’t be right. Sure Veron cost United £40m in 2004. And you missed the obvious one – £80m that Real paid Utd for C Ronaldo in 2009.
Thought we dealt in €