3:11pm UK, Sunday January 02, 2011
A minute's silence has been held at Scotland's Old Firm clash to mark the 40th anniversary of the Ibrox football disaster.
Sixty-six people died during a crush on a stairwell of the Rangers Football Club stadium following a Rangers v Celtic derby.
More than 200 fans were also injured.
The silence was held exactly 40 years to the day since the tragedy.
Both teams donned black armbands for the match.
The teams were led out by John Greig, Rangers captain in the 1971 derby, and former Celtic captain Billy McNeill.
Rangers were also showing their respects to former player Avi Cohen, who died recently.
Celtic won the match 2-0 with two second-half goals from Georgios Samaras.
Barriers buckled as fans were crushed at the Ibrox stadium in Glasgow
Rangers have also unveiled a new memorial to the disaster and will hold a remembrance ceremony on Monday, which will be attended by survivors and relatives of the dead.
The tragedy happened after Rangers' centre-forward Colin Stein scored an equalising goal in the 89th minute.
It was thought that the crush was caused by fans who had left the match early rushing back into the stadium.
But the official accident report found all the victims had been leaving the venue and died from asphyxiation.
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