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Retaining wall collapse during the replayed Wednesday v Wolves  Cup-tie at Owlerton, Sheffield Wednesday 1 Wolves 0

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Retaining wall collapse during the replayed Wednesday v Wolves Cup-tie at Owlerton, Sheffield Wednesday 1 Wolves 0
Sheffield_Hillsborough
04/02/1914
1900-1919
John Higginbotham

Scene of the terrible catastrophe which happened at Owlerton during the replayed Cup Tie (2nd round) between Wednesday and Wolverhampton Wanderers on February 4th 1914, when a retaining wall at the Penistone Road end collapsed injuring more or less severely 75 people. The game was stopped while the injured were removed but was resumed afterwards.

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