HenryC
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Will this be the highest in the clubs history? Anyone know?
Will this be the highest in the clubs history? Anyone know?
Although back in those days wasn't it easier to get in without a ticket? In which case the recorded figure is actually lower than real attendance. And today they report a figure higher than the actual attendance, so you work out the rest.
I Googled and came up with a Palace BBS thread that compared both clubs attendances since 1975. According to the graph Albion's average attendance in our late 70s heyday was spot on 25,000.
The graph was notable for showing Palace attendance slumping from 30K in 1980 to 10K just 2 years later. They stayed in that 7K - 10K trough until the arrival of Wright and Bright.
I Googled and came up with a Palace BBS thread that compared both clubs attendances since 1975. According to the graph Albion's average attendance in our late 70s heyday was spot on 25,000.
The graph was notable for showing Palace attendance slumping from 30K in 1980 to 10K just 2 years later. They stayed in that 7K - 10K trough until the arrival of Wright and Bright.
Just looked it up in Carder and Harris. Prior to the Amex our best seasons for average attendances (over 20,000) were:
77/78 - 25,264
79/80 - 24,795
58/59 - 22,460
78/79 - 22,074
76/77 - 20,183
So only five season in our history have we had average crowds of over 20,000, and all late 70s except for 1958/59. Interestingly the average for 80/81 (when the novelty of being a struggling top division team had long worn off) was 18,969 and it was then downhill all the way.
EDIT: Should point out that this is HOME LEAGUE attendances only.
Just looked it up in Carder and Harris. Prior to the Amex our best seasons for average attendances (over 20,000) were:
77/78 - 25,264
79/80 - 24,795
58/59 - 22,460
78/79 - 22,074
76/77 - 20,183
So only five season in our history have we had average crowds of over 20,000, and all late 70s except for 1958/59. Interestingly the average for 80/81 (when the novelty of being a struggling top division team had long worn off) was 18,969 and it was then downhill all the way.
EDIT: Should point out that this is HOME LEAGUE attendances only.
I believe our attendances were higher in the late 70's when we were in the Second Division ( Championship now ) than our 4 seasons that followed in the top flight.
You've missed out 2011/12 - 20,028
Although the attendance was pegged back to 28k capacity when we were promoted to Div 1.
Although back in those days wasn't it easier to get in without a ticket? In which case the recorded figure is actually lower than real attendance. And today they report a figure higher than the actual attendance, so you work out the rest.
True, but we didn't need it. Our average attendances in the top flight:
79/80 - 24,795
80/81 - 18,969
81/82 - 18,247
82/83 - 14,676
How was it it easy to get in without [a ticket] or paying? I always found a grotty little wooden door you had to pass through, pay over your wedge, then push through a rusty turnstyle, can't think of any way to get in otherwise.