30,000 home attendances

[clungemeister]

4 of those was the spurs 78 an evening game..??...got a bit rowdy down old shoreham rd that night .....!!

 

[Mr Putdown]

For me, the match that ticked all the boxes was the Palace game of 1976. It had everything - huge partisan crowd, intense rivalry, unbelievable atmosphere, and, the right result 2-0. I lived on that for weeks.

Other than your observation about the "right result" I agree totally. The atmosphere at that game was fantastic, I doubt younger fans - of either club - will ever experience that level of passion at a game, it was brilliant.

Unlike the result, which made life pretty shit for several weeks.

 

[el punal]

Other than your observation about the "right result" I agree totally. The atmosphere at that game was fantastic, I doubt younger fans - of either club - will ever experience that level of passion at a game, it was brilliant.

Unlike the result, which made life pretty shit for several weeks.

You got your revenge, quite recently I believe.

 

[Mr Putdown]

You got your revenge, quite recently I believe.

We may well have, but if I'm honest, the atmosphere on that night, whilst pretty special, didn't come close to the atmosphere at that 76 game.

 

[Shuggie]

4 of those was the spurs 78 an evening game..??...got a bit rowdy down old shoreham rd that night .....!!

The Spurs game was definitely played in daylight. I walked in the back of the North Stand, got clonked on the head and carried off to St Johns behind East Terrace. Remember it well. I've got a feeling it was Good Friday?

As for there being more people in the ground than reported: many of the turnstile operators were on the fiddle and pocketed a few quid every week and that was before the higher ups took a cut. I am absolutely certain that every attendance was under-reported.

I was working in the SE corner the day of the West Ham game. About 15 mins before kick off the crush outside was pretty bad and the police weren't in control. Large numbers of WHU fans saw their opportunity and just started jumping the turnstile. A few of them slapped down a few bob as a token contribution but most didn't pay. The guy who supervised the turnstiles (Charlie?) sacked me for letting them in free of charge ... git!

 

[clungemeister]

The Spurs game was definitely played in daylight. I walked in the back of the North Stand, got clonked on the head and carried off to St Johns behind East Terrace. Remember it well. I've got a feeling it was Good Friday?

As for there being more people in the ground than reported: many of the turnstile operators were on the fiddle and pocketed a few quid every week and that was before the higher ups took a cut. I am absolutely certain that every attendance was under-reported.

I was working in the SE corner the day of the West Ham game. About 15 mins before kick off the crush outside was pretty bad and the police weren't in control. Large numbers of WHU fans saw their opportunity and just started jumping the turnstile. A few of them slapped down a few bob as a token contribution but most didn't pay. The guy who supervised the turnstiles (Charlie?) sacked me for letting them in free of charge ... git!

the spurs game i'm remembering was definitely mid-week ....maybe 81-82 ....we won 4-2 i think...lively outside...!! i wasn't at the west ham game when the old boy got crushed at the front of the north stand and died......i was about 14 , my old man took me to the races with him to make sure i didn't go...!!

 

[Shuggie]

the spurs game i'm remembering was definitely mid-week ....maybe 81-82 ....we won 4-2 i think...lively outside...!! i wasn't at the west ham game when the old boy got crushed at the front of the north stand and died......i was about 14 , my old man took me to the races with him to make sure i didn't go...!!

Just checked ... Spurs was 3-1 on Sat 15th April. Easter that year was 26th March so I was making that bit up.

After that we played:
- Bristol Rovers (a) 4-0 Tuesday 18/4/78
- Oldham (a) 1-1 Saturday 22/4/78
- Charlton (h) 1-0 Tuesday 25/4/78 (30,000+)
- Blackpool (h) 2-1 Saturday 29/4/78 (30,000+)
I went to all of them. Anyone who didn't is by definition a JCL-plastic-glory-hunting knob (even if they weren't born).

Remarkably, three of those 30k+ happened in the space of two weeks.

 

[HantsSeagull]

i have no idea - i just don't know how you all remember which games you went to thirty odd years ago.

I don't remember every game but I recall the Wolves tie vividly: it was my first evening game, it was the first time I went to the game by train and it was my first 30,000+ crowd (and it certainly was a 30k+ crowd, it was packed).We were really unlucky to lose to a decent Wolves team.

I also remember the Rochdale game as it was my first promotion. The others I don't always recall so well but those two really stick in my mind

well i could have been at all of those from jan 78 onwards but can only remember the blackpool one (as well as the two recent ones of course)

 

[el punal]

Just checked ... Spurs was 3-1 on Sat 15th April. Easter that year was 26th March so I was making that bit up.

After that we played:
- Bristol Rovers (a) 4-0 Tuesday 18/4/78
- Oldham (a) 1-1 Saturday 22/4/78
- Charlton (h) 1-0 Tuesday 25/4/78 (30,000+)
- Blackpool (h) 2-1 Saturday 29/4/78 (30,000+)
I went to all of them. Anyone who didn't is by definition a JCL-plastic-glory-hunting knob (even if they weren't born).

Remarkably, three of those 30k+ happened in the space of two weeks.

Am I a novice JCL pgh knob? I missed the Oldham game.

 

[Shuggie]

Yep, you're a bad fan. Surprised the PBC let you within a mile of The Amex.

More worryingly and a little less facetiously ... it's 46 years since my first 30+ game (Wolves). Most of the players must be in their 70s and 20,000 of the people who went are probably dead. Now there's a cheery thought.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

It was after the game with the pitch being invaded....watched it all from the South

The trouble with Spurs was very much before and during the game. I know because I started off in the North Stand and ended up in the east

 

[Questions]

Yep, you're a bad fan. Surprised the PBC let you within a mile of The Amex.

More worryingly and a little less facetiously ... it's 46 years since my first 30+ game (Wolves). Most of the players must be in their 70s and 20,000 of the people who went are probably dead. Now there's a cheery thought.

I'm not dead. I was there.

 

[LamieRobertson]

The trouble with Spurs was very much before and during the game. I know because I started off in the North Stand and ended up in the east

Oh i agree with you..its just that I hung around to avoid anything that might be happening after the game outside....got that wrong, as i say they got on the pitch at full-time.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

don't know why over the years the Derby game has rounded up to 33,500

the actual attendance that night was 33,601,including myself

first for me was 30k was palace 76

last was west ham 78

 

[maltaseagull]

How many have you done? I think Sunday was number 10 for me (all the ones from 76 onwards, except the Derby league cup game).

Feb 33 v West Ham (FA Cup Rd 5) 32,310
Mar 54 v Southampton (Div 3 S) 31,025
Apr 56 v Orient (Div 3 S) 30,864
Apr 58 v Watford (Div 3 S) 31,038
Dec 58 v Fulham (Div 2) 36,747
Aug 59 v Aston Villa (Div 2) 31,828
Apr 65 v Darlington (Div 4) 31,423
Feb 67 v Chelsea (FA Cup Rd 4) 35,000
Sep 69 v Wolves (League Cup Rd 3) 32,539
Mar 70 v Reading (Div 3) 32,036
Dec 71 v Bournemouth (Div 3) 30,600
May 72 v Rochdale (Div 3) 34,766
Feb 76 v Crystal Palace (Div 3) 33,300
[B]Oct 76 v Derby (League Cup Rd 4) 33,500[/B]
May 77 v Sheff Wed (Div 3) 30,756
Jan 78 v Southampton (Div 2) 32,979
Apr 78 v Tottenham H (Div 2) 32,647
Apr 78 v Charlton (Div 2) 31,203
Apr 78 v Blackpool (Div 2) 33,431
Oct 78 v West Ham (Div 2) 32,634
Apr 79 v Charlton (Div 2) 30,859
May 13 v Wolves (Champ) 30,003
Jan 15 v Arsenal (FA Cup Rd 4) 30,278

These. I had to work most Saturdays and so only managed midweek games for a long time

 

[JBizzle]

Depressingly, I've only been alive for the last two. Went to both though if it helps.

 

[stripeyshark]

Not really related, but does anyone have a list of our live TV appearances?

Must be at least 15 matches now, with the vast majority in the last decade.

I'd expect it to be plenty more than that. 7 in the play offs alone. Cup games and the mandatory 1 each season as per the current sky deal.

 

[The Modfather]

Just the two for me. West Ham '78 & Wolves '13

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

All from Wolves in the LC onwards.

Special mention for the Bournemouth game, not all ticket and they got to the north stand 1st so the atmosphere by KO was electric, crowd surges, police dogs in the gangways being driven mad by the noise....and a 2=0 win over a team who thought they were 'it'.

 

[BN9 BHA]

5 that I can definitely remember going to.
Wolves and Arsenal at the AMEX.
Spurs, Blackpool and West Ham 1978 at The Goldstone, I can remember these games and where I stood.

Not sure if I went to Charlton 78 and 79 and Sheffield Wed 77.

A few years back I didn't think I would see The Albion play a home match in front of 30,000 again.