Biggest ever crowds for Football League clubs

[Del Fenner]

Who else was present at one of the matches listed?

Thinking back the crowd situation was ******* dangerous.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Thinking back the crowd situation was ******* dangerous.

surge !!!!!

 

[thisistips]

Interesting post. Amazing to see the likes of Charlton up there. Was a long time ago though. Reckon we'll ever beat that record? Would need a change in the law re standing and/or a very significant North Stand upgrade

 

[Don Tmatter]

I was there - seems like yesterday. What a night.

And the best thing was that bha heard that they hadn't won the title on a flight somewhere. Take that Mullery you boring egotistical nobody.[/QUOTE]

Kept us in the top flight longer than Vegetables did your lot. And if i remember rightly your mob gave him the managers job a few years later.

 

[Del Fenner]

surge !!!!!

We had a few of those at Posh for old times sake a couple of months back.

 

[SeagullSongs]

Where are we now in this list? We were 28th for capacity, we must be moving towards the top 20 by season's end.

List of football stadiums in England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Assuming no other clubs have recently added seats I'd say 25th above St Andrews.

Pretty sure we'll be 23rd above Forest.

 

[aldershot village]

87th but my little team are higher than MK Norbiton Dons

 

[pottert]

Record home attendances of English football clubs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Surprised to see that we are as low as 50th in the list

Some interesting figures in the list, especially Port Vale

Good quiz question re Manchester United's too

Should have stated at all seated stadiums

 

[Triggaaar]

Who else was present at one of the matches listed?

Check out the third column, thousands of people were there.

 

[British Grenadier]

Who else was present at one of the matches listed?

I went to the Aldershot game and am fairly certain I went with you!

IIRC we drank in a pub called the Sussex or something similar

TC.

 

[Questions]

I remember our lot breaking the crossbar after the Aldershot game. Bloody Clifton Arms hooligans.

 

[8ace]

recall the old aldershot v brighton nearly 12,000

Think it's Aldershot Town rather than just plain Aldershot.

Otherwise

19,138: vs Carlisle United, FA Cup Fourth round Replay, 28 January 1970

 

[Rodney Thomas]

I made up part of the home crowd not Aldersot, they were sure of a giant killing which was amazing..

 

[Blackadder]

Who else was present at one of the matches listed?

I was.

My mum took my brother and I to the West Ham v Spurs match in 1970. EVERYONE wore DMs. It was so packed, we couldn't get back on to the terracing for the second half, so we had to go home. I had just turned 13.

The high gate resulted from Greaves and Peters recently switching teams.

I also went to the 11,000 plus Aldershot gate mentioned earlier in this thread. That was my first Albion away game with my mates.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Stadiums like Charlton, Chelsea, Man City, Old Trafford, Sunderland ..... were vast concrete bowls, cheaply done, with one or two stands if you were lucky.

Concrete? I remember the old Valley (with its capacity of 75,000) being the largest collection of wooden railway sleepers I'd ever seen.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

How Brighton fans were there at that Aldershot game?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

We had a few of those at Posh for old times sake a couple of months back.

Always a good atmosphere in the away end at London Road , especially with a flare to give it a retro feel

 

[Blackadder]

How Brighton fans were there at that Aldershot game?

At the time, we thought it was about 8,000.