Crowd numbers - one for the statisticians/historians

[Norman Potting]

So far the biggest Amex crowd is 20219 for the first league game. Looking in back in time when was the last occasion that this figure was exceeded at the Goldstone, I suspect before my time (first match New Year's Day 1982 v Watford).

Great result last night and great to hear so much crowd noise blasting through the on - line commentary. Can't wait to get to a game for real!

 

[Northstandite]

So far the biggest Amex crowd is 20219 for the first league game. Looking in back in time when was the last occasion when this figure was exceeded at the Goldstone, I suspect before my time (first match New Year's Day 1982 v Watford).

Great result last night and great to hear so much crowd noise blasting through the on - line commentary. Can't wait to get to a game for real!

The Arsenal cup game 1988 seems to be mentioned usually.

What about the attendances against Ipswich & Millwall in spring 1991?

 

[AMEXican Wave]

Portsmouth in the FA Cup (1993 I think) was an immense crowd.

 

[Gavin Macleod]

I was at the Portsmouth game & I think the crowd was around 18,000

 

[Hiney]

17,581

 

[Gavin Macleod]

there was also a similar crowd size as the Portsmouth Cup game at the Crawley Cup game

 

[Easy 10]

Another thought - would last night have brought in record GATE RECEIPTS for the club ? A crowd of 17k+ paying up to £37 ?

I can't think of a single home match where we would have creamed in as much moolah as we did last night.

 

[HovaGirl]

33,000 against Crystal Palace at the Goldstone in 1976. I was there!

 

[Davemania]

I went to an FA cup 5th or 6th round, in the mid-eighties against SCC and the attendance was around 25000. Anyone remember when that game was? I was quite young at the time 10 or 11 so it was probably '85 or '86

 

[perseus]

So far the biggest Amex crowd is 20219 for the first league game. Looking in back in time when was the last occasion that this figure was exceeded at the Goldstone, I suspect before my time (first match New Year's Day 1982 v Watford).

Great result last night and great to hear so much crowd noise blasting through the on - line commentary. Can't wait to get to a game for real!

Memory mistake revised below.

 

[perseus]

Rarely above 20,000 for the first home game of he season: Barrow, Palace and Arsenal and Cambridge United in my time

 

[Shuggie]

6th round 1986 lost 2-0 I reckon. Prob 26,000

 

[perth seagull]

Is there anywhere we could find the average attendance for each season? I would guess this season so far would surely have to be the highest since our top flight days?

 

[perseus]

Is there anywhere we could find the average attendance for each season? I would guess this season so far would surely have to be the highest since our top flight days?