Don Keydick wrote:Great read Annis. I was in a couple of 50k plus crowds in the early 70's, Arsenal and Leeds in the cup, and our crowds against Real Madrid and Hamburg were not far short of 50k, these were great occasions to be in crowds like that. Our game against Hereford in the mid 70's is still the biggest crowd for a home league game that I've been in, and that was a 3rd division night game. Mind you, I'm pretty sure there was more than the 35k that was announced (tax dodge?)
I read somewhere that Ninian Park was the first football league ground to have the floodlights upgraded for colour television. This was because it was a designated international ground, it sounds as if it could be right, any idea?
by Don Keydick » Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:59 pm
Great read Annis. I was in a couple of 50k plus crowds in the early 70's, Arsenal and Leeds in the cup, and our crowds against Real Madrid and Hamburg were not far short of 50k, these were great occasions to be in crowds like that. Our game against Hereford in the mid 70's is still the biggest crowd for a home league game that I've been in, and that was a 3rd division night game. Mind you, I'm pretty sure there was more than the 35k that was announced (tax dodge?)
cs_original wrote:Annis I often wonder whether we fulfil our potential in terms of attendances. If you look at a map of the Northwest you see clubs such as Blackburn, Burnley, Preston, Rochdale, Bolton, Blackpool (I could go on) all in very close proximity to one another all getting decent crowds every week. Whereas the Welsh clubs only have 3 in South wales to compete with, all much further apart.
Don Keydick wrote:Great read Annis. I was in a couple of 50k plus crowds in the early 70's, Arsenal and Leeds in the cup, and our crowds against Real Madrid and Hamburg were not far short of 50k, these were great occasions to be in crowds like that. Our game against Hereford in the mid 70's is still the biggest crowd for a home league game that I've been in, and that was a 3rd division night game. Mind you, I'm pretty sure there was more than the 35k that was announced (tax dodge?)
I read somewhere that Ninian Park was the first football league ground to have the floodlights upgraded for colour television. This was because it was a designated international ground, it sounds as if it could be right, any idea?
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