Burndens Bogs Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 It’s looking like we’re just massive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostock Whites Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) I also find it quite interesting how in the mid/late 70s we were getting home crowds of 40-45,000, then just 5 years later, 4/5,000 Edited March 18, 2023 by Lostock Whites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted March 18, 2023 Site Supporter Share Posted March 18, 2023 Just now, Lostock Whites said: I also find it quite interesting how in the 70s we were getting home crowds of 40-45,000, then just 5 years later, 4/5,000 Fickle fuckers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnywhite Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Lostock Whites said: I also find it quite interesting how in the mid/late 70s we were getting home crowds of 40-45,000, then just 5 years later, 4/5,000 Blame thatcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfc2003 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Lostock Whites said: I also find it quite interesting how in the mid/late 70s we were getting home crowds of 40-45,000, then just 5 years later, 4/5,000 TAKE OUT THE LC SF and I don’t think we were anywhere near 40 to 45k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUREADY2ROLL Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Lostock Whites said: I also find it quite interesting how in the mid/late 70s we were getting home crowds of 40-45,000, then just 5 years later, 4/5,000 We wasn’t getting crowds that size apart from a few games in the cup. We had 42000 on Boxing Day against Sunderland but they brought about 10000. Blackburn game midweek was 33000 but a lot of Blackburn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfc2003 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 minute ago, RUREADY2ROLL said: We wasn’t getting crowds that size apart from a few games in the cup. We had 42000 on Boxing Day against Sunderland but they brought about 10000. Blackburn game midweek was 33000 but a lot of Blackburn Fulham for second div championship was 33k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnywhite Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, RUREADY2ROLL said: We wasn’t getting crowds that size apart from a few games in the cup. We had 42000 on Boxing Day against Sunderland but they brought about 10000. Blackburn game midweek was 33000 but a lot of Blackburn Average was 34,000 division 2 77/78 that was best in the 70s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, Lostock Whites said: I also find it quite interesting how in the mid/late 70s we were getting home crowds of 40-45,000, then just 5 years later, 4/5,000 11 minutes ago, MickyD said: Fickle fuckers Probably the year the flying flute got invented and Gary Megson was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 16 minutes ago, Lostock Whites said: I also find it quite interesting how in the mid/late 70s we were getting home crowds of 40-45,000, then just 5 years later, 4/5,000 8 years between getting 50,000 for a game and 2,900 for a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Duck Egg said: 8 years between getting 50,000 for a game and 2,900 for a game. Pretty fucked up that isnt it. Almost incomprehensible. What I was saying about time being different nowadays. It doesnt pass the same now. Deffo a convo for a house party at 4am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, Duck Egg said: 8 years between getting 50,000 for a game and 2,900 for a game. I was at both…. Was depressing going from the highs of the mid to late 70s to the abject lows of early 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Unless the games were all ticket 70s official attendances were laughable. Sunderland was at least 50k as was the Newcastle FA Cup Supermac game. During the Greaves era we were recording attendances of 18/20k when BP was rammed. Cash on the gate was king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnywhite Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Just now, gonzo said: Pretty fucked up that isnt it. Almost incomprehensible. What I was saying about time being different nowadays. It doesnt pass the same now. Deffo a convo for a house party at 4am Goes for a lot of clubs Chelsea used to get some really poor crowds in the 80s and Everton averaged 19,000 92/93 season and have the record for being involved in lowest attendance in premier league history 3,039 at Wimbledon that season . Doesn’t seem that long ago really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostock Whites Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, gonzo said: Pretty fucked up that isnt it. Almost incomprehensible. What I was saying about time being different nowadays. It doesnt pass the same now. Deffo a convo for a house party at 4am Just shows how quickly things can change in football. My grandparents were going to Bolton matches at Burnden Park in front of 60-70,000 when they were growing up. Things are so different now, especially with the safe standing and with the disaster in 1946 and clubs geographically on our doorsteps becoming footballing giants. Despite compared to our illustrious past crowds, it's fantastic to see us on a sharp incline, young fans coming in, attendances on the up, sold out away ends and possibly 35,000 at Wembley. We are on our way back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 31 minutes ago, Farnywhite said: Average was 34,000 division 2 77/78 that was best in the 70s No way was average ever 34k in my lifetime. Highest maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted March 18, 2023 Moderators Share Posted March 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, Lostock Whites said: My grandparents were going to Bolton matches at Burnden Park in front of 60-70,000 when they were growing up. Not very often they werent Granted theyd be a few years older than me but the only 3 i remember over 40 were mid 70s 42, 46 and 50, 000 Thered not be any more in the 70s and obviously, none since I imagine the 60s werent record breakers, so its back to the period between the end of the war and late 50s Even then there were some mad fluctuations from one game to the next Im sure i once scoured marlands book and there were very few bigger than the everton 50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted March 18, 2023 Moderators Share Posted March 18, 2023 If you want to do some research https://bicky.co.uk/season.php?season=1957-1958 2 56s and both in the cup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostock Whites Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 21 minutes ago, Casino said: Not very often they werent Granted theyd be a few years older than me but the only 3 i remember over 40 were mid 70s 42, 46 and 50, 000 Thered not be any more in the 70s and obviously, none since I imagine the 60s werent record breakers, so its back to the period between the end of the war and late 50s Even then there were some mad fluctuations from one game to the next Im sure i once scoured marlands book and there were very few bigger than the everton 50 I was talking about the 1930s/40s when they were growing up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 2 WEEKS TODAY IM ALL EXCITED BETTER THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO A HOLIDAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted March 19, 2023 Site Supporter Share Posted March 19, 2023 9 hours ago, Casino said: Not very often they werent Granted theyd be a few years older than me but the only 3 i remember over 40 were mid 70s 42, 46 and 50, 000 Thered not be any more in the 70s and obviously, none since I imagine the 60s werent record breakers, so its back to the period between the end of the war and late 50s Even then there were some mad fluctuations from one game to the next Im sure i once scoured marlands book and there were very few bigger than the everton 50 Sunderland (league) Newcastle (FACup)and Everton (League Cup)? They’re certainly the biggest crowds I remember. Man U in 74/75 was ‘only’ 38,152 https://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/match_data/match_sql.php?my_match_date=1975-03-08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted March 19, 2023 Moderators Share Posted March 19, 2023 10 hours ago, Lostock Whites said: I was talking about the 1930s/40s when they were growing up Id still say not Anyway Look at this https://bicky.co.uk/season.php?season=1932-1933 Find our record attendance, then look at the home games either side of it! Which, in turn raises another question...midweek games Presume theyd be played at 1pm in the winter? No wonder crowds were low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green genie Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 You’ve been drawn as home team so we’re in third kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrelli Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 13 hours ago, Duck Egg said: 8 years between getting 50,000 for a game and 2,900 for a game. I went to both and abiding memory of Everton SF was the terrible penalty. Against Darlington it was Allardyce whose legs had clearly gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted March 19, 2023 Site Supporter Share Posted March 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, green genie said: You’ve been drawn as home team so we’re in third kit Hardly a clash of colours; us in white and you in bottle green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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