I went to the Southampton game. This game is turning into our Sex Pistols at the 100 Club moment - if everyone who said they were there were actually there, there'd have been a full house....Funny, at the time, I considered any crowd over about 22,000 to be decent. Looking back they were truly dark days in our history
Take your pick from pretty much any game in the mid to late 60's. Wander in through the Holte end turnstiles at five minutes to three, take a minute or so to choose which crush barrier you prefer to lean on, light a fag and away you go. I do remember a game against Blackpool, when they had a young unknown lad in the side called Alan Ball. It was a very windy day and it started to pour with rain. The entire "crowd" on the Holte retreated out of the rain to the very back of the terrace and everyone was accommodated on about the top half dozen steps.Exciting times.
Went to the Exeter (7,000 odd) game and 8,456 against Southampton in 85/86, where we regualarly got somewhere between 10 - 12,000 crowds all season. Oddly for our relegation season the following year, our attendances were a bit better.
Quote from: E I Adio on November 29, 2011, 11:14:36 PMTake your pick from pretty much any game in the mid to late 60's. Wander in through the Holte end turnstiles at five minutes to three, take a minute or so to choose which crush barrier you prefer to lean on, light a fag and away you go. I do remember a game against Blackpool, when they had a young unknown lad in the side called Alan Ball. It was a very windy day and it started to pour with rain. The entire "crowd" on the Holte retreated out of the rain to the very back of the terrace and everyone was accommodated on about the top half dozen steps.Exciting times.This.And THAT Rangers "friendly". It also looks like I'm the only Villa fan that didn't go to the Southampton game.