I vaguely remember a testimonial for Charlie Aitken that had a scandalously low 5 or 6k in attendance. I think it was the night before a Cup Final in the mid 70's. Does that ring a bell with anyone?
Platt's 'testimonial' v Bari at VP - I think there were around 7,000 there?
I remember a game against Watford which finished 1-1, probably April 1985 and i think the crowd was just over 10,000I remember playing Liverpool on a Friday night in I think in 1984, it was cold and dark and we got to the Holte about 645 for a 730 kick off and they hadn't opened the turnstiles.I think we had 20k there in the end and MOTD had put a cameraman on a plank of wood and two milk crates at the back of the Holte which some people tried to pull over at the end. We lost 3-1 and Rush scored a hatrick
Quote from: Bernie on December 02, 2011, 10:45:46 AMI vaguely remember a testimonial for Charlie Aitken that had a scandalously low 5 or 6k in attendance. I think it was the night before a Cup Final in the mid 70's. Does that ring a bell with anyone?I'm almost sure I was there, will have to ask the old fella later, though his memory is worse than mine. What I can tell you is that we played a Midland Select XI on 26th May, 1977, which was the night after the European Cup Final between Liverpool and Borussia Mönchengladbach. The FA Cup Final was played on the Saturday before.A quick look on Ebay shows the Official Match programme that features Ron Saunders at Bodymoor holding the League Cup and down in the bottom left, a tiny picture of Charlie. My guess is that it was very poorly organised, probably at the last minute.
Quote from: Walmley_Villa on December 11, 2011, 05:41:44 PMPlatt's 'testimonial' v Bari at VP - I think there were around 7,000 there? He kicked off Paul Birch's testimonial too, I don't think many went to that game but I could be wrong.