Villa Park Redevelopment

[saunders_heroes]

Assuming we do go over 43k for a leage game it would be the first time since 1994 and the second since 1981.

I remember the WBA game at home in the title season, the crowd was 47998 (capacity 48000) we were sat in the North Stand with 2 empty seats about 3 places away from us!!

We had a lot of 48k sell outs in the ‘80s.

[gage against the machine]

When they read the attendance out over the tannoy, some bloke by us on the Holte shouted "the lucky pair of fuckers!" (it wasn't the greatest game at the point)

[Duncan Shaw]

Assuming we do go over 43k for a leage game it would be the first time since 1994 and the second since 1981.

I remember the WBA game at home in the title season, the crowd was 47998 (capacity 48000) we were sat in the North Stand with 2 empty seats about 3 places away from us!!

We had a lot of 48k sell outs in the ‘80s.

I don't think we did, which is why that stuck out, we only got about 46K in for the Ipswich "title decider" that wasn't!!

[London Villan]

Liverpool in the FA Cup was close to 48000 too.

[saunders_heroes]

Assuming we do go over 43k for a leage game it would be the first time since 1994 and the second since 1981.

I remember the WBA game at home in the title season, the crowd was 47998 (capacity 48000) we were sat in the North Stand with 2 empty seats about 3 places away from us!!

We had a lot of 48k sell outs in the ‘80s.

I don't think we did, which is why that stuck out, we only got about 46K in for the Ipswich "title decider" that wasn't!!

My memory must be playing tricks on me.

[PeterWithesShin]

Ipswich was 47,495. Liverpool in the FAC 46,324 and Juventus 45,531.

[usav]

And remember, these are announced attendances and not necessarily how many people were in the ground.

[London Villan]

I think they were back then.

[PeterWithesShin]

Back then it was more likely an announced attendance would be lower than the number of people actually in the ground. the old chairman's turnstile.

[Duncan Shaw]

I've gone all misty-eyed now for those days again,  how lucky we were to experience it.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'll always remember being at the Rovers when we played Barnet in the FA Trophy, back when Barnet were the main non league side. When the attendance was announced there was a mass of laughter around the ground as it was about half of the amount actually in the ground.