reginald_molehusband
Winger
But 76000 was in a cup game and you won't count the 3764? Double standards methinks.
Who has the lowest and highest top flight average, since that's your true barometer?
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But 76000 was in a cup game and you won't count the 3764? Double standards methinks.
Who has the lowest and highest top flight average, since that's your true barometer?
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bmp1970
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Err we have!
PISTON
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Was the 3764 league cup or FA cup??
Not in the top flight we haven't.
reginald_molehusband
Winger
So basically one off top flight attendances count, but not lowest/highest averages?
And only domestic cup games count?
Any other rules I need to know?
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bmp1970
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Yes we have!
reginald_molehusband
Winger
Interesting, go on.
JTF
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Wrong on both counts.
The election was on May 3rd and the Wrexham game on the 8th was a normal mid-week evening KO time.
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bmp1970
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Portsmouth at home 29/4/1933 at home
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Same day as the cup final which everyone (almost) stayed at home to listen to it on the wireless..
3,911
reginald_molehusband
Winger
Fair enough, I have clearly been misinformed.
Lovely stuff. Thank you.
Where's Roy Castle when you need him?
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bmp1970
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It was in my Football League Directory 1986 4,000 in that book though
PISTON
Striker
Miss print. 14,000.
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bmp1970
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reginald_molehusband
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JTF
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A typical (and comical) example of newcastle fans re-writing history.
Bless 'em
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PISTON
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Miss print. Those data sheets are like wikipedia. It doesn't take long for things to become fact after the initial error.
Not really, those data sheets are often very inaccurate, just like wikipedia. They're manually typed in and most of the information isn't available like modern games so they often just fill the blanks.
I searched for some stuff myself and found many things to be completely untrue, some to do with myself.
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bmp1970
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I had this pamphlet thing for the 80's which also mentioned it and why it was so low..
Does this mean the Derby attendance was misprint as well 65,000?
reginald_molehusband
Winger
Got to admire your dedication.
A typical (and comical) example of newcastle fans re-writing history.
Bless 'em
Have a word with your mate then, he's in complete denial about the record breaker.
Priceless.
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PISTON
Striker
If it came from original official sources then i'd be more likely to believe it. People fall into the danger of believing those websites with the fancy data sheets were filled in at the time which is obviously bollocks. They were probably filled in by students on minimum wage who had to log in thousands of bits of data for every club for over a century, many of the sources were dubious to start with.
Just like wikipedia is updated by individuals they can often get things wrong or deliberately update duff info for a laugh.
I once wikipedia'd two quite famous ex team mates. Their careers were both listed in what you'd think would be forensic detail and much of it was. All apart from the team we played in together was completely missed out for both of them. There were even player stats for a different team in the seasons they played with me. All completely wrong, but if you didn't know you'd believe it to be true, all the pages were lovely colours etc.
As i said, any information on the internet is only as good as the source and the people who updated it.
JTF
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Haway man - you can do better than that!
The story I heard was that it was actually a secret, behind-closed-doors game played at 11am on the week-day morning and 7,134 loyal geordies somehow found out about it, rushed to the ground, scaled the 30ft high walls and climbed over the barbed wire to get into the ground and demanded the club take their money.
Surely that is the only plausible explanation for the attendance?
Same thing must have happened at the earlier game against Wrexham in March when the attendance was 7,152...
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