49 years ago, on a murky Wednesday afternoon, less than 9000 see....

[Luna17]

..... a John Lathan hat trick at RP v Portsmouth.

Pompey did get two back to give the scoreline respectability but Safc held on to win.

These were the dark days of strikes and power cuts so midweek games kicked off in afternoons as floodlights couldn't be used.

Was anyone on here part of the 8000+ crowd that afternoon ?

 

[Vauxie]

Yes

 

[Select coaches]

..... a John Lathan hat trick at RP v Portsmouth.

Pompey did get two back to give the scoreline respectability but Safc held on to win.

These were the dark days of strikes and power cuts so midweek games kicked off in afternoons as floodlights couldn't be used.

Was anyone on here part of the 8000+ crowd that afternoon ?

Less than a year later nearly 52k see roker park’s greatest night. That’s a bit of a turnaround.

 

[rey mysterio]

..... a John Lathan hat trick at RP v Portsmouth.

Pompey did get two back to give the scoreline respectability but Safc held on to win.

These were the dark days of strikes and power cuts so midweek games kicked off in afternoons as floodlights couldn't be used.

Was anyone on here part of the 8000+ crowd that afternoon ?

Shame people don’t have the strength or unity to call mass strikes these days but I suppose that’s another argument

I often wondered what Roker would have been like at its biggest with such small crowds. I only ever saw it from 1995 onwards. I’m sure I went when I was 4 for some event as I’ve got a gold membership card somewhere and my old Roker rookies membership but I can’t remember any of it

Less than a year later nearly 52k see roker park’s greatest night. That’s a bit of a turnaround.

When I showed me dad the footage of Haloms goal he said it was fake as it went three times as fast and broke the crossbar

 

[Tuono]

I was probably there, dolling off school to watch them.

 

[Cochise 2]

Remember me and a mate wagging off school and getting the train through.

 

[taffy]

..... a John Lathan hat trick at RP v Portsmouth.

Pompey did get two back to give the scoreline respectability but Safc held on to win.

These were the dark days of strikes and power cuts so midweek games kicked off in afternoons as floodlights couldn't be used.

Was anyone on here part of the 8000+ crowd that afternoon ?

I was there . Should have been at work .at gas board,

 

[bigvic]

Yes

 

[Johnap]

I was there.

I also remember when there were not enough people in the Clock Stand to throw the ball back!

 

[Dreadnought]

I was there.

One of the very few days I was too ill to attend school (by sheer coincidence it happened again when we played Liverpool in the League Cup on a midweek afternoon a few years later!)

 

[horselover]

I was there.

I also remember when there were not enough people in the Clock Stand to throw the ball back!

 

[Geronimo]

Shame people don’t have the strength or unity to call mass strikes these days but I suppose that’s another argument

Aye.
I miss rubbish lying around in the streets, bodies piling up in mortuaries, power cuts and fuel shortages.

Regrettably those days will not return. Shame

Anyway . Here's the program for that day

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[Nil desperandum]

Dolling off was git hellish.

 

[Roker End 1976]

February 1972 was the month of the nationwide power cuts.

 

[Luna17]

Incredibly, in March 1974, we played Portsmouth in another midweek afternoon kick off caused by the 3 day week.
We won 3 nil , Tueart 2 and Kerr, and I was at that one as I... ahem.. had a stomach bug and was off school that day. What a coincidence.
8142 was the crowd on a dry bright afternoon.

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[eddtheduck]

..... a John Lathan hat trick at RP v Portsmouth.

Pompey did get two back to give the scoreline respectability but Safc held on to win.

These were the dark days of strikes and power cuts so midweek games kicked off in afternoons as floodlights couldn't be used.

Was anyone on here part of the 8000+ crowd that afternoon ?

Aye, I think I was, played the nick

 

[KeefBeer]

Remember ditching school for the afternoon for this game?
@andysfootball @MalcolmX

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

Yep.

 

[hank williams]

Less than a year later nearly 52k see roker park’s greatest night. That’s a bit of a turnaround.

erm maybe the reason for low gate

These were the dark days of strikes and power cuts so midweek games kicked off in afternoons as floodlights couldn't be used.

 

[prideofhylton]

..... a John Lathan hat trick at RP v Portsmouth.

Pompey did get two back to give the scoreline respectability but Safc held on to win.

These were the dark days of strikes and power cuts so midweek games kicked off in afternoons as floodlights couldn't be used.

Was anyone on here part of the 8000+ crowd that afternoon ?

yes