w73
Winger
I relented and googled it. Sunderland straight into the league phase along with some very good teams. I'm not a fan of Wikipedia but their explanation was much more succinct than yours. It's a shame your glass is half empty.
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Highest ever average attendance.
- Thread starter Neebosh
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It will be interesting how they price the tickets. I pressume season ticket holders first.
Cat 1 or 2. etc. rates?
It might be an idea to offer a discounted deal if you buy all 4 home games as a package for the first phase.
vinegar hill
Striker
Our highest ever average was just under 48,000 in 1950.
SAFCDownUnder
Winger
Exactly - 22,000 for Vasas game, about 30,000 for Sporting Lisbon, but then 38,000 for a league cup game against Derby!
All due to price hikes back in those austere times. With all the current cost crises, any price hike might adversely affect attendances. They should actually drop prices for the European games as a reward to the fans (unless its AC Milan of course).
Sadly, our fanbase is not known for supporting cup football over the last 20 years or so (eg Man Utd LC semi-final), unlike the Saudis who do seem to attend cup games in good numbers.
Shandy drinker
Striker
w73
Winger
Iid like to see @hank williams source. I've only been going since 61/62 and I've been in some massive crowds but nothing to suggsp
Optimist, pessimist. It's a common analogy.
Just hope they open the ground up properly and allow people to buy their usual seats, for the Europa games and all domestic cup games too.
In our one previous venture into Europe back in 1973 the club upset fans by charging too much. Crowd against Vasas Budapest was only 22,762. Contrast that with 30,000 for the FA Cup 3rd round replay against third division Notts County the previous cup winning season. Seem to recall we had to pay a sizeable sum to have the floodlights upgraded for Europe. £25k rings a bell but bear in mind we only paid £30k for Vic Halom!
Smiler
Striker
one footed wonder
Striker
Be amazed if they don’t offer a package for the European home games….ill be buying one
Rip Van Fish
Striker
They won’t though
They’ll just keep whacking the ST’s up a Ton a year
I’m sure they will as it’s the quickest way of getting money in for 4 games
Hendonbeach
Full Back
Only 18 matches played at Roker Park had over 60,000 .
8 of these games were in cup . With our record attendance 75.117 been one of these . Our next 6 league games we averaged just over 9,000
garyeaststand
Winger
They all will sell out
Wrenthorpe Mackem
Striker
Yeah
Told my lad that you have to get to these no matter what. I've waited 46 years for this from my first Sunderland game. Far less for him! Told him it might be another 10 or 20 years or never before we get the opportunity again.
Shandy drinker
Striker
Palace cup game was
It was
Game b Portsmouth was about 47000
Palace cup game was about 53
Julio Mackemo
Winger
Don't the mags do that ?
buster
Striker
I was using that game as a discussion point over the claim of a 60k average over the season, rather than saying that was the highest attendance that season.
