Apparently there was 'huge numbers' of empty seats...

[Blueknows]

Quite a few at villa park , no mention from the sky tators though

 

[Chelsea Lad]

we played chelsea in the final at wembley I was there..Attendance: 67,236

Yeah mate i was there as well, the game i posted about was an earlier round it was actually 87/88 & called the Simod cup not full members but was the same competition, we won 2.0
http://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Summaries/1987.htm

 

[Marvin]

Spurs fans singing "This ground's too big for you". What's that all about? This from a club that frequently has empty seats at Cup home games at a smaller ground

 

[bluemoon98]

Thought the atmosphere was good today all match. Up there with the Chelsea game

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

we played chelsea in the final at wembley I was there..Attendance: 67,236

There was certainly more than 54 Chelsea that day! They were everywhere.

 

[Corky]

There was certainly more than 54 Chelsea that day! They were everywhere.

A lot of City fans didn't go as it wasn't considered a proper competition in its first year, as well as the day after an away derby. To Chelasea Lad it was always called the Full Members Cup , just like the League Cup has always been the league cup.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Looked about a thousand short today. We should build the north stand just to piss other fans off.

I can't wait to see the empty seats in Spurs new stadium, they can't even sell out a 35000 stadium. Jokers.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

A lot of City fans didn't go as it wasn't considered a proper competition in its first year, as well as the day after an away derby. To Chelasea Lad it was always called the Full Members Cup , just like the League Cup has always been the league cup.

Yeah. It was 70/30 Chelsea city that day. Maybe even higher. The Chelsea end was packed and a few of their hooligan firm came into the city end if I remember rightly and it was kicking off in the lower part of our terrace.

 

[philiph20]

Haha that is very true mate, in the early 80s when the club was on its knees we had some shocking gates but understandable i suppose for the times, violence, racism, crumbling ground, unemployment, a team that went 12/15 games without scoring a goal!! Some games we'd actually take more away than what we got at the previous weeks home game!
I can excuse those times, but the 90s crowds baffle me, they were poor at times with no genuine reason or excuse.

Fans were fickle back then i suppose one midweek game we'd get 30,000 then the following sat we'd get 13,000!!

This is quite an interesting read on our gates(if your an anorak haha) City also get a mention..
http://www.theshedend.com/topic/25287-attendances-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/page-1

Brilliant article from the Shed End, it's ironic that the two clubs with 'no Isterie' are two of only three clubs to have attendances over 80000.

 

[kippaxblue76]

He really should be put out of his misery. The last line is priceless.