Happy Record Crowd Anniversary

[Gabriel]

In the round before we beat Sheffield Wednesday in front of their record attendance as well. A paltry 72,841…

 

[johnnytapia]

Was there a particular reason for such high attendances in that season? For example, I believe Stoke had their record home attendance in that season as well, at home to Arsenal.

It was Mother’s Day

 

[fitzy blue]

Maybe there were socio-economic factors.

In that season, that lot were scrambling about at the bottom the second division, and they never saw more than 22,000 for a home game. Oddly enough, they hosted Bury on the same day we met Stoke, yet only 11,000 turned up.

As most trafford fans wouldn't know, they had an average of 11,685 in 1931, with a couple of games dropping below 4,000.
Our average has never dropped that low.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Was there a particular reason for such high attendances in that season? For example, I believe Stoke had their record home attendance in that season as well, at home to Arsenal.

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