Happy Record Crowd Anniversary

[Bobby the blue]

Is this where the empty seats at home chant started.

 

[Indaparkside]

Biggest crowd,Bollocks we took 2000,000 to York

 

[berryblue]

Today is the anniversary of City’s record crowd of 84,569. This remains the record attendance for any game on a club ground. It is also the record for any game in Britain outside of Glasgow and London.

I’ve written quite a lot on this over the years such as:

A National Record – 84,569

“I think Brook played in every position for the Club – he certainly went in nets once – and was a very good player. When the goal went in it was marvellous. Nirvana. On the final whistle I didn’t need to use my feet to leave I was wedged in a solid wall of human flesh and swept…

gjfootballarchive.com

If Swales was in charge there would be just 54,000 there.

 

[BillCarlisle]

My dad was in that crowd too.
I'm sure he told me once that they ran out of chips and Maine Road was only three quarters full at 80 mins :-)

 

[Gabriel]

Fuck all on the telly. BBC didn't start broadcasting (tv) until 1934 and didn't really get going until 1936.

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.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Fuck all on the telly. BBC didn't start broadcasting (tv) until 1934 and didn't really get going until 1936.

Just radio. I'm assuming a 2pm ko or thereabouts so looking at the Radio Times they (Midlands) would have had Folk Songs & Dances starting at 3pm, that must be great to listen to on the radio. Army v Navy rugby on National. The North had Don Baker on his organ.

 

[aguero93:20]

If Swales was in charge there would be just 54,000 there.

12,345 you mean.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

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.

That's a great comparison. Also the Rag bastards were getting regular 4'5'6'000 attendances. I think they even got a few in the 3'000s. But nothing is ever mentioned of this. I wonder why.

 

[tregyblue61]

Many record attendances in the 30's.

3rd on the all-time British club ground record:

118,567 Rangers v Celtic
95,772 Queens Park v Rangers
84,569 City v Stoke

Hmmm, I thought the club with over 659m fans and that dipper cult would be well ahead on this?

 

[SebastianBlue]

Also my birthday same day 3rd of March,but 1952 I was born not 34 my dad was at the game.