i remember in the late 70's in a crowd of 60 thousand the stretford end got it totally wrong when they chanted "what a waste of money" to K Dalgliesh in one of his first games for liverpool.

at least pick a decade, moron

Not really the 70's or 80's is it



The mighty Reds have been getting 60k+ gate for as long as I can remember and I'm 50.

As explained the drop in attendances in the early 90's was down to groundworks not lack of demand.

I have been at old trafford as a kid in the late 80s when the crowds was 40k plus but in the mid 50s-80s the crowds was 30k-55k it was not till about 2000 the crowds went over 60k if anyone wants to look this up the website to look on is aboutmanutd then click on the matches link & use the filters on the right hand side to go to any year or games it will tell you the attendances,teams, goal scorers the works.... phil b is correct on this 1.

Anyone watching this game on sky? Mark clattenburg took the teams off because off hail stone footie faggots!! Lol

Quote ="vastman"Not really the 70's or 80's is it The mighty Reds have been getting 60k+ gate for as long as I can remember and I'm 50. As explained the drop in attendances in the early 90's was down to groundworks not lack of demand.'" Your memory is failing you then red11.org/mufc/stats/attendances.htm

Quote ="vastman"Not really the 70's or 80's is it The mighty Reds have been getting 60k+ gate for as long as I can remember and I'm 50. As explained the drop in attendances in the early 90's was down to groundworks not lack of demand.'" Your memory is failing you then red11.org/mufc/stats/attendances.htm

Quote ="MrPhilb"Your memory is failing you then red11.org/mufc/stats/attendances.htm'" Doesn't that just prove that in the 70's and 80's they were getting crowds around the 60k mark at a time when no league titles were being won which was the original point,it was you who brought the 90's in to the discussion.

Quote ="MrPhilb"Your memory is failing you then red11.org/mufc/stats/attendances.htm'" Doesn't that just prove that in the 70's and 80's they were getting crowds around the 60k mark at a time when no league titles were being won which was the original point,it was you who brought the 90's in to the discussion.

God i hope we dont become the most trophy laden club in the the sport of RL, cos the other half of this board who currently dont hate us will hate us, there will be bun fights about a crowd of 6k against Leigh at the KC, the 600 crowd at Boulevard. The ever reducing KC crowds. The price of a pint and probably how rubbish Sterlo was cos his pocket doesnt have any winners medals in it.

Get a grip people.

Sterlos got a Yorkshire Cup winners medal

The average only breaks 50k 4 times in 20 years between 1970-1990

Nonsense again

Sorry phil i was looking at highest attendances which shows they were getting gates of 60k plus at various stages of each season.

i remember going to a few man utd games when i was a student in 1985/86, we generally went to a game in the north west most saturdays as neutrals and must have gone to OT about 4 or 5 times. we went when man utd were on a 10 game winning run at the start of the season and against southampton they got a crowd of just over 50k. however the winning run faded away and just a couple of month later against ipswich the crowds were down to around 35k - even then you could see how the fans faded away when the winning runs did. they ended up mid table that season i think. it was also easy to get in - you didn't need a ticket - just turned up at the turnstiles paid a fiver and stood on the stretford end

what is interesting looking at the attendance stats is just how high the gap between the highest and lowest attendances were, especially in the 80s, something that doesn't really happen today - is this due to the big rise in season ticket sales?

anyone know why there were huge differences in man utd's highest and lowest attendances in the 1920s and 30s?

A guess, but before undersoil heating and modern floodlights, they sometimes had to do stuff like play re-arranged fixtures on a Tuesday afternoon, when most fans would be at work.

Its an English thing mate, anyone successful has to be knocked down, Phil Taylor currently, Steve Davis in the past, sure you could think of some more.

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See the link.

I picked one season at random from the 1980's.

gates range from 33k-56k

There were no 60k+ gates in the 1980's at old Trafford

This thread must be one of the most boring for days!

......Manchester City's average at Maine Road in 1956 was just over 32,000.

Nice to think that Hull FC v Halifax in the 1956 Championship Final drew a crowd of over 60,000.

Try listening to [url=http://www.rugbyleagueoralhistory.co.uk/subjects/view/heartbreak-at-maine-road--1956-Geoff Wright on Heartbreak at Maine Road, 1956.[/url (Bottom left hand corner of page).

Anyone else there ?

I was there at the opposite end from where Hutton kicked the winning goal and was on the pitch as soon as the match finished. This started a great run for Hull as the team was Championship runners up in season 56/57,won it again in 57/58, followed by Wembley in 58/59 and 59/60. Went to all these matches.

I have only seen Man United play once in England - in 1962 against Benfica under lights in a friendly. There was a full stadium but cannot remember the attendance. Last July I went to see them play a friendly in Sydney which drew a full house of around 84,000. A couple of days before this game 10,000 paid to watch them train!

Now that's a good idea. I might give NH a call and ask him to think about this..........

Cracking game this 2-2 at halftime.

City lose 3-2 after being 2-0 up....what a shame

Was a shame, it was a very good game maybe a draw would have been fair. But man utd always seemed to have the edge. I realy think the can go on & win the league.

Wouldn't know as don't watch the crap

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Tall Poppy Syndrome

NZ has the same mentality

Yes, I too saw all of those FC games. I was 14 when we played at Maine Road and had to watch the first few minutes on TV in someone's house as my dad had fallen and hurt his ankle. Like a good Hessle Roader, he limped to the ground and we were able to enjoy one of our club's finest days.