rogerem wrote:With both of us on the verge of the play-offs/promotion?......No chance PT.PT wrote:I'm sure I remember being in crowds of around 3,500 at home to Vale in the early 80's.
Early 80's - number one - we were awful until 83-84, number two - the play-off didn't exist. number three - Vale were yo-yo between division 3 and 4 and never got close to promotion.
I was there, you wasn't.
In fact the "we always got 6,000 plus for this fixture pre-rent" is utter tripe. You probably have to go back to the early 70's when we got those crowds for all games to find when we got those attendances versus Vale. There may have been a game or two in the Ramsden era where we may have got around 6,000 but that was because it cost washers and buttons to get in, OAP's were free and we always stuck four or five up them.
I haven't got "The book" handy but I'm sure you'll find crowds in the 3's and 4 thousands against Vale in the early 80's. If only Bernie were still on here - he'd have the numbers at his fingertips!