1969-70 Fulham v Bristol Rovers

[LBNo11]

...official attendance was 6,745...

[filham]

According to the commentary Fred Callaghan was our captain that day, but Haynes was playing ??.

[The Old Count]

Remember that game.  I was behind the goal at the Hammersmith End.  I'm sure there were more than 6000 in. Possibly a few snuck in. The gates were opened just before half time.

Actually looked more than 6,000

More like 11,000 I reckon.

[res]

Remember that game.  I was behind the goal at the Hammersmith End.  I'm sure there were more than 6000 in. Possibly a few snuck in. The gates were opened just before half time.

Actually looked more than 6,000

More like 11,000 I reckon.

Interesting bit about "official" crowd attendances in Malcolm MacDonald's (excellent) autobiography (called Supermac); when he became manager he looked around the ground at his first game and asked what the attendance was...he was told about 3500; he obviously knew the ground well and thought that the true attendance was about 6000. He investigated more and decided to change the turnstyle operators...the next game was equally attended but the official attendance came up as 6500. More than one person was being squeezed in  for each turnstyle turn?

[LBNo11]

Remember that game.  I was behind the goal at the Hammersmith End.  I'm sure there were more than 6000 in. Possibly a few snuck in. The gates were opened just before half time.

Actually looked more than 6,000

More like 11,000 I reckon.

Interesting bit about "official" crowd attendances in Malcolm MacDonald's (excellent) autobiography (called Supermac); when he became manager he looked around the ground at his first game and asked what the attendance was...he was told about 3500; he obviously knew the ground well and thought that the true attendance was about 6000. He investigated more and decided to change the turnstyle operators...the next game was equally attended but the official attendance came up as 6500. More than one person was being squeezed in  for each turnstyle turn?

...a couple of things to remember, as already mentioned the gates used to open around half -time, so the crowd always looked more full in the second half of games.

Also there used to be a way of getting across from Bishop's Park to Craven Cottage by the big old London Plane tree that used to be there, risky but people were queuing up to get across with the help of someone on the inside of the ground pulling them up...

[The Old Count]

Remember that game.  I was behind the goal at the Hammersmith End.  I'm sure there were more than 6000 in. Possibly a few snuck in. The gates were opened just before half time.

Actually looked more than 6,000

More like 11,000 I reckon.

Interesting bit about "official" crowd attendances in Malcolm MacDonald's (excellent) autobiography (called Supermac); when he became manager he looked around the ground at his first game and asked what the attendance was...he was told about 3500; he obviously knew the ground well and thought that the true attendance was about 6000. He investigated more and decided to change the turnstyle operators...the next game was equally attended but the official attendance came up as 6500. More than one person was being squeezed in  for each turnstyle turn?

...a couple of things to remember, as already mentioned the gates used to open around half -time, so the crowd always looked more full in the second half of games.

Also there used to be a way of getting across from Bishop's Park to Craven Cottage by the big old London Plane tree that used to be there, risky but people were queuing up to get across with the help of someone on the inside of the ground pulling them up...

Ha ha!  I remember that.   I also remember someone telling me that a bloke had clambered in that way and ripped his trousers only to be told that the gates by windy corner were open.