City's Attendance Record Under Threat
89,826 City v Pompey is the new Wembley record .
Will FA plan to potentially introduce safe standing blow that out of the water ??
Biggest in old / new was 1923 final Bolton v Hammers allegedly 126,047
City v Gunners 1927 was 91,206 , in 1925 it was 91,763 and Katie Tunstall scored the winner for the Blades
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With safe standing there are still seats though. Unless they are expanding the seating capacity it's not going to change much.
I wonder why ours is the record football attendance.
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life on mars
89,826 City v Pompey is the new Wembley record .
Will FA plan to potentially introduce safe standing blow that out of the water ??
Biggest in old / new was 1923 final Bolton v Hammers allegedly 126,047
City v Gunners 1927 was 91,206 , in 1925 it was 91,763 and Katie Tunstall scored the winner for the Blades
Some say more like 200,000 in 1923, fans were all along the touchline a la a parks match.
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Trigger
With safe standing there are still seats though. Unless they are expanding the seating capacity it's not going to change much.
I wonder why ours is the record football attendance.
It is odd, guess real fans wanted to go for once not just tourists
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Trigger
With safe standing there are still seats though. Unless they are expanding the seating capacity it's not going to change much.
I wonder why ours is the record football attendance.
Because that was the day that most people attended, perhaps! :shrug: :getscoat:
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It was only the second year of Wembley hosting finals wasn't it?
Maybe after a few games they’d identified a few adjustments that needed to be made that took out a few seats. Disabled seating, more/wider access routes, a change to segregation, expanded subs bench/technical area, layout change to hospitality boxes, etc.
The 2007 and 2008 finals both had crowds of 89,800. Since then, the highest crowds are 89,400 or 89,300. So I’m guessing after our final a few hundred seats were removed.
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Canton Kev
It was only the second year of Wembley hosting finals wasn't it?
Maybe after a few games they’d identified a few adjustments that needed to be made that took out a few seats. Disabled seating, more/wider access routes, a change to segregation, expanded subs bench/technical area, layout change to hospitality boxes, etc.
The 2007 and 2008 finals both had crowds of 89,800. Since then, the highest crowds are 89,400 or 89,300. So I’m guessing after our final a few hundred seats were removed.
Spot on, additional security gaps between fans , more boxes for the filthy rich , we were seen as the Guinea pig FA Cup event , after the video evidence was taken away, and top end psychologists scrutineers viewed the behavior's of raging opposing fans they decided a bigger gap was needed between seats .
They also preferred less club fans and more rich metropolitan elite hospitality boxes for non sporting types to sup away on their free buffets , G & T 's , scoff Brasserie type foods , whilst chatting about stocks /shares , looking and nodding at the well healed ladies who are always invited to these events as it hits the equality quotas ..
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life on mars
Spot on, additional security gaps between fans , more boxes for the filthy rich , we were seen as the Guinea pig FA Cup event , after the video evidence was taken away, and top end psychologists scrutineers viewed the behavior's of raging opposing fans they decided a bigger gap was needed between seats .
They also preferred less club fans and more rich metropolitan elite hospitality boxes for non sporting types to sup away on their free buffets , G & T 's , scoff Brasserie type foods , whilst chatting about stocks /shares , looking and nodding at the well healed ladies who are always invited to these events as it hits the equality quotas ..
The only raging fans I saw that day were some of our own, racist coked up little tossers!
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Originally Posted by
Canton Kev
It was only the second year of Wembley hosting finals wasn't it?
Maybe after a few games they’d identified a few adjustments that needed to be made that took out a few seats. Disabled seating, more/wider access routes, a change to segregation, expanded subs bench/technical area, layout change to hospitality boxes, etc.
The 2007 and 2008 finals both had crowds of 89,800. Since then, the highest crowds are 89,400 or 89,300. So I’m guessing after our final a few hundred seats were removed.
Does anyone know why the old Wembley was restricted to 92,000 for night games?
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Trigger
With safe standing there are still seats though. Unless they are expanding the seating capacity it's not going to change much.
I wonder why ours is the record football attendance.
Less corporate?
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bluesp
The only raging fans I saw that day were some of our own, racist coked up little tossers!
I encountered some Pompey on the tube, fat wankers abusing 'shirters'. All clubs have them.
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TWGL1
Does anyone know why the old Wembley was restricted to 92,000 for night games?
I could be on police advise ,as Met are needed elsewhere , dealing with the magical protest City that is London , getting in and out of wembley requires a lot of horse , manpower ,helicopters and that just for the other gender games
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Dembe
I encountered some Pompey on the tube, fat wankers abusing 'shirters'. All clubs have them.
I encountered Pompey at an away game tick tock
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life on mars
I encountered Pompey at an away game tick tock
:hehe:
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Dembe
I encountered some Pompey on the tube, fat wankers abusing 'shirters'. All clubs have them.
Yep :thumbup:
All the Pompey fans i met were good lads.
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Dembe
I encountered some Pompey on the tube, fat wankers abusing 'shirters'. All clubs have them.
Of our 4 Wembley games the Portsmouth fans were the worst I encountered, also on the underground, it was an uncomfortable journey.
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jeepster
Yep :thumbup:
All the Pompey fans i met were good lads.
That's always good :thumbup:
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Des Parrot
Of our 4 Wembley games the Portsmouth fans were the worst I encountered, also on the underground, it was an uncomfortable journey.
Same here Des, they were looking for stragglers on the tubes and just waiting for any excuse to pounce.
