Anyone else there that night ?

[MOZZER2]

one of my earliest memories trudging down ninian park . was in the canton stand

47 years ago me and dad at this one the official attendance was 35,000 but most people thought it was closer to 45,000.
Not bad for a tier 3 club.
And we won 2 nil pic.twitter.com/lGhzisnVCD

— stubbsy (@stubbsy1927) April 14, 2023

[Dave Blue]

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Superb, emotional night. I also recall not getting out of the car park until 11pm.

[StraightOuttaCanton]

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one of my earliest memories trudging down ninian park . was in the canton stand

47 years ago me and dad at this one the official attendance was 35,000 but most people thought it was closer to 45,000.
Not bad for a tier 3 club.
And we won 2 nil pic.twitter.com/lGhzisnVCD

— stubbsy (@stubbsy1927) April 14, 2023

Was also in the Canton Stand with my Dad and my Uncle. Special memories of that one. We went on holiday to West Wales the next weekend so missed the next game which if memory serves me was against Swindon and something like 22,000 were there

[MacAdder]

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Grange end for me that night.
The thing that stands out for me apart from the amazing night in general was the chant of Allison Allison shut your mouth.... Allison Allison shut your mouth

[Incy Wincy Spider]

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Yup. Our Doug Livermore (another surly scouser) and our Alan Campbell, Didn’t begin to make up for the mullering at Edgar Street two months earlier.

[islandblue]

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Yes in The Grange end with my dad. Remember they had a goal disallowed when it was still 0-0. Way more than 35k there that night as others have said.

[Incy Wincy Spider]

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If memory serves, I think Dixie McNeil and Ledbury’s Steve Emery got on the scoresheet in the 4-1 mullering.

[Organ Morgan.]

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I was there stood on the Grange End. All I can recall was the place filling up and becoming increasingly cramped. Also remember a pitiful number of Hereford fans in attendance, probably 100 or fewer.

Highlights of that season was beating Big Mal's Crystal Palace away with a late Adrian Alston goal at the opposite end then several thousand of us being forcibly held inside the stadium for what seemed like an age.

Best of all was a last game victory at Bury to clinch promotion. It was akin to Scunthorpe away years later for another extended knees-up promotion celebration where home supporters were few in number.

An incidental memory that stuck from that night was the sheer number of Liverpool fans' coaches that were headed to Wolves where they won to take the First Division title.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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I lived in Llandaff North at that time.
Normally we would walk all the way, however, I don't know why we changed our plans that particular evening, but we decided to catch a bus on Western Avenue (near the technical college).
Anyway, we waited and waited, nothing came. Finally, an out-of-service bus spotted us with our City scarfs and gave us a lift.
The driver explained that he was going to the Sloper Road depot and was himself attending the game.
We arrived on the Bob Bank about 20 minutes late. All you could see on the old Grange End was a 'sea of heads'!
The atmosphere that evening was electric.

[NYCBlue]

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My first City game. Stood on the Bob Bank with my granddad.

[the other bob wilson]

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I was there stood on the Grange End. All I can recall was the place filling up and becoming increasingly cramped. Also remember a pitiful number of Hereford fans in attendance, probably 100 or fewer.

Highlights of that season was beating Big Mal's Crystal Palace away with a late Adrian Alston goal at the opposite end then several thousand of us being forcibly held inside the stadium for what seemed like an age.

Best of all was a last game victory at Bury to clinch promotion. It was akin to Scunthorpe away years later for another extended knees-up promotion celebration where home supporters were few in number.

An incidental memory that stuck from that night was the sheer number of Liverpool fans' coaches that were headed to Wolves where they won to take the First Division title.

According to the Echoes and Western Mails I read in my research for Tony Evans Walks on Water, there were a couple of thousand Hereford fans there - they kept very quiet however many there were.

Was on the Bob Bank with my parents. Apart from the penalty shoot out in 1971 with Dinamo Berlin when she came in to watch while my Dad stayed in the car parked outside the ground, it was the only game my mum went to after having me. My Dad hadn't been to a game for about five years - it was the last City game either of them watched.

The friends I usually went to games with missed the first twenty five minutes because of the queueing at the turnstiles - I can remember both goals very clearly, the first one especially was good enough to grace such an occasion.

[olderblue]

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According to the Echoes and Western Mails I read in my research for Tony Evans Walks on Water, there were a couple of thousand Hereford fans there - they kept very quiet however many there were.

Was on the Bob Bank with my parents. Apart from the penalty shoot out in 1971 with Dinamo Berlin when she came in to watch while my Dad stayed in the car parked outside the ground, it was the only game my mum went to after having me. My Dad hadn't been to a game for about five years - it was the last City game either of them watched.

The friends I usually went to games with missed the first twenty five minutes because of the queueing at the turnstiles - I can remember both goals very clearly, the first one especially was good enough to grace such an occasion.

I went with my Dad, stood in the enclosure
It took an age to get out afterwards, it was always credited with an attendance of 35-36000
I’m not sure how many more could have fitted in that night

[poc]

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back of the grange end for me stood on one of the cross sections so i could see

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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According to the Echoes and Western Mails I read in my research for Tony Evans Walks on Water, there were a couple of thousand Hereford fans there - they kept very quiet however many there were.

Was on the Bob Bank with my parents. Apart from the penalty shoot out in 1971 with Dinamo Berlin when she came in to watch while my Dad stayed in the car parked outside the ground, it was the only game my mum went to after having me. My Dad hadn't been to a game for about five years - it was the last City game either of them watched.

The friends I usually went to games with missed the first twenty five minutes because of the queueing at the turnstiles - I can remember both goals very clearly, the first one especially was good enough to grace such an occasion.

I was standing on the Bob Bank and there were two Hereford fans (black & white scarfs) in front of me, looked like a father and young son. I don't recall seeing any other Hereford fans that evening, although I'm sure there had to be more somewhere.

[Lord Worcester]

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My first City game. Stood on the Bob Bank with my granddad.

Like you, my first ever city game. Went with my old man and his mate from work in the canton stand. Happy days!