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Quote Originally Posted by CCFCC3PO View Post
On a Colchester United site, they list the lowest crowds to watch Colchester ever. It includes 710 that saw Merthyr v Colchester in December 1990. Merthyr finished 9th that season.

https://www.coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=sipg&pd=1140

Same season, they had 1,175 against Barnet - Gary Bull scored a pen for Barnet.

1989/90 they had 2,003 against Barnet, would have been one of their first home games at that level.
That Colchester match was the one I mentioned - I seem to remember the weather was pretty awful that day.

I was also at one of those matches with Barnet, think it was the earlier one which I seem to remember finished 1-1.

Both Merthyr and Aberdare had Football League sides for a while in the 20s and 30s I believe, but I don't think the gates were great for either club and they didn't survive the Great Depression.