Memory Lane Were you there?

[greyerfox]

I am pretty sure Chris Powell was in the Aldershot side too in the 10-1 win.

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

So many other great results not on there. The 7 nil at Sunderland springs to mind.
I'm impressed that so many people on here went to the Brentwood, Kings Lynn and Workington games over 50 years ago.

How many of us on here went to the Halifax home game in 1986 in front of our lowest ever league crowd of 1,006

 

[Richard Hearn]

So many other great results not on there. The 7 nil at Sunderland springs to mind.
I'm impressed that so many people on here went to the Brentwood, Kings Lynn and Workington games over 50 years ago.

How many of us on here went to the Halifax home game in 1986 in front of our lowest ever league crowd of 1,006

I did.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

So many other great results not on there. The 7 nil at Sunderland springs to mind.
I'm impressed that so many people on here went to the Brentwood, Kings Lynn and Workington games over 50 years ago.

How many of us on here went to the Halifax home game in 1986 in front of our lowest ever league crowd of 1,006

I went to the Brentwood, Workington and Halifax games.

 

[LBBlue]

I am pretty sure Chris Powell was in the Aldershot side too in the 10-1 win.

He was playing for us - was on loan at Aldershot the season before.

 

[Stuart W]

I went to the Brentwood, Workington and Halifax games.

Absolute ditto. Missed Kings Lynn though.

 

[westie]

I remember 1986 from January until the end of the season only too well. Apart from the Halifax game, almost every home match had attendances of less than 2,000. ☹

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

Absolute ditto. Missed Kings Lynn though.

There were a fair few Kings Lynn fans there; most housed in the east part of the East Stand.
Their singing lasted a full two minutes before Gary Moore headed us into the lead.
The KL keeper that day was one Norman Coe, who had been keeping for Northampton off and on in their one First Division (top flight) season a couple of years before.
I remember feeling sorry for him after an hour.
The 'we want 10' from the Pak had to wait until the next match.

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

I did.

What was it like?
Am assuming the South Bank was still there, and am trying to think of a game I was at less than 2,000.
Half the attendance? Wow! Am also assuming all four sides were open?

 

[RobM]

April 30, 1987. Lost 4-0 at Wrexham - attandance 935!

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

What was it like?
Am assuming the South Bank was still there, and am trying to think of a game I was at less than 2,000.
Half the attendance? Wow! Am also assuming all four sides were open?

Yep all 4 stands were open.
So 1,000 people in a 35,000 capacity ground. I think we had got used to the low crowds, it wasnt just us it was every club.

I will have a look later how many league crowds at home were less than 2,000. It was quite a few.

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

April 30, 1987. Lost 4-0 at Wrexham - attandance 935!

Yep I was at that one as well. That was a Thursday night.
Thats when Martin Ling was seriously injured. Pretty much the same injury as Humphrys.

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

Yep all 4 stands were open.
So 1,000 people in a 35,000 capacity ground. I think we had got used to the low crowds, it wasnt just us it was every club.

I will have a look later how many league crowds at home were less than 2,000. It was quite a few.

I'm trying to imagine standing on the South Bank. Talk about social distancing!

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

I'm trying to imagine standing on the South Bank. Talk about social distancing!

Yep I think the official capacity of the South Bank was about 15,000. There was probably less than a 100 people on it that night. It wasn't the most popular stand on cold nights.

 

[seve le six]

From what I can remember about the Brighton goals was that they all came in 3 10 minute spells, early first half early second half and towards the end of the match .
Travelling down on the coach, the record that I remember most being played was 1-2-3 by Len Barry. I've hated it ever since and can't listen to it even now.

 

[NZamba Legend]

I'm trying to imagine standing on the South Bank. Talk about social distancing!

When I first started going in 84/85 there would usually be about 20 away fans on the whole terrace (13k capacity!). Sometimes less. The exceptions were when we played Col U who bought a few hundred and then Northampton in the cup in 1986 (4-4). But it was still sparse. It blew my mind when we played Wolves April 87 and they brought loads down. First time (and only time) I'd ever seen it anywhere near full. It was a 10k crowd. Great night that was.

 

[Napster]

When I first started going in 84/85 there would usually be about 20 away fans on the whole terrace. Sometimes less. The exceptions were when we played Col U who bought a few hundred and then Northampton in the cup in 1986 (4-4). But it was still sparse. It blew my mind when we played Wolves April 87 and they brought loads down. First time (and only time) I'd ever seen it anywhere near full. It was a 10k crowd. Great night that was.

Yeah same!

 

[Chrisb]

So many other great results not on there. The 7 nil at Sunderland springs to mind.
I'm impressed that so many people on here went to the Brentwood, Kings Lynn and Workington games over 50 years ago.

How many of us on here went to the Halifax home game in 1986 in front of our lowest ever league crowd of 1,006

I was there.

 

[Tony Allen]

Away at Carlisle with Neville Southall in goal. Was it 5-0 - terrible but the trip on the Settle Carlisle train was good!

 

[BluBayou]

When I first started going in 84/85 there would usually be about 20 away fans on the whole terrace (13k capacity!). Sometimes less. The exceptions were when we played Col U who bought a few hundred and then Northampton in the cup in 1986 (4-4). But it was still sparse. It blew my mind when we played Wolves April 87 and they brought loads down. First time (and only time) I'd ever seen it anywhere near full. It was a 10k crowd. Great night that was.

They brought 3000 fans down on a Friday night. I've never seen anything like it for a league game. The centre of the South bank behind the goal was really packed. Getting 10,000 plus in '87 was really some thing considering the mid-80's attendances. A fantastic night. One of our biggest victories at Roots Hall.