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Poojah
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The game v Aston Villa in ‘94 is the biggest crowd I’ve been a part of at BP. As the commentary mentions, “almost 16,000” there that day.

Almost double what you can pack in these days. Hard to imagine.

https://youtu.be/RkIihmrbBMI


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Bet they were still letting people in 3 at a time in the Blundell.
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The game v Aston Villa in ‘94 is the biggest crowd I’ve been a part of at BP. As the commentary mentions, “almost 16,000” there that day.

Almost double what you can pack in these days. Hard to imagine.


It's hard to imagine twice as many as that Villa game which is the record attendance for BP!

I remember the Villa game quite well. Stood in the Pontoon which was jam packed and felt as rough as following a night in JD's drinking Blastaways. One of my mates had to go to the front because he thought he was going to pass out (mostly due to the hangover, I think!).
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First on the pitch from the lower for post match goading of the away fans


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Quoted from Poojah
The game v Aston Villa in ‘94 is the biggest crowd I’ve been a part of at BP. As the commentary mentions, “almost 16,000” there that day.

Almost double what you can pack in these days. Hard to imagine.

https://youtu.be/RkIihmrbBMI


Did you go to the Tottenham game a few years earlier when Lineker played? I remember that being 17,000. Incredible to think that, really.
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It's hard to imagine twice as many as that Villa game which is the record attendance for BP!

I remember the Villa game quite well. Stood in the Pontoon which was jam packed and felt as rough as following a night in JD's drinking Blastaways. One of my mates had to go to the front because he thought he was going to pass out (mostly due to the hangover, I think!).


Absolutely loved a Blastaway. Just tasted like Lilt but got you completely battered. Ah, good times.
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Quoted from Poojah
The game v Aston Villa in ‘94 is the biggest crowd I’ve been a part of at BP. As the commentary mentions, “almost 16,000” there that day.

Almost double what you can pack in these days. Hard to imagine.

https://youtu.be/RkIihmrbBMI


I remember going to this with one of my friends and his dad. I can't really remember a great deal of it (which applies to most games, even from last season!), the only thing I recall was Bosnich swinging off the crossbar at some point in the game. Crazy to look at the teamsheet at the start of those highlights and realise now with some greater knowledge of the game what big players they had playing that day. As an 8 year old nothing like that registered.
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Standing in that open corner watching Mike Brolly shut the Everton faithful up ,it was truly a thing of beauty

22,043 fans in BP that night, what a fantastic atmosphere it was.



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A packed Pontoon baying for blood ruined many an opposition player and team in the 80s .David Speedie lost the plot and got red carded for Coventry and Man City amongst many  others simply fell apart when the Pontoon turned up the volume. Great times and in my opinion the best times to be a football fan .The games had an edge sometimes bordering on dangerous but the sheer excitement of just going to games was amazing. UTM
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Been present on 3 occasions when crowds exceeded 20,000 Norwich Exeter and Everton  oh what nights all under the lights it’s hard to imagine that gates of 32000 was crammed in
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