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I have never known Blundell Park like this, my first game was 1995 and it all seater by that point, my dad actually prefers it terracing he used to say the atmosphere was brilliant back then.

Those steps 💕💕. Are they still there ?

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Great photos 👍🏻

I remember in the pontoon that random couple of rows of seats!

Never recall seats in the pontoon certainly in the back of the main and a seating section in the osmand but can’t recall seats in the pontoon

Remember 19,000v Sheff Utd and could easy of been a fair few more than that. Chelsea getting promotion and bringing 10,000 stood in the Ozzy, corner, Main and eventually the lower that was saved as an overspill area. Looks better back then than the current state unfortunately and looks like no redevelopment of the Main stand now either.

Seen these photos a few times and they make me almost want to weep. Can't get over how "proper" the old girl looks with all stands connected. That Taylor Report, effed us royally

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

Bet they were still letting people in 3 at a time in the Blundell.

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.

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!).

First on the pitch from the lower for post match goading of the away fans

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.

Quoted from Maringer

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.

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.

Quoted from ancientmariner54

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.

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

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

Seems such an obvious thing to do now, to construct something in the open corners. A new stadium is a huge expense, but we may as well optimise the space we have got at BP. We could probably get another three thousand seats in.

Quoted from Heisenberg

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.

I went to that, biggest crowd I've been part of! At BP anyway.

The only game that comes close for me was the Exeter promotion game c1990, which is the only game I can remember being in the Osmond

Quoted from crusty ole pie

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

Those were the days, a good team and an excellent atmosphere. It was said in that era the crowd always made 1 goal, it wasn't a matter of will we win, but how many will we score. I feel sorry for today's fans who can only witness it on Google or YouTube. It was pleasure to be there.

Quoted from crusty ole pie

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

I seem to remember being in BP for, I believe an FA Cup match against Burnley with a gate of 22,000, could be wrong though, memory not good at 77 years old.

I remember as a young lad going to BP to watch two league games when the
attendances were over 25,000.

They were in successive seasons, one against Stoke City and the other Blackpool.

The attraction for both games was one Stanley Matthews. In at least one of the games
whilst he was down in the programme as playing we only found out later that he had been
injured all week and wasn't ever going to appear. The Club made a few quid out of that.

Did we play Chelsea at home? Lost 1-0? Not sure how many was there. Went to the Everton game. Had to stand on a milk crate.

I remember being at BP for those 2 massive attendances v Exeter and Everton.

Every time the ball went anywhere near our goal, the whole crowd would surge forwards and when we scored you'd end up yards away from where you'd been standing next to people you'd never seen before. ;D

Quoted from Les Brechin

I remember being at BP for those 2 massive attendances v Exeter and Everton.

Every time the ball went anywhere near our goal, the whole crowd would surge forwards and when we scored you'd end up yards away from where you'd been standing next to people you'd never seen before. ;D

I had forgotten about those surges forward . In the back of the Pontoon when we scored you would end up half a dozen rows below where you started hoping the people in front of you didn’t go to ground or you would go over to into a heap. A different world

Quoted from HerveJosse

I had forgotten about those surges forward . In the back of the Pontoon when we scored you would end up half a dozen rows below where you started hoping the people in front of you didn’t go to ground or you would go over to into a heap. A different world

Not a problem landing in a heap as an 18 year old, if it happened now I would end up in traction for 6 months!

Quoted from crusty ole pie

Never recall seats in the pontoon certainly in the back of the main and a seating section in the osmand but can’t recall seats in the pontoon

I must be going mad then. I could’ve sworn there was when I first started going in the pontoon 89/90 season

Quoted from Posh Harry

Not a problem landing in a heap as an 18 year old, if it happened now I would end up in traction for 6 months!

By the time I was 18 I had graduated to the back of the Barrats which was just as bad only difference was the body’s were bigger

Quoted from It Bites

Brilliant

You are being sarcastic, aren't you? An upper tier twice the height of the rest of the ground but only running half the length of the pitch is not brilliant. People sat behind glass making no noise for the team is sh!t for atmosphere.

You lot make it sound like the Mariners were top-flight champions multiple times when Blundell Park had terracing.

Quoted from White_shorts

You are being sarcastic, aren't you? An upper tier twice the height of the rest of the ground but only running half the length of the pitch is not brilliant. People sat behind glass making no noise for the team is sh!t for atmosphere.

You lot make it sound like the Mariners were top-flight champions multiple times when Blundell Park had terracing.

Mardy git . As I get older I see beauty in different things

I was in the Osmond for the Exeter game and had my first experience of being crushed against the fence and totally out of my control of my existence . Loved it !

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

I was in the Osmond for the Exeter game and had my first experience of being crushed against the fence and totally out of my control of my existence . Loved it !

I was in there that day . Loved every minute....... Oh apart from that bit where they hit the post at 2-1