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oldun
November 21, 2017, 5:29pm

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God. 22,000, where did they all go? 😥


We used to get a couple of hundred up the floodlight pylons in those days, no problem.
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November 22, 2017, 1:01pm

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I know but why has it fallen that drastically?  


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Quoted from Mariner Ronnie
I know but why has it fallen that drastically?  


Step forward.....(roll of the drums) seating.


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November 22, 2017, 5:12pm

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I did think that, but would such a huge crowd return if they brought in safe standing?


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November 22, 2017, 5:23pm

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I did think that, but would such a huge crowd return if they brought in safe standing?


I doubt that the BP capacity would rise that high if they did.

Back in those days they packed you in like sardines!


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That first Wolves game often gets bypassed when people talk about the great B.P. nights but Town came within inches of another famous win when Kev Moore(?) rattled the bar with a header. Had we won that night there would've been two 3rd tier teams in the semi-final of what was then a trophy taken pretty seriously by the "big boys" (pretty sure Swindon were the other one). An all Division 3 semi-final would've seen us as favourites to get to Wembley....great night.


I remember that night well, was in with the Wolves fans and to this day i don't know what my reaction would have been if that had been inches lower.
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Don't know if you're old enough to remember Ronnie, but we also had concrete terracing on the 3 open corners as well as the Ponny, Barrett and Osmond being standing.

Best seats in the house were apparently the Barrett stand roof. It's what inspired the architect of the Findus Stand   .


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Don't know if you're old enough to remember Ronnie, but we also had concrete terracing on the 3 open corners as well as the Ponny, Barrett and Osmond being standing.

Best seats in the house were apparently the Barrett stand roof. It's what inspired the architect of the Findus Stand   .


I do remember the concrete corners, first match in ‘92 against Sunderland. They wore our kit lol.


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Those corners held a lot, and not a bad view from the top either! Went through a phase of using the Pontoon / Barrett corner.In fact I seem to recall standing there the night Town beat Scunny 7-1. I still think it looks stupid with three empty flat corners.


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Those corners held a lot, and not a bad view from the top either! Went through a phase of using the Pontoon / Barrett corner.In fact I seem to recall standing there the night Town beat Scunny 7-1. I still think it looks stupid with three empty flat corners.


I used to go in that corner in the early 80's. As you say, good view from the top, but a bit open to the elements.

In Slades last spell in charge, we had a game with temporary seating (Wycombe?), with some set up in that very corner. I ended up in there as couldn't get a ticket anywhere else and it felt weird.
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