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Posh Harry
November 23, 2017, 3:26pm
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Quoted from ginnywings


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.


Think I was in the same seats Ginny. Wasn't it a Friday night game? Bl88dy cold sat there are Sergio Torres ran the show?
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League games was far better before seating as well as the cup,

19,000+ for Sheff Wed

16,000+ for Sheff Utd

Plus a few 12,000 ---14,000  ones as well.

Much better days lets hope they will return when/ if  we get the newstadium,

14,000 in the new place would be rocking.


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Quoted from grimsby pete
League games was far better before seating as well as the cup,

19,000+ for Sheff Wed

16,000+ for Sheff Utd

Plus a few 12,000 ---14,000  ones as well.

Much better days lets hope they will return when/ if  we get the newstadium,

14,000 in the new place would be rocking.


It was Sheffield United where we had over 19,000.. Last game of the season, won 4-0.

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It was Sheffield United where we had over 19,000.. Last game of the season, won 4-0.



17,000 +  for West Ham as well,

I am sure I got those Sheffield games the right way round,

I will just go and check my book, back in a minute.


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Think I was in the same seats Ginny. Wasn't it a Friday night game? Bl88dy cold sat there are Sergio Torres ran the show?


And Mooney scored his obligatory goal  . To be fair, we played pretty well and their loan keeper (Andy Longergan I think?) made 3 or 4 really good saves. The temporary seating was put in for the infamous Newcastle match a couple of weeks later; I'm guessing there was a stub deal going on, hence the big crowd for the Wycombe match.


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Just checked you are right it was United,

BUT

A few years later we had nearly 19,000. it was 18,900 odd against Wednesday,

Good days will they ever return ?


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22,000+ for the never to be forgotten game against Exeter,

We had 11,000+ for the original game against Exeter that was abandoned because of fog,

So over 33.000 saw us play them that year.


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Quoted from Abdul19


And Mooney scored his obligatory goal  . To be fair, we played pretty well and their loan keeper (Andy Longergan I think?) made 3 or 4 really good saves. The temporary seating was put in for the infamous Newcastle match a couple of weeks later; I'm guessing there was a stub deal going on, hence the big crowd for the Wycombe match.


I'd forgotten it was put in for the Newcastle game.

Our No9, can't remember his name now, missed a sitter of a header in that Wycombe game.
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Think the cost of football is more to blame than all seater stadiums. With hard times ahead I can see attendances falling at all clubs.
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The appetite for a successful club is there in Grimsby as up to 30,000 have gone to Wembley to watch them in the last 20 years. Even if we go off our last two play off visits there’s still a good 12,000 who would go. The problem we’d face is keeping them interested which would be tough when we’re playing crap and still charging £20 a game to get in.
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