Bald Bloke Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, dj350z said: I was at the 1981 final at Wembley and I am sure I remember the official attendance given as over 92,000! That was some atmosphere. The current Wembley stadium has a capacity of 90,000 whereas the 'old' Wembley had a capacity of 100,000 but was limited for evening events I seem to recall. I was there.The air horns were deafening. As you say, a great atmosphere 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 The live tv league match between Arsenal and Man City ,the gate given was over 58,000.Looking at the gaps in the crowd I suspect Diane Abbott was on the turnstiles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj350z Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Only a quid for the programme too!! Although I lament those days, we are never going to get back to anything like that so we have to support what we do have and make the most of the sport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Ward Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 22 minutes ago, mickthemuppet said: The live tv league match between Arsenal and Man City ,the gate given was over 58,000.Looking at the gaps in the crowd I suspect Diane Abbott was on the turnstiles Trouble is that most of those gaps were for fans with season tickets and forever what reason those fans didn’t attend they still count them in the attendance even though they have only bought the ticket but aren’t actually there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 2 hours ago, mickthemuppet said: The live tv league match between Arsenal and Man City ,the gate given was over 58,000.Looking at the gaps in the crowd I suspect Diane Abbott was on the turnstiles Thing is mate, to my eyes there was no where near58 k there. The comentator said the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 2 hours ago, dj350z said: Only a quid for the programme too!! Although I lament those days, we are never going to get back to anything like that so we have to support what we do have and make the most of the sport. Thing is in those days Speedway was supported by the National news papers, they could do with getting involved with Cardiff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrhbig Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Remember 81, what an atmosphere there was at Wembley , electric, however if you needed the toilets, they were Neanthedral. I stayed with my sister and the news later was that the Police could not believe that 90,000 plus people could attend Wembley and no arrests were made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) 28 minutes ago, hrhbig said: Remember 81, what an atmosphere there was at Wembley , electric, however if you needed the toilets, they were Neanthedral. I stayed with my sister and the news later was that the Police could not believe that 90,000 plus people could attend Wembley and no arrests were made. There you go, speedway is a different kettle of fish to football. although football does seem to be mellowing a bit. Fans are now starting to comunicate better. The same as the Cheltenham festival, you cannot get near a toilet for love nor money if you go as a punter. If you do you need waterproof shoes... But i do feel the powers that be need to try and tap up a national newspaper to give cardiff some sponsorship and a bit of coverage. Edited March 5, 2018 by Starman2006 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunce Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 1 hour ago, hrhbig said: Remember 81, what an atmosphere there was at Wembley , electric, however if you needed the toilets, they were Neanthedral. I stayed with my sister and the news later was that the Police could not believe that 90,000 plus people could attend Wembley and no arrests were made. Absolutely correct. Somewhere in my archives I have a letter from the Police Chief that was in charge that day, it gave the exact attendance figure and as a footnote he put "there was not a single arrest, and I just wish it was so for every event held there" We used this letter as evidence at a planning application for Speedway in Norwich, to show that you could get over 90,000+ fans from every track in the country together in one stadium without any trouble. I was really proud of that fact, but sadly it did nothing for the planners, and the application like many before and since.....was refused! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor... Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 4 hours ago, Starman2006 said: Thing is mate, to my eyes there was no where near58 k there. The comentator said the same thing. For some reason its announced by the dj as the "attendance" but in the press box the info is given as "tickets sold".. I was there in my season ticket and there were no more than about 38-40 i would say. Loads of season ticket holders around me didn't come but to be fair the weather was appalling and it was pretty much impossible to get to london from the south of the river, let alone for folk coming from further afield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 17 minutes ago, The Doctor... said: For some reason its announced by the dj as the "attendance" but in the press box the info is given as "tickets sold".. I was there in my season ticket and there were no more than about 38-40 i would say. Loads of season ticket holders around me didn't come but to be fair the weather was appalling and it was pretty much impossible to get to london from the south of the river, let alone for folk coming from further afield. Yep as you say, the weather was applauling and whether you have a season ticket or not people will not travel or cannot in that. But it did seem strange when it was anounced there was 58k there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Bunce said: Absolutely correct. Somewhere in my archives I have a letter from the Police Chief that was in charge that day, it gave the exact attendance figure and as a footnote he put "there was not a single arrest, and I just wish it was so for every event held there" We used this letter as evidence at a planning application for Speedway in Norwich, to show that you could get over 90,000+ fans from every track in the country together in one stadium without any trouble. I was really proud of that fact, but sadly it did nothing for the planners, and the application like many before and since.....was refused! WAS a lot less than 90,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 8 hours ago, dj350z said: I was at the 1981 final at Wembley and I am sure I remember the official attendance given as over 92,000! That was some atmosphere. The current Wembley stadium has a capacity of 90,000 whereas the 'old' Wembley had a capacity of 100,000 but was limited for evening events I seem to recall. I believe the official attendance for Wembley in 1981 was 71,000. That's still a massively impressive figure, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 This saga has run longer than the Scot Nicholls story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argos Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Would it be fair to say the longer this saga goes on the less likely there will be League Speedway on TV this season, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, Argos said: Would it be fair to say the longer this saga goes on the less likely there will be League Speedway on TV this season, It would appear it's all virtually signed and sealed. The wait for announcement is baffling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najjer Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 I was led to believe a few years ago the reason that attendance figures weren't given out is because not a single track in the country would have the correct amount of marshals, and if alcohol is being sold not the right amount of security either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, Najjer said: I was led to believe a few years ago the reason that attendance figures weren't given out is because not a single track in the country would have the correct amount of marshals, and if alcohol is being sold not the right amount of security either. Depends which track you go to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Argos said: Would it be fair to say the longer this saga goes on the less likely there will be League Speedway on TV this season, NO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 2 hours ago, stevebrum said: It would appear it's all virtually signed and sealed. The wait for announcement is baffling. AGREED 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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