cityrebel Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 34 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I went to the championship decider at Brandon between Coventy and Hull (Leicester followed on if I recall) in 1979 and the attendance at that meeting was pretty enormous I remember. I've got a mate that went to that. He reckons it was close to 20,000. Incredible really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 an entry in the guiness bokok of records , claimed over 100,000 for a league match at Bradford 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WembleyLion Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 I was at the Coventry v Hull league decider in 1979 and I think the attendance was given as 23,000. It was certainly a huge crowd and I remember having to park about a mile away from the stadium. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 3 hours ago, WembleyLion said: I was at the Coventry v Hull league decider in 1979 and I think the attendance was given as 23,000. It was certainly a huge crowd and I remember having to park about a mile away from the stadium. 'I was there' too, rammed, packed it was.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sotonian Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 On 3/17/2019 at 9:33 PM, adonis said: an entry in the guiness bokok of records , claimed over 100,000 for a league match at Bradford Yes - but it was a Rugby League match, 104,000 odd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, Sotonian said: Yes - but it was a Rugby League match, 104,000 odd. ok i got that wrong then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 On 3/12/2019 at 9:30 AM, Grachan said: The biggest crowd I ever saw at Swindon was a double header in 1974 against Hackney and Belle Vue - with Bob Kilby guesting for the opposition in both matches. I didn't even get in the stadium until about heat 4 of the first match because of the queues, and you literally could barely move in the stadium. It was rammed solid all the way round. That was my first season watching speedway, and I've never seen a crowd like that since at a domestic meeting. These days the sport would be ridiculed for this, "how can the sport be taken seriously?". Ah, the good old days :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 The biggest attendance ever is generally regarded as the ‘73 WF at Katowice , estimated at 130,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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