Yard Dog Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_record_home_attendances_of_English_football_clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanny Adams Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Only to witness the King being there. Abdallah Lemsagam out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mikey Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Fanny Adams said: Only to witness the King being there. Abdallah Lemsagam out. That was well before Ritchie's time. Edit: The King was only there to witness the Tics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 But we've always been a small club..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedtobeWozzer Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 All related to the size of the town to some degree and its dominance of the world cotton spinning industry. In 1901 Oldham was the 19th largest town / city in the country and 21st in 1921 above the likes of Derby, Coventry, Norwich, Southampton and Wolverhampton. we were down to 31st in 1951 as the cotton industry declined and were out of the top 40 never to return by 1971. If if you read anything more interesting than that today I’ll be amazed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightDN123 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Brexit means Brexit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcshuck Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Someone has obviously edited that, impossible to fit 40,000+ into Boundary Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 1 minute ago, oafcshuck said: Someone has obviously edited that, impossible to fit 40,000+ into Boundary Park. Are you for real...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcshuck Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 1 minute ago, Stevie_J said: Are you for real...? I thought our capacity was about 13,500? I know Health and Safety wasn't as prominent back in the day but even then surely it was no more than 20,000. It's Wikipedia so people can edit it easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 It was 90 years ago and there were no seats. Not sure what you mean by 'edited' - it's been on record as the club's record attendance for forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAFC1984 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, Stevie_J said: It was 90 years ago and there were no seats. Not sure what you mean by 'edited' - it's been on record as the club's record attendance for forever. Can you see now why I called him a male hen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseowl Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, oafcshuck said: I thought our capacity was about 13,500? I know Health and Safety wasn't as prominent back in the day but even then surely it was no more than 20,000. It's Wikipedia so people can edit it easily. Hiya Shuck. Many will remember when, for example, the Rochdale Road End (JF stand now) was a huge open terrace (went a lot further back than it does now). Can't remember which season but I recall West Brom coming to town for their "promotion party" last game of the season. The RRE was literally packed like a sardine tin with baggies. There were at least 12,000 of them just in that one end that day - and some estimated it at 15,000 in the RRE. Completely different crown capacities at standing grounds. Think we had another 40,000 plus crowd against Liverpool if I remember what my dad told me correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAFC1984 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Just now, wiseowl said: Hiya Shuck. Many will remember when, for example, the Rochdale Road End (JF stand now) was a huge open terrace (went a lot further back than it does now). Can't remember which season but I recall West Brom coming to town for their "promotion party" last game of the season. The RRE was literally packed like a sardine tin with baggies. There were at least 12,000 of them just in that one end that day - and some estimated it at 15,000 in the RRE. Completely different crown capacities at standing grounds. Think we had another 40,000 plus crowd against Liverpool if I remember what my dad told me correctly. And posts like this just encourage the brain donor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfluff1985 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 People still falling for the cretins posts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 14 minutes ago, oafcshuck said: Someone has obviously edited that, impossible to fit 40,000+ into Boundary Park. Have you never looked at anything to do with the history of the club (or indeed of football)? Such a lack of knowledge makes any of your comments on present day activity pretty flimsy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorvik_latic Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Why are people responding to very obvious wind ups???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobledgersheart Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Just now, jorvik_latic said: Why are people responding to very obvious wind ups???? Let us pray it's a wind up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorvik_latic Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Just now, Bobledgersheart said: Let us pray it's a wind up ! Of course it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcshuck Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 I don't know why people think it's a wind up, I didn't know we used to have 40,000+ crowds. That's nearly 1 in 4 in the town coming to watch us. How our support has dwindled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 There’s obviously lots of things you don’t know...try putting your brain in gear before posting repetitive shite!!’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 We could also feature at the bottom of the list. The attendance at AFC Wimbledon's ground in 2017 (last game of the season) was 4867, 83 more than the 'record' attendance listed. But also 87 more than their official capacity. I think they had a game that beat that attendance though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 2 hours ago, oafcshuck said: I don't know why people think it's a wind up, I didn't know we used to have 40,000+ crowds. That's nearly 1 in 4 in the town coming to watch us. How our support has dwindled. Population of the town (rather then the whole borough) was 140,000 in 1930 v 98,000 in 2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 54 minutes ago, HarryBosch said: Population of the town (rather then the whole borough) was 140,000 in 1930 v 98,000 in 2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldham I bet you're a riot at dinner parties..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolatic Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 4 hours ago, oafcshuck said: Someone has obviously edited that, impossible to fit 40,000+ into Boundary Park. I was there in 1962 when we played Liverpool in the cup. Over 40,000 there that day. Edit: just checked the date. 27th January 1962. Latics 1-2 Liverpool. Attendance 41,733 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 4 minutes ago, lookersstandandy said: I bet you're a riot at dinner parties..... My "Shaw was the richest place on earth in 1915" story always goes down a treat..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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