dunsbyowl Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) Wednesday, League Champions , League leaders , top scorers and with the best defensive record (how good does that sound) in Division 1 beat Birmingham 9-1 in front of 21,226 at Hillsborough. Thats us ! ---> Not only that but "Wednesday's wonder forwards" - Mark Hooper 3, Jack Ball 2 Jimmy Seed 2, Harry Burgess Ellis Rimmer scored those nine past the current England keeper Harry Hibbs. Imagine what would happen to Joe Hart? Must have been a decent walk home up Herries Road after that ? Edited December 13, 2014 by dunsbyowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owler66 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 21,000 top of the league,it would be meltdown on here if that happened today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Starling Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 21,000 top of the league,it would be meltdown on here if that happened today And they had kids for ha'penny as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaping Lannys Perm Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Shocking attendance. Was football simply not as popular back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 The most remarkable thing about that article is England's number 1 in goal for Birmingham!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumboldowl Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 There'd be meltdown at Old Trafford as well ! P 19 W2 D2 L15 F25 A65 Pts 6 Oh dear, oh dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Everyone must've been skint after the wall street crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loxley Owl Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Everyone must've been skint after the wall street crash Not everyone. It was "goal rich". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUMBELOWS91 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 10 now Premier League clubs, 9 Championship, 1 League one, 1 League 2 and 1 conference for the stato's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasthagotanycheese Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 See........No Nuhiu in the team and we get a hatful.......when will Gray ever learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_Owl Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 2 points for a win. Thank god they changed it, you wouldn't move anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt68owls Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Nice to see Leeds and man utd at the bottom :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowl Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 A lot of people were out of work. No social Security in those days. Loads of people couldn't buy enough food to feed their kids. Kids went to school barefoot, they couldn't afford boots which cost "a bob". 21000 was a lot in the circumstances. Hard times according to my parents. My dads dad was gassed in WW1 and hardly worked after, Mums dad was a forge master at Doncasters and was well off. He would have been there, never missed a match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffjohnsonmyhero Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Shocking attendance. Was football simply not as popular back then? I suggest you get your history books out we were struggling in a depression ,Mass unemployment times were really hard ,My grandad joined the Army in 1934 war broke out he was already a sergeant .Hard times makes you realize how lucky we are.We can afford 2 home games in a week if needed .On top of that our away support is Brilliant but what cost i never tell wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_Owl Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 X factor final, in them days it might have come on at 4pm so people wouldn't want to miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteG_1984 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 In all seriousness with the attendance figures, I think people generally were more fickle with games they attended. Some games could draw in about 40-50k some much lower than that game Dunsby has posted. I assume it's cos people couldn't afford season tickets back then. No 0% credit cards or zebra finance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgund Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Did they have wiziwig wireless radio back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Did they have wiziwig wireless radio back then? yes but by the time the wireless had warmed up the game was over..........................just like WP today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmyowl1212 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 They must like being involved in high scoring games on 13th December 6-1 today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Sewell Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 That season we averaged 26k. Best run of average gates came after WW2 - 27,36,34,41,41,42,35k.There weren't many season ticket holders in those days and people picked their games, but for big games I remember being in 60 odd thousand crowds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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