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Re: [soccerdatauk] Largest Div 2 crowds

Thanks for the pointers, Jim, which I'll investigate further.

Rick



On 04/04/2008, Jim Brown <jimrbrown@...> wrote:
There are two 'gates' to top the Chelsea one.
 
Many web sites have it that the record at this level was 68,029 Aston Villa v Coventry 30.10.1937. The official crowd at League HQ is a few hundred below this .
 
However, I am sure Spurs had a crowd of over 70,000 for a game v Southampton (I think) in their promotion season 1949-50.
 
I stand to be corrected
 
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There are two 'gates' to top the Chelsea one. Many web sites have it that the record at this level was 68,029 Aston Villa v Coventry 30.10.1937. The official...
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Thanks for the pointers, Jim, which I'll investigate further. Rick ... -- Official historian, Chelsea FC Paul Canoville's autobiography 'Black And Blue' is out...
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... Villa v Coventry 30.10.1937. The official crowd at League HQ is a few hundred below this . ... Southampton (I think) in their promotion season 1949-50. ......
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