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What was the spectator standing capacity on the old Spion Kop?

What was the spectator standing capacity on the old Spion Kop?

Footamooch

Footamooch

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Pre 1970
22,000 Kop.
8,000 Town End
8,000 Paddocks
4,000 Seats
Total: 42,000

After '87
6,000 Kop
4,000 Town End
4,000 Paddocks
4,000 Seats
18,000
 
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paolo poggi said:
22,000 Kop.
8,000 Town End
8,000 Paddocks
4,000 Seats

Total: 42,000
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original figures of course. over the years the same seats and the same terraces somewhat shrunk to around the 17,000 mark, after police, health and safety and ground safety officers stuck their noses in.
 
3200 spion Kop.
4000 town end
1000 paddock seats
3000 paddock standing
1200 each west stand paddock
West stand seats I forget
 
Elwiss said:
could somebody post a few picks of the old Kop then we can reminise those days gone by
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there's a few pics in the links in the thread, but i'm sure there are many others out there. Used to be an experience regularly playing on the plastic pitch, with the empty stands around you, with the echos reverberating around you looking up at the PNEFC Lamb & that big old clock !!! oh and sat in the dugouts having a fag at half time.....
 
Thanks I remember standing with my dearly departed Dad on that wonderful terrace and my lad at the age of two playing with his car toys laid across the steps whilst I tried to enjoy the match - wonderful memories.
 
Footamooch said:
Used to be an experience regularly playing on the plastic pitch, with the empty stands around you, with the echos reverberating around you looking up at the PNEFC Lamb & that big old clock !!! oh and sat in the dugouts having a fag at half time.....
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Is your name John Beck by any chance?
 
Elwiss said:
Thanks I remember standing with my dearly departed Dad on that wonderful terrace and my lad at the age of two playing with his car toys laid across the steps whilst I tried to enjoy the match - wonderful memories.
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And now is it the other way round, with your lad watching the footy whilst you entertain yourself playing with your toys?
 
Ended up being 14,700 (total ground capacity) in 1994, 14036 turned up against blackpool that year. Blew a gale and we won 1-0. Remember it well, but saw nowt because it was heaving.
 
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Remember seeing Alex Sabella the first of the Argentinian players across here scroring a belter for Sheff Utd at the Kop End - he was some player.

Remember hearing Ricky Thompsons leg break versus newcastle - what a loss of such a talent.

Remember the Rotherham Fans running from the Kop / clambering across to half way line and running out of the ground via the west stand - what was all that about.
 
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