Eh? Wasn't it about 16 thousand and they'd been getting steadily worse since Gazza left, that's four years of a lot of crap. Whilst Newcastle's team had plenty of potential in it, they had a really soft underbelly pretty much like all Ardiles' teams. Personally attendances should drop away if the entertainment is rubbish, and that's what made football great then the rewards were directly related to performance.
What I do remember was mentally passionate fans, with most of them turning their 'passions' against each other. It was a great atmosphere and seeing all the different sections of different aged supporters pecking at each other was class. And to think within a couple of years it was all gone with sold out season tickets and locked in fans. My mate decided to go uni up there after that, got a season ticket at Newcastle and said it was one of the most exhilerating footbal periods he'll ever see.
I can't even remember most of the goals, I do remember Rob Lee being out and thinking we had no chance. And I do remember Barness cutting inside and scoring a quality goal, also I think Peacock jnr hitting the bar in the first few minutes of the second half and from then on we dominate with what I vaguely remember as Colin Walsh scrappy goals.
If i recall rightly the moron bus driver on the way home decided to cross the penines over to the Machester side, hmmm whatever happened I got back past my bedtime.
Stevie glad you remember! Peacock played for Newcastle in those days it was a shame we couldn't afford him from Bournemouth.
Different era for City and everyone by the late 90's. I mean Newcastle are getting almost 50,000 now... back then before the prem in the 80's Citys attendances dropped below twenty thousand. Sure Newcastle fans have a lot of hulabaloo but for a half full ground it's the best atmosphere I ever saw, and to see the fans turning on each other and our little band of 600 starting to grow in voice was something else.
Barness cracked his one in at the Leazes End and Walsh got both of his down the Gallowgate (one of them was from just inside the box high into the net). The "Pardew" last minute winner was really an own goal from Liam O'Brien. Remember Andy Hunt getting one and youngsters like Matty Appleby and possibly Lee Clark playing for them. Without looking it up I think the crowd was 15,000 odd and it was possibly the only time we as away fans, stood in the corner of the Leazes by the "new stand" (built I think in the 70's) but I did miss a couple of midweek matches there so could be wrong. Before that we used to stand in the other end of the Leazes' near all the Herberts on the long terrace and for the cup game we were sat in the corner by what was the Gallowgate. And of course, thereafter we sat up in the gods in the corner above where we used to stand in the early 80's. Has any other club moved the away fans around so much? (in the same ground)
Nearly all the goals were down the Gallowgate end! I vaguely remember the crossed goals for Walshie and the og but have no recollection of their goals. I remember being impressed by Hunt and followed his career at WBA, was real happy when we signed him.
When we equalised my mate was cheering so much his glasses started bouncing up and down on his head and then fell off. Instead of standing still and catching them he just carried on jumping up and down and started juggled with them trying to catch them. He ended up knocking them straight into the middle of a group of guys who were going mental with their celebrations, and once they'd all calmed down his glasses got passed back to him piece by piece. He had to watch the rest of the game holding one scratched lense up to his face! He got contact lenses shortly after that!!
I was there and managed to somehow get a comp off Paul Pace. Suspect Barry Nugent had something to do with it. The seat was in the John Hall stand and to start with the banter with the (more refined it has to be said) Newcastle fans was OK, it was only when it got to 3-0 when I got a bit pissed off.
I didn't really celebrate the first goal but was up for it when Walshie made it 3-2. I went a tad mad when we equalised but when Gritty came on near the end I thought we were settling for a draw. But the image of Pardew's first shot being miraculously headed off the line by Steve Watson followed by the deflected follow up (yes it was Liam O'brien) meant joy unconfined among myself and the small knot of Addicks around me.
The crowd was around 14,800 and I can remember the boos to this day. 3 days later Newcastle went out of the FA Cup at home on pens to Bournemouth (a young Alan Thompson missed one) and Ardiles was sacked soon after. A few days later Kevin Keegan came in, I forget what sort of impact he had.......
[cite]Posted By: buckshee[/cite]so what sort of crowds did Man City get in the third tier then , oh yeah about 30,000 still
it's what I always think about when they chirp up about being the best supporters in the land
not in the late eighties/early nineties City weren't - no chance
you can't compare crowds pre-1996 with afterwards
teams like Chelsea and Spurs were getting less than 20,000 in the old First Division only a few years earlier
Exactly, if you compared a sides average attendance back then to what it is now, i'd be surprised if there's more than a couple who got better averages back then. Maybe Liverpool did with the huge terraced Kop and Leeds and Sheffield Weds as they've fallen down the divisions but there won't be many.
Definitely one of our most memorable matches. I was there. I remember going to Newcastle and standing in that corner on at least 3 occasions around the early nineties and out of 3 games I'm sure we got 7 points.
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what I do remember was the crap attendance from the best fans on the land
What I do remember was mentally passionate fans, with most of them turning their 'passions' against each other. It was a great atmosphere and seeing all the different sections of different aged supporters pecking at each other was class. And to think within a couple of years it was all gone with sold out season tickets and locked in fans. My mate decided to go uni up there after that, got a season ticket at Newcastle and said it was one of the most exhilerating footbal periods he'll ever see.
I can't even remember most of the goals, I do remember Rob Lee being out and thinking we had no chance. And I do remember Barness cutting inside and scoring a quality goal, also I think Peacock jnr hitting the bar in the first few minutes of the second half and from then on we dominate with what I vaguely remember as Colin Walsh scrappy goals.
OMG!! I feel old
it's what I always think about when they chirp up about being the best supporters in the land
Stevie glad you remember! Peacock played for Newcastle in those days it was a shame we couldn't afford him from Bournemouth.
Different era for City and everyone by the late 90's. I mean Newcastle are getting almost 50,000 now... back then before the prem in the 80's Citys attendances dropped below twenty thousand. Sure Newcastle fans have a lot of hulabaloo but for a half full ground it's the best atmosphere I ever saw, and to see the fans turning on each other and our little band of 600 starting to grow in voice was something else.
I didn't really celebrate the first goal but was up for it when Walshie made it 3-2. I went a tad mad when we equalised but when Gritty came on near the end I thought we were settling for a draw. But the image of Pardew's first shot being miraculously headed off the line by Steve Watson followed by the deflected follow up (yes it was Liam O'brien) meant joy unconfined among myself and the small knot of Addicks around me.
The crowd was around 14,800 and I can remember the boos to this day. 3 days later Newcastle went out of the FA Cup at home on pens to Bournemouth (a young Alan Thompson missed one) and Ardiles was sacked soon after. A few days later Kevin Keegan came in, I forget what sort of impact he had.......
not in the late eighties/early nineties City weren't - no chance
you can't compare crowds pre-1996 with afterwards
teams like Chelsea and Spurs were getting less than 20,000 in the old First Division only a few years earlier
Exactly, if you compared a sides average attendance back then to what it is now, i'd be surprised if there's more than a couple who got better averages back then. Maybe Liverpool did with the huge terraced Kop and Leeds and Sheffield Weds as they've fallen down the divisions but there won't be many.
Any stattos out there got any figures?