I got along to a few cup finals in days gone by so I know i've been in crowds of 100k...but in recent years probably 65k (i think) for england v france in portugal is the biggest crowd for me...& as for charlton, the ot cup match with 10k of us in attendance was nearly 45k (i think) beaten by around 55k (?) for the 68/69 arsenal fa cup match at highbury but i've not seen us in a bigger gate during our pl days as i've not been to ot or highbury of late...biggest gate at the valley is definitely more than the current capacity but will never be known because none of us ever believed the 'official gates' given out in the 70's when there were times when we were packed in like sardines and only twenty something thousand supposedly inside the ground...
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bloody 'ell, how did i forget that ???...
unless the playoff final was more.
Play off final was more.
Biggest was Spain v Poland in the Olympics gold medal game in 1992 in Barcelona, 102,000 in the Nou Camp. After that, 88,800 at Wembley on Friday.
Been to a 70k+ cricket match as well!
I did go to see Barcelona v Getafe at the Nou Camp a couple of weeks ago - it wasn't full so hard to say what the attendance was (I can't look it up as all sports sites are banned by my firewall (other than Charlton life thank God!).
Our play off, OT,
In Italia '90 World Cup, I saw England beat Cameroon 3-2 in the quarter final in Napoli, anyone know what the crowd was?
At The Valley in the old terracing days, there was 30,000 + against Millwall in the late 60's, Spurs in '77 when we won
4-1, and maybe a cup matches against West Ham. Good gate against Derby in '69, also.
Oggy, I was at that one, but dont remember it even fully selling out to be honest, or the ground being that big, such was Englands rep then. Thought the locals were very accomodating to England fans, in stark contract to the turin locals for the game v Germany a few days later, which is prob the biggest crowd I have been in, if bigger than playn off final.
Oggy, I was at that one, but dont remember it even fully selling out to be honest, or the ground being that big, such was Englands rep then. Thought the locals were very accomodating to England fans, in stark contract to the turin locals for the game v Germany a few days later, which is prob the biggest crowd I have been in, if bigger than playn off final.[/quote]
just looked it up and actually 74k v Cameroon compared to 73k v germany, surprised at that.
Was looking down the list above and there are some names who have played and scored in these finals - interesting!
Well i found it interesting anyway!!