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Was the highest home attendance we have ever had for a league game, and the second-highest in our entire history.
It pisses me off no end how fickle (for whatever reasons) people are with regards to attending matches and supporting us, and how much more support our team should have received during games this season, but the past few years have really shown how much we have grown and the potential we now have.
Averaged over 4k for the past three seasons, the only three in our history. Sold.out consecutive home games (as well as a number of others the past four years). Taking 1000 to Stockport midweek. A lot of hard work has gone into it for many years, both on and off the pitch, and we remain one of the smallest sides in the divisions (only Burtom averaged fewer), but the growth shouldn't be ignored.
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Yes, at 7321 it’s actually 3 more than google says capacity is, at 7318. How did the extra 3 get in?? 😁
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Was that the actual people who went thought turnstiles or tick sales .Know in PL it is the latter.
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Don’t know. But even if it were on ticket sales, still interested in how we can exceed capacity. Presumably they’re not selling more tickets than the ground can hold? Although while we’re on the subject, I’m sure the East Terrace still didn’t feel quite so cramped and wedged in as it has done on previous big-gate occasions.
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Maybe people just give you a wide berth? 😆
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Simple answer, we didn't.
I don't know where you got this capacity figure from, but it isn't accurate. And don't know where they would have got it from as we have never announced it. 7228 was the attendance we got against Luton, which at the time was a sellout, and is as close as you could have got to guessing the capacity before yesterday (which still may not have been full capacity as not everybody turned up).
As for the East, our capacity was reduced when we made the EFL as they have more stringent regulations, so previous games in there before 2010 will have been more cramped. And if you are thinking since then, I believe the stewards are now a lot more involved in preventing people filling the walkways and piling into the middle unlike in the earlier FL days, so the overall number in the stand is the same when sold out, but is more evenly spread across the whole length of the stand.
Edited by Chuds at 09:23:22 on 10th May 2026
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Wish I could post photos on here. I googled ‘capacity of Lamex stadium’ and a Getty Images photo appears with the number 7318 in the top left hand corner. If you look at the Wikipedia entry for Lamex stadium it says it was formerly 6722 until the new North Stand increased it to 7318. If this is incorrect I’m genuinely interested to know where they got the figure from, and what the true figure actually is.
Regarding your second paragraph, you are probably correct. I think of the FA cup game against Newcastle where it seemed impossible to move at all such was the nature of the wedging (I have a photo of that too) whereas this Saturday we were ‘sold out’ but with small areas of visible concrete around us and space to step up or down the levels with ease (relatively speaking - still busy of course but not quite so restrictive).
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Yes. Exactly like that. I’m a technological cretin. Thanks for the assistance. At least Chuds can see I was seeking official clarification! 😊
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And your recollection of Newcastle in rhe Cup isnspitnon. I was in the same spot as I was for Wigan and there was no comparison.
Against Newcastle I literally couldn't raise my arms to clap at times it was so tight.
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Yes! Exactly this! I can remember feeling like my shoulders were so crushed that breathing was slightly restricted, and joking with East Coast Boro about it. Much easier last Saturday.
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I was pretty squashed against Wigan down at the south end of the ET by a group who fucked off at half time, Stockport was fine though.
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Not sure about yesterday but last Saturday the stewards did nothing to encourage the crowd to spread. (Pointless anyway a crowd will find its level even if it's uncomfortably rammed - it wasn't -and if they are told to enter the stands North or South of centre they will simply move North or South through the crowd to get closer to where they wanted to be anyway)
They didn't even move the 20 people who watched the whole second half from the mid terrace entry/exit walkway.
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It's slow and steady. Go back 25 odd years I think I was the only one in my class that supported us. Guess that's never a thing now.
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You have touched on a major factor Rocky.
The support of clubs is generational. We are now seeing our children and our grandchildren getting hooked. It will take even more time. If you consider nearly every other club in the EFL, they have been going for many generations.
That aside, when we sung the Mitchell Cole chant on 21 mins, it sparked a bit of a conversation. Our club was born in 1976 and I would guess that most of the players that ever played for us are still alive! I don't believe there are many clubs that can say that.
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