Record crowd : Tue Oct 21, 2014 2:49 pm  

Am I right in thinking you got the record crowd for the lower division against hull KR around 98? could some one tell me the crowd and date please sure it was a good friday

Re: Record crowd : Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:05 pm  

gingdong wrote:

Am I right in thinking you got the record crowd for the lower division against hull KR around 98? could some one tell me the crowd and date please sure it was a good friday

We had an attendance of 12,044 for the Good Friday derby in 1997 however the all time record for a game outside the top division was 12,424 - also from us - in the 1978-79 game against New Hunslet which saw us complete the season with a 100% record.

Re: Record crowd : Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:52 pm  

charlie stone got the try for fc that day

Re: Record crowd : Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:01 pm  

In 1978-79 as a Division Two club we had a higher average attendance than every club in Division One.

Re: Record crowd : Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:06 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

In 1978-79 as a Division Two club we had a higher average attendance than every club in Division One.

Was that the year you won every game ?

Re: Record crowd : Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:27 pm  

deslawson wrote:

Was that the year you won every game ?

Every league game, yes 26 out of 26, we had won the last game of the 77/78 season too so had an unbroken run of 27 winning league games.
The 78/79 season we played 40 competitive matches losing 5 + 1 draw, including three losses to Bradford in the Yorkshire(3rd rd) John Player(3rd rd) & CC (3rd rd after a draw at odsal) also losing to St.Helens in the 3rd rd of the BBC2 and lastly to Australia 34-2 (att:10,713) Only Bradford, Widnes & St.Helens had a higher att for the tourists club matches.

Could you imagine 12k+ crowds in the Championship these days!

[R.B.A]

Re: Record crowd : Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:40 pm  

That 1997 Derby at the Boulevard was a great occasion. Got there early to watch the Academy match (you beat Bradford if memory serves). No sign of the big crowd to come. Had a players family pass at the time so let myself out of the ground to have a few beers in the Supporters Club with friends before the game. When we emerged there were police on horsesback sorting the queues to the Airlie Street turnstiles!
Great crowd, great atmosphere and no trouble.

(We would have won if Gary Atkins had any pace).

Re: Record crowd : Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:49 pm  

didn't we pull in big crowds against keighley, hudds and fev that year as well? that keighley game was a really enjoyable one. remember coming from behind to win i think with a hewitt drop goal

Re: Record crowd : Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:09 am  

the artist wrote:

didn't we pull in big crowds against keighley, hudds and fev that year as well? that keighley game was a really enjoyable one. remember coming from behind to win i think with a hewitt drop goal

We got 8859 against Huddersfield in the April and 7194 for the defeat by Featherstone which was the first loss of the league campaign after seventeen wins and a draw.

Re: Record crowd : Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:18 am  

hull2524 wrote:

charlie stone got the try for fc that day

What a night! Don't know if I had any fingernails left by the end.
And what a player Charlie Stone was....