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Post by Jon on Feb 6, 2011 9:51:41 GMT
Torquay United are in the 4th round of the FA Cup and there is a lot of moaning and groaning about how the board has handled ticket allocation. It is 1955. Plus ça change.     |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 11:38:57 GMT
That's fascinating stuff about the 1955 Huddersfield cup-tie tickets, especially the way the tickets were allocated: 9,000 to club agencies; 8,700 to the supporters club, etc.
Adding together the breakdown of the figures actually comes to 21,700 - rather than 22,000 - with just 1,500 going to Huddersfield. The official attendance was 21,908.
I wonder how much previous experience the club had of all-ticket matches? Do we know when the first was at Plainmoor?
I suspect the process of selling tickets through various channels - agencies and supporters clubs, etc - was pretty common in football in those days. Indeed, it appears the club took direct responsibility for no more than 2,500 tickets.
Were changes made for the following season's Birmingham game, watched by 18,730? Or for Spurs ten years afterwards?
When you look back at Budleigh’s progressive record attendance research, you realise what a test the Huddersfield game must have been for all concerned. Prior to Huddersfield, Budleigh’s figures show the biggest crowd was one of 16,454 for Argyle in 1950. January 1955 would have been an enormous leap of faith in seeing that Plainmoor could safety hold a crowd of around 22,000. Little did they know that a Plainmoor attendance would never be quite as big again.
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