About 1000 or so at the Velbazhd game. Looked larger at the time, but I think it was seated only, so the AIB stand was packed. A couple of thousand tickets were dropped out around the neighbourhood; less than 1% went to the game.
Last edited by Schumi; 05/07/2005 at 10:22 PM.
Attendance was around 1,700 folks. And it was higher than the attendance in the second leg. Plus we had the usual goodwill from other EL supporters as there were many fans of Rovers, Bohs, St.Pat's and Bray at the game. It was blazing hot too... in the home leg.Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Are you sure?! I have the highlights on video and it looks fairly small - main stand is ful (800 say), there's a few in the Cascarino Stand (100) and not a huge amount standing...? Don't forget programme sales were much higher than normal, so you can't use that to guess the crowd! In fact, I learnt in the Faroes (as you do), that it's the last time an Irish club sold out of a European programme! They're worth about E30 now!
The stading around the ground can be hughely deceptive though. I noticed on a handcount it can be 2, 3 or even 4 times more than you'd have guessed by looking.Are you sure?! I have the highlights on video and it looks fairly small - main stand is ful (800 say), there's a few in the Cascarino Stand (100) and not a huge amount standing...? Don't forget programme sales were much higher than normal, so you can't use that to guess the crowd! In fact, I learnt in the Faroes (as you do), that it's the last time an Irish club sold out of a European programme! They're worth about E30 now!
Not for European games though - no standing allowed. There were a few, but not many. Was one of the first games I remember the Hill being closed off for.
Standing is allowed for InterToto games.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Normal UEFA rules did not apply in the Intertoto Cup pineapple stu.
Standing was permitted both in Belfield and in Kyustendil, bot not on our hill.
The perimeter standing was allowed and I have that figure from a club source at the time.
Neither stadium would have been allowed to field games in either the Champions League qualifiers or the UEFA Cup for the record.
Does anyone (Harpo?) have any pictures of Velbazhd's stadium?
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
There's one or two in the tea room anyway.
pineapple stu
Spot on young man. Only you would have needed to be in the dump to realise just how grotty it was
Really? The stand looks nice. Granted, the terrace looks like Richmond Park on stilts, but still...
Some of the terracing was crumbling. The athletics track around the pitch , the surface was coming away from the compaction for starters. There were very few seats and even if the ground had been full it would not have held more than 4,000 people. They had no floodlights which meant they had to play League games at Noon on Saturdays during the winter.
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