Big one tonight

[Mr_Parker]

Their was a good crowd at the match 1000 or so Cliftonville and around 3000 Bluemen.

Cliftonville may have brought more, hard to tell in the North Stand, we don't normally get crowds in their

Steve i would have estimated 1400 cv and 4000 blues considering from where i was seated in the kop stand the south stand seemed full to capacity.

1875 Bluemen and 1287 Redsmen.

[Mr_Parker]

Pitch was a disgrace

and the crowd looked lost inside Windsor tonight - should have stuck em all in the lower tiers

Upper teirs were used in case of bad weather. Reds fans were happy enough with that as you get a much better view.

Enough on the flag burning lads.

It's the first time I've seen Cliftonville in action and I was a little disappointing. I've read a lot about them being a footballing side but they didn't seem to have a great game. I suppose that's down to them playing Linfield who are a very robust side and a better quality compared to what Cliftonville would normally face. Cliftonville looked very slight by comparison to Linfield's eleven.

Peter Thompson looked industrious and skillful up front but Ferguson seems to be waning in influence. Is he verging on past it?

3 of our normal back 4 were unavailable due to suspension and injury which lead to having a major shake up in who played where and we certainly could not play our normal shape. One of the back 4 who did play, played through the pain barrier with a major injury but so depleted was our squad we had little choice but to play him. With all that considered I was happy to come away with a point and put the title challange back into our own hands.

[Graemerz]

1875 Bluemen and 1287 Redsmen.

Complete and utter ballix. Atleast 2500 Bluemen was at the game. The Cliftonville figure may be right though.

[Graemerz]

Peter Thompson looked industrious and skillful up front but Ferguson seems to be waning in influence. Is he verging on past it?

Past it atleast 2 years ago. Still could be used as a bit part player and can play against the likes of Limavady, Armagh, Larne, Donegal Celtic etc. Shouldn't be anywhere near the first team against Glens, Reds, Ports and Setanta Cup opposition.

[Mr_Parker]

Complete and utter ballix. Atleast 2500 Bluemen was at the game. The Cliftonville figure may be right though.

Those figures are from Linfield FC so unless they are talking ballix...

[waide]

Those figures are from Linfield FC so unless they are talking ballix...

MP you were at the match,do you think the figures linfield quoted are correct?

[Graemerz]

Those figures are from Linfield FC so unless they are talking ballix...

Very likely.

[waide]

Graemerz,it really annoys me that linfield come off with figures like this we do ourselves or the IL no favours.

[Steve Bruce]

1875 Bluemen and 1287 Redsmen.

There was nearly as many blue men in the Kop as their was in the North Stand. I find those figures very very questionable.

[Steve Bruce]

Those figures are from Linfield FC so unless they are talking ballix...

In a word - YES

[Mr_Parker]

Very likely.

In a word - YES

"Computer says no"

[Not Brazil]

1875 Bluemen

That was just the Viewing Lounge.

[Not Brazil]

Those figures are from Linfield FC so unless they are talking ballix...

They are.

[David]

Those figures are from Linfield FC so unless they are talking ballix...

Not the figures that I got from Linfield FC.

[Steve Bruce]

Not the figures that I got from Linfield FC.

Which where?

[Graemerz]

Which where?

12,000

[LeviathanNI]

Depends.. for HMG Tax and Revenue, it was 10 Cliftonville and 30 of us.. and everyone at the club is a volunteer, so no pay

I would say it was about 3 or 4 to 1 (Us to Reds).. regarding the seating arrangements, we all thought that the Reds were going to be on the lower deck, but alas no.. and the pitch.. lets just say that it is doubtful it will be better this season. The Denmark game cut it up so bad, then with the snow and rain, it is ruined for the season I would say.. which is pretty bad for the groundsman, as he had it beautiful before that match

[SolitudeRed]

So there was 1287 Redsmen thats a pretty good crowd considering the strict ticketing arrangements!

So how many Linfield fans were at the match then if the figure given by Parker and Linfield is incorrect?

PS If Linfield FC are lying (as is being claimed here) I find it strange that a club which doesn't want to play football on a Sunday has no qualms about lying about its own attendance figures

[David]

Which where?

3500 with around over 900 away. Not sure if this takes into consideration those that used side gate which apparently there were quite a few given the queues.

[Steve Bruce]

3500 with around over 900 away. Not sure if this takes into consideration those that used side gate which apparently there were quite a few given the queues.

The side gate was used for ST holders so you would find a few hundred probably wasn't included in the attendance.

So my estimate of 3000 Linfield 1000 Cliftonville wouldn't have been far off.