I'd have thought not

but there was a crowd of nearly 44,000 once. It does mean though, for the Palace game in April 1973 - when the place seemed rammed - there was supposedly room for another 11,000. Seems very hard to believe.

Posted By: A new PC Mr Creosote on May 23rd 2019 at 17:36:03

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Rothmans Football Yearbook 1972/73 (NCFC) - A new PC Mr Creosote, May 23, 17:18:30
- Humph...I have a copy (in good nick). Was saving it as a Pension Plan! (n/m) (NCFC) - Saucerer, May 23, 17:58:53
  - You need a plan B by the look of it (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, May 23, 20:23:01
  - Going for as much as £50 on ebay (n/m) (NCFC) - A new PC Mr Creosote, May 23, 18:01:51
    - Still £5,000 short of what I hoped !! (n/m) (NCFC) - Saucerer, May 23, 23:11:50
- Nice Aquisition That.. (NCFC) - Martin Peters, May 23, 17:32:05
- Does it give the rundown on the grounds n'that? (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 23, 17:20:21
  - Yes (NCFC) - A new PC Mr Creosote, May 23, 17:29:18
    - From 72/73? 48k can't be right can it? Even if the south stand was terraced? (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 23, 17:32:40
      - I'd have thought not (NCFC) - A new PC Mr Creosote, May 23, 17:36:03
        
        Yeah 1963 fa cup 6th round v Leicester, 43,984,I'd think they (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 23, 17:42:44
        
        What strikes me is the variation in gates (NCFC) - A new PC Mr Creosote, May 23, 17:46:24
        
        Without wiking it I assume it was on the verge of our first (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 23, 17:49:10
        
        On the capacity issue (NCFC) - A new PC Mr Creosote, May 23, 17:52:36
        
        Yeah,going back to books I've read (spread over 30 years probably) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 23, 18:07:13
        
        I remember picking up the coins that had been hurled at us.... (NCFC) - yellowman, May 23, 18:25:11
        
        Rolf,remember the Jimmy rimmer thing? I remember getting hit against arsenal (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 23, 18:30:41
        
        Remember Jennings saving a pen,Barclay end...arsenal fan ran on....... (NCFC) - yellowman, May 23, 18:39:02
        
        What I remember is him saving John Ryan's pen (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 23, 18:50:32
        
        Midweek game? (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 23, 18:51:58
        
        Pretty sure it was a Saturday (n/m) (NCFC) - yellowman, May 23, 19:09:30
        
        Ahh,yeah🙄,I think Jeremy was there,I weren't though (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 23, 19:39:32
        
        Capacity. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 23, 17:43:07

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