Burnley Boxing Day 1977

[damo100]

Hi all, did anyone of you attend this game and know anything about the supposed thousands we took to the Turf that day?

Edited July 8 by damo100

[Herbie6590]

45 minutes ago, damo100 said:

Hi all, does anyone about this game and the supposed thousands we took to the Turf that day?

I was there…the Keith Fear game. 
Murdered ‘em 1st half, 3-0 up, Fear missed a penalty, almost gave it away at the death. 
 

Faz talks about it on here 👍
 

 

[Herbie6590]

[Ianrally]

I was there too. Great win but hated to see Sir Keith in a Burnleh dish cloth!

[tomphil]

Their ave gate that season was 10.691 if that helps, this was the biggest and the lowest was around 4,700.

Must have been a very large influx of visiting fans just like most of these games home and away back in the day i assume.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Burnley fans swear they had 27,426 home fans on that day.

[tomphil]

Plus the ten thousand locked out.

[because of boxing day]

I was there. It was not a day for faint hearts. My profile name is a homage to that game!! 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

1 hour ago, tomphil said:

Plus the ten thousand locked out.

Didnt 20k Burnley turn up at Ewood thinking it was an away fixture?

[Forever Blue]

How many Rovers fans were there?

[damo100]

37 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

How many Rovers fans were there?

That's what I want to know, I once saw an article on the match saying Rovers had an estimated 12-17k that day.

We pretty much took over Turf Moor that day

[simongarnerisgod]

it must have been mental in the longside that day😆,i bet there was all kinds of stuff on the top of that fence

[rigger]

8 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

it must have been mental in the longside that day😆,i bet there was all kinds of stuff on the top of that fence

Getting a beer at half-time was fun.

[arbitro]

11 hours ago, Forever Blue said:

How many Rovers fans were there?

I was with a crowd of friends in the Bee Hole End after the Longside was closed to Rovers fans because it was full. That was well before kick off. There were lots of Rovers fans around the ground evidenced by the celebrations after each goal. It was easy then because there was no ticket requirement, pretty much every turnstile was cash.

[matt83]

13 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Burnley fans swear they had 27,426 home fans on that day.

You’re forgetting the 500,000 on Pendle hill trying to get a view. 

[Upside Down]

2 hours ago, matt83 said:

You’re forgetting the 500,000 on Pendle hill trying to get a view. 

Is that all?

I thought it was 2-3 million standard these days.

I suppose a year in the prem gets a lot of the fairweather fans in.

[Doogs]

I went to that match. Great game. Largest Rovers following I have ever seen. Longside closed before kick off. Many Rovers fans went round to the Bee Hole end..Approx 10000 Rovers fans that day..

[simongarnerisgod]

was there much trouble😁

[Telephone Masturbator]

Before my time but I was at Ewood when they got on the Darwen End roof and started smashing it up. 

I wonder how many are now suffering with or have died through Mesothelioma because of this. 

 

 

 

Edited July 6 by Telephone Masturbator

[Telephone Masturbator]

26 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

was there much trouble😁

 

There was on Dec 27th 1982. Rovers won 1-0.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Is that the smell of a Dingle?

[tomphil]

All this dismantled the Darwen End is another monumental six digited myth it was literally TWO of them clambered on top and pulled off an asbestos sheet.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Didnt one of the Ham shankers end up falling through the roof?...most of the Panels ended up on their own!!🤣

[simongarnerisgod]

20 minutes ago, Telephone Masturbator said:

Before my time but I was at Ewood when they got on the Darwen End roof and started smashing it up. 

I wonder how many are now suffering with or have died through Mesothelioma because of this. 

 

 

 

i was there to,typical of the thick dingles to start throwing bit of panels onto their own fans,garner smashing that retaken penalty into the top corner was the icing on top of a glorious afternoon,it basically sent our inbred neighbours down😁

[Moptop1]

I was only six. Very scared for my young age.