I'm in there some where, (934th from the right). I went at 4-30 in the morning and there were thousands there already. But I think it was 1949 not 1948.
The game was Feb 1949, but the bloke who posted this picture said it was 1948, it seems too far ahead of the game, so I suspect you're right.
Father and I were there ,outside Three Tuns.in some sort of a queue,we gave up after about four hours,went back next day,even worse. I was very young at the time,never got a ticket.!!
Over to my husband. " On the ball Charles as usual. Aged 10 I caught the first bus from Marfleet and a No 69?trolley to join the queue of thousands, seeking 1 adult and 1 child's ticket(Dad was working). Allocation announced in the press was 2 /person. After hours of shuffling forward in the queue and almost at the turnstile an official announced that the allocation was down to 1/person. Bought 1 for my dad and missed my first Hull City home match since I went to their first match post WW2 in 1946."
My husband continues. " When I reached the turnstile Charles there were no Child tickets available so had to purchase an adult one! Anyway dad was pleased and promised me that the next time City played Manchester United in the FA Cup he would take me to the match. Made good his promise when we played them away in 1952 and beat them 2-0. Only played Man U twice in our history in the FA Cup so record against them in this competition is pretty good!"
In those days there was no such thing has health & safety and muppets killing football crowds. Even if the KC could hold 55,000+ the muppets who work there now would only allow 40,000 in. Until we can get close to the current KC capacity of 25,404 then sadly pictures like that will be just a memory.
I remember that match vividly all tho' I wasn't there but I bet 2 shillings (10p) that city would beat them at odds of 100-6 I was told that I was stupid to do so, I think my pay was £2.75 (£2-15s) so 2 shillings was too much to put on such a bet. I got more than 1/2 a weeks wages back. I was Hull city mad in those days as I am today.
I remember being at this all ticket match, capacity was 42,000 then. I can't remember if I queued for a ticket or someone got it for me. (Poor memory old age!) Waggy got two and we still lost! [video=youtube;fzSNZvYp79E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzSNZvYp79E[/video]
The only time I saw anything like this was the queue for the Chelsea FA cup replay and because I was a small lad I got shuffled from nearly the back to the front of the queue. Got a ticket for the North Stand end, before the dreaded supermarket was built and was stood up against the metal barrier around the pitch right behind the goal. Couldn't move before, during or after the match it was packed, I still say Osgood was the main difference between the 1st match and the replay, we seemed to match them man for man otherwise, maybe not in skill but certainly endeavour, not including Waggy's 2 goals at Stamford Bridge of course.
From my husband. " Memory is fading but I did read somewhere that when Wagstaff scored 2 goals in an FA Cup Tie we always ended up losing the tie. This match and the 1966, 6th round tie against Chelsea are examples but cannot remember if he did score 2 goals in a cup tie and we won."
