Somehow I've stumbled across this....

http://lincolncityawaydays.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-worthless-entity-that-is-football.html

I found it annoyingly accurate yet amusing, but I've probably just typically imbibed too much on a Friday night. Does highlight our record 4th division attendance though!

 

I remember mentioning that we held actually the record to someone else but was constantly shot down.

It's amazing how quickly these people at the top can forget, isn't it?

 

From my husband....... "This was our last season in the 4th tier in 2003/04. Four attendances at the KC of 20K plus.

The highest fell just short of 24K for the penultimate home game against Huddersfield and 23.5K attended the final game.Earlier in the season crowds of 23K and 21K were recorded. Of completely personal interest is that the Darlington match drew 14K and will certainly be the last KC league match between the 2 teams that we will experience!"

 

When we covered the attendance issue at the time it was broadcast (at great length), the explanation was that Portsmouth was the highest "League 2" attendance. We got promoted just before it became L2. It was a totally pointless stat, and presumably designed to make Portsmouth look good.

The real top attendance for the 4th tier was far higher.

 

Didn't Aston Villa get over 40,000 when they had a season in the 4th division?

 

sorry I Have just looked it was Palace v Millwall 60/61 with 37,774 impressive

 

I may be wrong but I think the lowest Villa sank was the third tier.

 

You're right but Villa hold the record attendance for the third division at over 48,000 maybe that's what confused me

 

Then again didn't Sheffield Wednesday v Utd get over 50,000 once in the third? **** I'm going to have to look now

 

I think a Sheffield derby got about 49k in the very early 80s.

[EDIT: It was 49309 on Boxing Day 1979. Villa apparently got about 48k in the third tier. But Cardiff got 51k just after the war for a Brizzle C game in the old Div 3 South, so that's really the third-tier record.)

 

I've not checked, but didn't the quote about Portsmouth reference League 2 rather than the 4th tier? Is it a record for the 4th tier since it was re-branded League 2? That happened after we left didn't it?

 

When you said you'd 'not checked', you weren't kidding.

 

We sold the most tickets for a third tier game, 55,000 for a Xmas day game in 1948 against Rotherham.A bus strike meant "only" 49,655 turned up. Amazing when you consider how few people had a car then. And I'll bet even with a long walk home they weren't leaving early like they do now.

 

Yep. Little fat bloke near me, every week 85 minutes he's out the door. Bizarre.