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By way of a tear jerker - oh those hazy, lazy days of summer.

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  1. Bergkamp a Dutch master

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  3. Yup, those days when football was more about sport than money. Very dreamy now alright.

    Thanks for the link pal <ok>
     
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    It says that attendance in the 80s were regulary over 60,000 but I can only remember once an attendence in excess of 50,000 (vs Liverpool, the same day there wer 54,000 at OT for Manu v Newcastle). Such large attendances in the 80s were extremely rare - even United's avaerage were arouynd 43,000 and I remember 1 season where the highest attendance for the whole season was 49,000 at OT for Arsenals visit.

    Crowds at football, even middling clubs are a lot bigger all the way the league now than they were in the 80s. It's ironic because then you could get in for around £3 , but many were scared off by rampant hooliganism.

    Noe you get mugged for every penny by the clubs themselves, yet we have waiting lists.
     
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    I'd say we had more attendances under 20,000 than over 60,000 during the 80's
     
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