Blades 3 Spurs 1 FA Cup 6th round 1936

[Silent Blade]

Bobby Barclay and Jock Dodds (2) the scorers. Attendance was only 22,295 despite that 68,287 turned up in the previous round against L**ds. Fans put off by the bad experience in the previous round plus the poor weather?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Fickle as fuck us Blades. Mind you the traffic was bad for this one, apparently there was a foot and mouth outbreak and that twat Dick Turpin put off a lot of travellers.

 

[diode_blade]

T'wheres munneyyyy gone, tow'd desso looks a bit worn.....

 

[boo radley]

If you zoom right in you can see some bloke saying " Hey there's no bigger Blade than me".

 

[Cheets]

That is actually an incredible drop in attendance from the previous round, even allowing for the fact Leeds may have brought a few. Less than a third turning up to the quarter-final. Any press reports from that era give an indication as to why?

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Bobby Barclay and Jock Dodds (2) the scorers. Attendance was only 22,295 despite that 68,287 turned up in the previous round against L**ds. Fans put off by the bad experience in the previous round plus the poor weather?

Pretty sure it was due to the loyalty points scheme - had to have 500 vouchers in the 6th round, whereas you could just pay on the day in the previous round.

 

[Revolution]

That is actually an incredible drop in attendance from the previous round, even allowing for the fact Leeds may have brought a few. Less than a third turning up to the quarter-final. Any press reports from that era give an indication as to why?

I was told that the combination of the huge crowd and the fog meant that many people who attended the Leeds tie hardly saw anything. That apparently put a lot of people off. Plus the opposition were a second division London side rather than a local team.

 

[Cheets]

I was told that the combination of the huge crowd and the fog meant that many people who attended the Leeds tie hardly saw anything. That apparently put a lot of people off. Plus the opposition were a second division London side rather than a local team.

Still an incredible drop though even allowing for that. If we had a winnable tie at home now in the 6th round it would ramp up the excitement even more.

 

[Cheets]

Just watched the footage and the commentator mentioned rain and sleet. I guess we must literally have had a lot of fair-weather fans. That said, the stands look pretty full; it's hard to see how they got more than triple the number in for the Leeds game.

 

[Revolution]

Just watched the footage and the commentator mentioned rain and sleet. I guess we must literally have had a lot of fair-weather fans. That said, the stands look pretty full; it's hard to see how they got more than triple the number in for the Leeds game.

There were thousands of people on the cricket pitch for the Leeds game (who saw nothing).

My Grandad was on the kop that day: they were jammed in like sardines.

 

[Silent Blade]

That is actually an incredible drop in attendance from the previous round, even allowing for the fact Leeds may have brought a few. Less than a third turning up to the quarter-final. Any press reports from that era give an indication as to why?

Think Denis Clareborough mentioned the same reasons as I did when he did the article on the 1936 cup run

 

[Silent Blade]

There were thousands of people on the cricket pitch for the Leeds game (who saw nothing).

My Grandad was on the kop that day: they were jammed in like sardines.

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/f-a-cup-5th-round-aka-fa-cup-fifth-round

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Bobby Barclay and Jock Dodds (2) the scorers. Attendance was only 22,295 despite that 68,287 turned up in the previous round against L**ds. Fans put off by the bad experience in the previous round plus the poor weather?

Wow look at the state of that pitch. Just how bad did it have to get before the ref would call it off?!

 

[COME BACK CHED]

The reason for a low attendance , could have been lost in History , price increase , political boycott , bus strike , etc , just like the vast pork farms of Hillsborough that did not exist before , although lots of pork butchers remain ? .

 

[Cheets]

Think Denis Clareborough mentioned the same reasons as I did when he did the article on the 1936 cup run

Yes he did. Still think it's a remarkable drop though even allowing for those factors.

 

[Revolution]

Yes he did. Still think it's a remarkable drop though even allowing for those factors.

There is another possible reason: Wednesday were at home on the same day as the Spurs game. They played Leeds. They were not at home when we played the 5th round game. Indeed, they didn't have a game.

In those days it was much more common to see the "other" team if your team wasn't at home or if they had a big game - to give another example of the effect this could have on attendance, our lowest league gate at home since the 19th century was set in 1935, when just over 4000 saw us play Forest in a meaningless end of season game. Why was the gate so low? Wednesday were playing in the Cup final on the same day.

 

[Cheets]

"Revolution, post: 1832207, member: 2349"]There is another possible reason: Wednesday were at home on the same day as the Spurs game. They played Leeds. They were not at home when we played the 5th round game. Indeed, they didn't have a game.

In those days it was much more common to see the "other" team if your team wasn't at home or if they had a big game - to give another example of the effect this could have on attendance, our lowest league gate at home since the 19th century was set in 1935, when just over 4000 saw us play Forest in a meaningless end of season game. Why was the gate so low? Wednesday were playing in the Cup final on the same day.

I think you've cracked it, Rev. As recently as the 70s my grandad used to take my brother to Hillsborough one week and Bramall Lane the next, so Weds being at home the same day, in combination with the other factors mentioned, will have had a huge impact on the attendance.

 

[Seanshoreham]

My granddad was at the Leeds game, he finished up on the cricket field and couldn't see the game - he told he that 'I paid 1/- to get in and would have paid 2/- to get out again'. Says it all

NB /- are shillings for young uns

 

[Silent Blade]

There is another possible reason: Wednesday were at home on the same day as the Spurs game. They played Leeds. They were not at home when we played the 5th round game. Indeed, they didn't have a game.

In those days it was much more common to see the "other" team if your team wasn't at home or if they had a big game - to give another example of the effect this could have on attendance, our lowest league gate at home since the 19th century was set in 1935, when just over 4000 saw us play Forest in a meaningless end of season game. Why was the gate so low? Wednesday were playing in the Cup final on the same day.

Didnt realise this. Cheers!

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Still an incredible drop though even allowing for that. If we had a winnable tie at home now in the 6th round it would ramp up the excitement even more.

As things are at the present, an early exit in all cup competition is going to happen.
Welcome to a new era.

 

[Deleted member 1486]

Attendance was only 22,295 despite that 68,287 turned up in the previous round against L**ds

Was it on the Red Button?

 

[Cyprus Blade]

I was told that the combination of the huge crowd and the fog meant that many people who attended the Leeds tie hardly saw anything. That apparently put a lot of people off. Plus the opposition were a second division London side rather than a local team.

The Leeds match.