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Bradford 1948 22:29 - Mar 27 with 1728 viewsthrillseeker



Layer Road packed out
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Bradford 1948 on 23:10 - Mar 27 with 1687 viewsgerry_us

No, didn't make that one.
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Bradford 1948 on 07:21 - Mar 28 with 1659 viewswessex_exile

Just over 17k official attendance according to ColuData, but if you compare this to (for instance) footage of the 16k for Leeds, it looks way more than that, and that’s not even including the ones in the trees.

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Bradford 1948 on 10:24 - Mar 28 with 1637 viewsdurham_exile

Great footage TS

The largest crowd I was part of at Layer Road was in 1979 when we lost 1-0 to Manchester United in front of 13731.

The record attendance is still the Reading game with over 19000 packed in.

Mind you I saw Gillingham win 2-0 in front of 10002 many years ago. Brian Yeo scored both goals.

Happy days

Today our hardcore home element is about 3000.

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Bradford 1948 on 12:12 - Mar 28 with 1626 viewsgerry_us

Yep, Bradford crowd looked well in excess of the official figure of 17,000
When I started going regularly around 1958 it was a well known fact that there were many ways into the ground without going through the turnstiles...not that I would have!!!
Often saw people coming over the back fence at the clock end though and nothing was ever done about it. What a great place Layer Road was though...miss it.
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Bradford 1948 on 12:13 - Mar 28 with 1626 viewsWitham

Oh, the Man U game. When Steve Coppell started his run Micky Packer had only one thought. No wonder Coppell now has two new knees
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Bradford 1948 on 16:01 - Mar 28 with 1600 viewsbwildered

Bradford 1948 on 12:12 - Mar 28 by gerry_us

Yep, Bradford crowd looked well in excess of the official figure of 17,000
When I started going regularly around 1958 it was a well known fact that there were many ways into the ground without going through the turnstiles...not that I would have!!!
Often saw people coming over the back fence at the clock end though and nothing was ever done about it. What a great place Layer Road was though...miss it.


The back of the Spion Kop ( Open ) End led to Wavell Ave . Wavell Ave is a cul de sac, which if you reached near the turning circle a small drive on the left, between two of the houses, led to a house with large gardens that sold koi carp in the large outer sheds in the grounds, which was pretty adjacent to behind the goal. The corrugated fence only kept them apart .
However since the development of Layer Rd, the house and grounds must have got sold, has my cousins family now live in one of the properties now built on the land .
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Bradford 1948 on 18:46 - Mar 28 with 1577 viewswessex_exile

Bradford 1948 on 10:24 - Mar 28 by durham_exile

Great footage TS

The largest crowd I was part of at Layer Road was in 1979 when we lost 1-0 to Manchester United in front of 13731.

The record attendance is still the Reading game with over 19000 packed in.

Mind you I saw Gillingham win 2-0 in front of 10002 many years ago. Brian Yeo scored both goals.

Happy days

Today our hardcore home element is about 3000.

Up the U's


My record at Layer Road will be among the 14,030 at the Derby game in 1977. Our record attendance in terms of supporters at a match must be the FA Trophy Final though. Recorded attendance was 32,254, and though I've never seen an official 'split', it must have been in the region of 25,000 supporting the U's, albeit a sizeable proportion probably held affiliations elsewhere and/or may not have been to a U's game before or since?

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Bradford 1948 on 19:50 - Mar 28 with 1568 viewsbwildered

The tannoy announcer on Saturday welcomed somebody to the game who had not been to see the U’s since the Trophy final, if I heard it correct.

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Bradford 1948 on 20:38 - Mar 28 with 1560 viewsdurham_exile

Bradford 1948 on 18:46 - Mar 28 by wessex_exile

My record at Layer Road will be among the 14,030 at the Derby game in 1977. Our record attendance in terms of supporters at a match must be the FA Trophy Final though. Recorded attendance was 32,254, and though I've never seen an official 'split', it must have been in the region of 25,000 supporting the U's, albeit a sizeable proportion probably held affiliations elsewhere and/or may not have been to a U's game before or since?


Wessex I too was at the Derby game. Surprised me to learn that there were more than 14000 present.

Excellent attendance.

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Bradford 1948 on 20:58 - Mar 28 with 1560 viewswessex_exile

Bradford 1948 on 19:50 - Mar 28 by bwildered

The tannoy announcer on Saturday welcomed somebody to the game who had not been to see the U’s since the Trophy final, if I heard it correct.


So that's only 24,999 to go then

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