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The crowd of 94123 for the Barcelona match the other week was the biggest crowd City have ever played in front of outside of a cup final. This got me thinking about what the biggest crowd was that I have been a part of.

From what I can remember mine are;

Maine Road
May 11 1985 V Charlton - 47285 - was the official attendance but many believe there were far many more packed into the old ground that sunny afternoon.

Eastlands
Sep 13 2008 V Chelsea - 47331 - Just 209 under the ground's capacity, I reckon this will be beaten this season

Away
Aug 25 2007 V Arsenal - 60114 - I thought one of my visits to the swamp was going to win this but as I haven't been there for a few years now my first visit to The Emirates wins.

Neutral
May 30 1999 V Gillingham at Wembley - 76935 - The biggest crowd I have ever been part of at a City match was the most important match in our history!


How about you?

Maine Rd 52,532. Everton FA Cup 6th round replay in 1981
This figure is etched in my head for some reason. 68 short of Maine Rd's official capacity at the time.
Besides that
Wembley 100,000. 1981 Cup Final.

1974 league cup final city v wolves 100,000.
1981 fa cup final city v spurs 100,000
city v spurs 1969 fa cup 1/4 final 60,000

I once got 10 people into a lift meant for just 6.

Home (maine Road) - 1989 5 - 1 Scum. Fantastic atmosphere, never been betterd anywhere, at any time. Stood at the back of the Kippax at the start of the gaem, by the Time Hinch had scored, I was right at the front.

Home (Eastlands) - 2008 - 1 - 3 Chelsea. Cant remember an atmosphere like it at eastlands. The first game of the take over, Robinho's debut goal, the roof nearly came off.

Away - Scum pit - 1990 1 - 1. Ian brightwell special, ensured a draw. Never seen so many rags leave the place after Brighty scored.

Neutral - 1981 FA Cup Final - Spurs. Sat next to spurs fans, and You cant do that now, without it getting a bit tasty. Mind you I was 10 years old. Gutted when The Hutch scored the own goal, off Hoddles Free kick.

>>>Home (maine Road) - 1989 5 - 1 Scum. Fantastic atmosphere, never been betterd anywhere, at any time. Stood at the back of the Kippax at the start of the gaem, by the Time Hinch had scored, I was right at the front.

43,246 for that game. I bet you've been in bigger crowds than that at Maine Rd.


>>>Away - Scum pit - 1990 1 - 1. Ian brightwell special, ensured a draw. Never seen so many rags leave the place after Brighty scored.

Proving the lie that the Swamp has been sold out every game since Adam was a small boy, just 40,247 on that day. I can remember being shocked at seeing great swathes of empty teracing on the Stretford End (which wasn't that big in the first place) And if you were at the first of those derbies, you surely saw a much larger exodus of Filth than cleared off when Bobby beat Slippery Jim all ends up with that glorious screamer.
I bet you've been in loads of bigger crowds than that one too. You have brought up some lovely memories but not really answered the question. Go and stand in the corner!

Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:Maine Rd 52,532. Everton FA Cup 6th round replay in 1981
This figure is etched in my head for some reason. 68 short of Maine Rd's official capacity at the time.
Besides that
Wembley 100,000. 1981 Cup Final.

Aye. I was at both of those.

King Kev wrote:

Eastlands
Sep 13 2008 V Chelsea - 47331 - Just 209 under the ground's capacity, I reckon this will be beaten this season

Surely that 200 is for segregation though! would explain derby alway's being less as more needed between us and the scum.

Never been in a really big crowd ;o( but im hoping to have enough points for emirates at the end of season.

Pcaked out stadium last year when we got kicked out of Europe don't know the exact figures but the day where it was a fiver and everybody came along with bananas. Brilliant afternoon and a shame we never won that day :(.

Queen at Knebworth park about 200,000+ apparently and I was on the front row . . . nice

Footiewise apart from cup/play offs its probably got to be one of the derbies at the swamp seeing at how they have the highest capacity.

100,000 wembley 81 saturday, 74 and 76 lc finals.

92,000 wembley 81 thursday

79k gills game

50 odd many times at mr

55k yankee stadium

Maine road city v scum in the fifies ans sixties 63000 plus
Wembley 69 10000 cup final
knebworth for the rolling stones 200000+
hyde park for the stones 2000000+

1.25M for the New Years celebration 1999 at Sydney Harbour.

I suppose it's my own fault for not being more specific with the question.

If you allow me to include college (American) football 92,500 1990 Rosebowl University of Southern California v University of Michigan.

101,600 USC vs Oklahoma 1984 at the LA Coliseum.

81 cup final 100,000
Barcelona 09 - 94,000
81 replay 92,000
99 Wembley - 76,000
Plus some big ones standing in the kippax throughout the 80's that I know was huge as even for the length of the kippax you couldn't move your arms up, or barely turn around.

King Kev wrote:I suppose it's my own fault for not being more specific with the question.

You got what you deserved then :p

Few times at Maine Road 63000
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Wembley 69, 70, 74, 76, 81 (x2) 100000 'ish for each I think

Barcelona vs Chelsea at Nou Camp (2006 CL) 90K+

Saudia vs UAE at King Fahad Stad 80K+

Last Manchester derby at the swamp 70K~

United vs AC Milan at the swamp (away side) 70K+

UAE vs Saudia in Abu Dhabi. (1996 Asian Cup Final) 68K~


Oh and 3M in pilgrimage..

First time I met the in-laws