Cel123 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Before Hampden Park went all seater what was the capacity and the seating/standing please ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 At it's biggest the capacity was calculated to be 183,388! When the North Stand was demolished and the terraces concreted in the 80s it reduced to 74,000. IIRC the old South Stand had 9000 seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cel123 Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Lurkst said: At it's biggest the capacity was calculated to be 183,388! When the North Stand was demolished and the terraces concreted in the 80s it reduced to 74,000. IIRC the old South Stand had 9000 seats. Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 You could break it down a bit by section. The East terracing it's claimed held 60,000, the North Enclosure 40,000, the West Terrace 35,000 and the South Enclosure in front of the main stand 5000. And oh 5000 in the smaller North Stand. It was claimed on here the biggest crowd at Hampden was not a football match but an event organised by the Boys Brigade. It's reckoned over 200,000 turned up. Obviously the pitch was used for spectators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Glenconner said: The East terracing it's claimed held 60,000, the North Enclosure 40,000, the West Terrace 35,000 and the South Enclosure in front of the main stand 5000. Didn't realise the East had so much more capacity than the West! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Glenconner said: It was claimed on here the biggest crowd at Hampden was not a football match but an event organised by the Boys Brigade. It's reckoned over 200,000 turned up. Obviously the pitch was used for spectators. And being boys they wouldn't take up as much room as adults... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 On 08/04/2018 at 21:46, Lurkst said: Didn't realise the East had so much more capacity than the West! <--- "Shelf" = ~5,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassnahalf Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I don't have them to hand but 'Roar of the Crowd' by David Ross or an old SFH which has Hampden capacity statistics from Forrest Robertson are out there. Mine's are in boxes but I can look them out over the next few days unless HJ can lay his hands on his earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisal Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 On 4/8/2018 at 19:29, Glenconner said: It was claimed on here the biggest crowd at Hampden was not a football match but an event organised by the Boys Brigade. It's reckoned over 200,000 turned up. Obviously the pitch was used for spectators. Heard that before but the report in the Herald at the time said 100,000 with thousands more outside. The 200,000 figure comes from a recent Evening Times article whose only source seems to be the Seville Calculator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 On Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 19:29, HibeeJibee said: <--- "Shelf" = ~5,000. That is a shelf and a half right enough! I remember it being demolished (same time as the North Stand?) There was a live game on and the tv studio was on scaffolding at the back of "the shelf". The pundits were joking that that they'd better not hang about inside too long after the game. I suppose the capacity of the West Terrace would have been further reduced when the roof was put over it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Is that Cathkin Park in the background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Aitken's Love Child Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 3 hours ago, GordonD said: Is that Cathkin Park in the background? It is indeed. When I go to Scotland games, I park on the far side of Cathkin Park so I'm always walking through. Great place to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 There's another pitch with a track round it in the top right of the photo, anybody know what that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 9 minutes ago, Lurkst said: There's another pitch with a track round it in the top right of the photo, anybody know what that is? Playing field at Lourdes Academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 6 minutes ago, Glenconner said: Playing field at Lourdes Academy. Cheers So that's 4 football parks in the photo including Lesser Hampden. Had a google and it appears to be from 1937, presumably of either of the record busting crowds that year: Scotland v England 149000, Celtic v Aberdeen 146000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Just now, Lurkst said: Cheers So that's 4 football parks in the photo including Lesser Hampden. Had a google and it appears to be from 1937, presumably of either of the record busting crowds that year: Scotland v England 149000, Celtic v Aberdeen 146000. Talking pish, it's Holyrood Academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Could add in the Rex pitches to the left of Cathkin and just out the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Obviously no problems with the car parking facilities back then, plenty spaces at the ground there!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 15 minutes ago, Lurkst said: Had a google and it appears to be from 1937, presumably of either of the record busting crowds that year: Scotland v England 149000, Celtic v Aberdeen 146000. Zooming into the car park makes me think it's from later than 1937 though?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 41 minutes ago, Lurkst said: Zooming into the car park makes me think it's from later than 1937 though?... Correct as noted by post war prefab houses on Prospecthill Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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