Attendances....

[Dulwich Mishi]

I would say we've never played Boston...but there I go again... all pedantic!

There is so much to write up, it's all history really...

Incidentally, during that Trophy run, we beat Hertford Town at home in the second round proper, and our manager Alan Smith tipped the bottles of champagne the Chairman sent into the changing room after the match onto the floor, as he wasn't happy with our performance!

 

[AndyDHFC]

Yes, I realised...I never take practising christians seriously...

Yes. I had registered this in our many lunch time liquid lunches (both pre and post sobriety). The post ones stick in the memory more for some reason...

 

[YTC]

Nov 28th v Margate (FA Trophy): 1479
Dec 1st v Faversham (League Cup): 372
Dec 5th v Needham Market: 1547

Average for home games has to be well over the 1000 mark this season? Was impressed by Saturday (despite the NM smash and grab), very nice to see it busy under the toilets opposite stand too.

 

[YTC]

On a side note, Wish the bar was a little quicker! But what a thing to be able to complain about.

 

[PartisanDulwich]

Attendance on Saturday 9th January 2016 V Enfield Town an amazing 2,249 (highest of the season so far)

average Dulwich Hamlet attendance 1986-1987 was 179

average this season (so far) 1,202

That makes Dulwich Hamlet second most popular non-league team in London behind Bromley whos average is 1,426
(but obviously Bromley do benefit from playing in the Conference against many recently relegated non-league teams with traditionally larger away day following).

If we could continue to build attendances to match our push for promotion there is surely no reason why Dulwich Hamlet could not end the season with the title as London's top (most popular in attendance terms) Non-League club

But with so many rearranged games this is not going to be easy

 

[AndyDHFC]

That makes Dulwich Hamlet second most popular non-league team in London behind Bromley

Bromley isn't London. Its the French borders.

 

[Joe K]

Bromley isn't London. Its the French borders.

Are we reviving the rivalry with Bromley now? If so, I'd just like to add that Bromley's ultras are people who weren't even cool enough to get into the Holmesdale Fanatics, they don't buy their own trainers and they use tiny little bangers they bought in France, which is where Bromley is, as 'pyro'.

 

[AndyDHFC]

Are we reviving the rivalry with Bromley now? If so, I'd just like to add that Bromley's ultras are people who weren't even cool enough to get into the Holmesdale Fanatics, they don't buy their own trainers and they use tiny little bangers they bought in France, which is where Bromley is, as 'pyro'.

I'm not sure there was any real rivalry with Bromley (at least not on our part). It was just intensely fun for many years to call them French and see the reaction. They were actually quite a friendly bunch. Always good for a sensible supporters match.

 

[clog]

I'm not sure there was any real rivalry with Bromley (at least not on our part). It was just intensely fun for many years to call them French and see the reaction. They were actually quite a friendly bunch. Always good for a sensible supporters match.

There were a bunch of sexist twunts there when I went earlier this season chanting the usual rubbish. Needed Blitzwalker there to tell them to STFU.

 

[PartisanDulwich]

16 January 2016
Top F A Tophy Crowds

1949 Dulwich Hamlet V Guiseley
1361 Torquay United
1276 Chester
1230 Grimsby Town
1006 Woking
926 Oxford City

 

[PartisanDulwich]

Highest #nonleague crowds this season by Step:
1 Grimsby Town 7650
2 Stockport County 4797
3 Dulwich Hamlet 2249
4 Hythe Town 1527

 

[Gromit]

Is it too late to jump on this bandwagon and still be able to say I was a supporter before it was trendy?

 

[Dulwich Mishi]

No, you're too early. It's never been trendy to be a Dulwich Hamlet supporter. Anyone who thinks it might be trendy is not a supporter. Bye!

 

[PartisanDulwich]

Tweets by #nonleague

Top Average #nonleague Crowds by Step
1 Tranmere Rovers 4990
2 FC United of Manchester 3288
3 Dulwich Hamlet 1253
4 Guernsey 732

Top Step 3 Average Crowds:
1253 Dulwich Hamlet
1129 Darlington
708 Blyth Spartans
618 Weymouth
601 Salford City

Top National South Crowd so far this season: 2691 Maidstone United v Eastbourne Borough

Top National North Crowd so far this season: 4797 Stockport County v FC United of Manchester

Top National League Crowd so far this season: 7650 Grimsby Town v Lincoln City

Top Crowds by Step
1 Grimsby Town 7650
2 Stockport County 4797
3 Dulwich Hamlet 2249
4 Hythe Town 1527
5 Hereford 4381
6 South Shields 1412


Top Average Crowds Essex/East London Teams
747 Chelmsford City
727 Braintree Town
347 Concord Rangers
310 Clapton
309 Billericay Town

 

[Joe K]

I've the option of regarding my glass as half-empty or half-full regarding Hamlet overtaking Darlington in the attendance stakes. Guess which of those I'm going for.

 

[PartisanDulwich]

Top Non League attendances in London (approx)

1 Bromley 1,400
2 Dulwich Hamlet 1,250

Can we make it to first spot by the end of the season ?

 

[AndyDHFC]

Top Non League clubs in London (approx)

1 Bromley 1,400
2 Dulwich Hamlet 1,250

Can we make it to first spot by the end of the season ?

You're determined to get Le Bromlei in London aren't you.

 

[B.I.G]

Top Non League clubs in London (approx)

1 Bromley 1,400
2 Dulwich Hamlet 1,250

Can we make it to first spot by the end of the season ?

Bromley Rude Boy would Love that!

 

[PartisanDulwich]

8 January 1955

Dulwich Hamlet V Hendon in the second round of the London Senior Cup was shown Live on Television

The match was at Champion Hill and Hamlet lost 2-4 after extra time.
Jim Skipper and Dick Tunmer scored for Dulwich Hamlet

and the attendance was 4,356

Source: Programme 7 December 1976

 

[PartisanDulwich]

Match detail: Dulwich Hamlet v Chelsea

Match Date: Wednesday, 28th Oct 1964
Competition: Friendly
Opponent: Dulwich Hamlet
Venue: Away
Attendance: 4,021
Result: 0 - 3 (Chelsea)


"The last huge gate there was 4,000 in October 1964, when then-First Division leaders Chelsea took a full first team for the inauguration of new floodlights."

Toby Porter article South London Press - Thursday, 4 February 2016

 

[Lyham]

Made this pretty quickly but quite interesting to have visualised

 

[clog]

That is interesting - looks at first glance like some step changes in level after the big attendances, particularly the first non-league day, with a steady rise this season.

 

[ForwardHamlet]

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Made this pretty quickly but quite interesting to have visualised

Wow. Do you mind if we share on social media with full credit to you? Great job.

 

[Lyham]

Wow. Do you mind if we share on social media with full credit to you? Great job.

Yeah, no problem. @liamball on Twitter.

 

[PartisanDulwich]

FA Trophy
18th March 1980 A Dulwich Hamlet V Boston United

Attendance 1059 LOST 0-2

 

[darryl]

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Wow - it's interesting how cup attendances have really ballooned. Beckenham Town at home in the London Senior Cup got just 77 in December 2014. A year later, we took that number away to Corinthian-Casuals in the same competition on the cold, wet Tuesday before Christmas.

 

[PartisanDulwich]

Dulwich Hamlet V Canterbury city
September 1954 FA Cup first qualifying round replay

Canterbury won 2-0
2,700

bizarrely the game was played at half past four on a Wednesday afternoon

Source Programme 18 September 1979

 

[Pink Panther]

Dulwich Hamlet V Canterbury city
September 1954 FA Cup first qualifying round replay

Canterbury won 2-0
2,700

bizarrely the game was played at half past four on a Wednesday afternoon

Source Programme 18 September 1979

It's not that bizarre when you consider there were no floodlights at Champion Hill in those days and it's generally too dark to play county cricket beyond 6pm in mid-September.

 

[Dulwich Mishi]

Yes, but football is much slower than cricket, the ball does much less damage, even the hard old fashioned lether ones, and if kicking off on time, in reasonable daylight, will finish just as dusk comes in. Hence early kick-offs nowadays, early and late season, at 6.15 to 6.30-ish, at StepSeven...known to groundhoppers as the 'silly season', where they can tick lesser sportsgrounds, often with no proper facilities for spectators, bar a rope along the touchline.

 

[Pink Panther]

Yes, but football is much slower than cricket, the ball does much less damage, even the hard old fashioned lether ones, and if kicking off on time, in reasonable daylight, will finish just as dusk comes in. Hence early kick-offs nowadays, early and late season, at 6.15 to 6.30-ish, at StepSeven...known to groundhoppers as the 'silly season', where they can tick lesser sportsgrounds, often with no proper facilities for spectators, bar a rope along the touchline.

But a cup replay kicking off at 4.30pm in mid-September won't finish much before 7pm if it goes to extra time (no penalty shoot-outs in those days) by which time it would certainly be pretty murky! I was just using cricket hours as a reference point to illustrate what sort of time the sun sets around that time of year. County cricket matches start half an hour earlier in September (at 10.30am as opposed to 11am, with a scheduled finishing time of 5.30pm as opposed to 6pm) due to the shorter daylight hours.