Attendances....

[PartisanDulwich]

Dulwich Hamlet V Slough attendance 2,900 30th December 2018

so two huge attendances back to back
and sales going well for next home game against Bath

 

[dcdulwich]

855 - ave 2018/19 league gate at Imperial Fields.
2951 - ave 2018/19 league gate at Champion Hill.

Not at all interested myself (oh no) but the average league attendance so far, as of 29/12 (1204), takes us past that of BTFC. Only Torquay and Woking above us now in the NLS turnstile league.

 

[scousedom]

855 - ave 2018/19 league gate at Imperial Fields.
2951 - ave 2018/19 league gate at Champion Hill.

Not at all interested myself (oh no) but the average league attendance so far, as of 29/12 (1204), takes us past that of BTFC. Only Torquay and Woking above us now in the NLS turnstile league.

Here’s one for a quiet Sunday evening then... How far would you have to go back for the last time we had a total of 5,902 or more spectators in the ground in the space of 72 hours?

 

[dcdulwich]

Here’s one for a quiet Sunday evening then... How far would you have to go back for the last time we had a total of 5,902 or more spectators in the ground in the space of 72 hours?

Impossible to say with any accuracy because Isthmian League attendance records weren’t kept systematically until the 88/89 season. Lots of info and spreadsheets galore here scousedom: The Official Isthmian League Historical Website - Your one stop resource

On the balance of probabilities 3/9/1938 vs St Albans (att: 6000) and 7/9/1938 vs Clapton (att: info unavailable) look likely candidates - albeit with a further 24 hours pause compared with 26-29/12/2018.

Incidentally, John Lawrence’s programme notes from yesterday (29/12) reported the sad news that Mike Wilson, ‘the long-serving and much-respected statistician of the Bostik (Isthmian) League’ had died earlier in December. He had been recording attendance figures for over thirty years.

 

[Dulwich Mishi]

Impossible to say with any accuracy because Isthmian League attendance records weren’t kept systematically until the 88/89 season. Lots of info and spreadsheets galore here scousedom: The Official Isthmian League Historical Website - Your one stop resource

On the balance of probabilities 3/9/1938 vs St Albans (att: 6000) and 7/9/1938 vs Clapton (att: info unavailable) look likely candidates - albeit with a further 24 hours pause compared with 26-29/12/2018.

Incidentally, John Lawrence’s programme notes from yesterday (29/12) reported the sad news that Mike Wilson, ‘the long-serving and much-respected statistician of the Bostik (Isthmian) League’ had died earlier in December. He had been recording attendance figures for over thirty years.

Mike was a top bloke, when he was an Isthmian League official he was more of a scuffy bloke in a tie, rather than an official in a blazer, if you get my drift. A top bloke, who always had time for a chat...top bloke for whom the description of 'diamond geezer' certainly fits.

 

[Matt The Cab]

So he was "a top bloke"

 

[Pink Panther]

So he was "a top bloke"

And a "diamond geezer". Don't forget that!

 

[Dulwich Mishi]

So he was "a top bloke"

Repeated...simply the perils of typing quickly without paying too much attention in a tea break...

You're a top bloke for pointing it out, top bloke!

 

[Matt The Cab]

At least he didn't slip into what could be termed Commentatorese

In the old days players were known as either journeyman, average, good, very good or world class. But in this Sky/BT driven world we have a few more descriptive terms, journeyman, average, good, very good, top, world class and top top.

I blame Redknapp

 

[PartisanDulwich]

Surely in the 40's and 50s we were still getting 5,000 at home games
thought decline only started with TV coverage

 

[dcdulwich]

Surely in the 40's and 50s we were still getting 5,000 at home games
thought decline only started with TV coverage

Quite probably. There’s just hardly any data from which to make a judgement and zero data points I’ve noticed within a few days of each other.

 

[Paula_G]

Sure some of the pre War handbooks had crowd statistics, have one among the detritus at home from 1939/40 that sure mentioned a gate of 5k for a RESERVE game against Nunhead. Will have to check & update.

 

[editor]

 

[B.I.G]

Any know what the average was last year?

 

[dcdulwich]

Any know what the average was last year?

1529 up to our last game at Champion Hill
848 at Imperial Fields
1381 over the season as a whole
(League only, not including play-offs of course).

 

[B.I.G]

1529 up to our last game at Champion Hill
848 at Imperial Fields
1381 over the season as a whole
(League only, not including play-offs of course).

Thank you very much. We are likely to break that this year

 

[dcdulwich]

Thank you very much. We are likely to break that this year

It was, despite playing our last five home games at T&M, our highest average for quite a while (60+ years has been suggested).
We had an average of 1317 in 16/17 and 1343 in 15/16.

 

[B.I.G]

Is it 10 games we have played at home this year in the league at Tooting? I think it is. Not bad if we beat the average again then

 

[Cyclodunc]

yep, 10 plus one FA Cup (Tonbridge Angels) and one FA Trophy replay (Welling)

 

[dcdulwich]

Is it 10 games we have played at home this year in the league at Tooting? I think it is. Not bad if we beat the average again then

Yes 10 in the league at Tooting and only 21 in total this season instead of the 23 we have had since we were promoted to the Isthmian Premier.

 

[dcdulwich]

Mildly interesting fact. The aggregate of our last league match at T&M and our first three at Champion Hill (10,447) is higher than the aggregate for our whole championship winning 2012/13 season (10,306 over 21 games).

 

[Cyclodunc]

wow!

 

[iamwithnail]

That's very cool! (That was my second season coming to Dulwich, I used to bring the wee boy because he could hang out and play with his cars on the terrace. Not much chance of that now )

 

[PartisanDulwich]

8 more home games to go
7 on Saturdays
1 bank hol Monday

 

[PartisanDulwich]

Dulwich Hamlet 7 Woking Town 0
Attendance "down to 6,000
April 1939

 

[PartisanDulwich]

Dulwich Hamlet V Dorking
attendance 2,000
Saturday 2nd November 1907
Surrey Mirror


"The Hamlet have a tremendous following and one which very few amateur clubs in Surrey anything like approach"

 

[editor]

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Dulwich Hamlet V Dorking
attendance 2,000
Saturday 2nd November 1907
Surrey Mirror

"warm team"

 

[Matt The Cab]

What I'd give for winning a dull & uninteresting game 4 goals to nil....

 

[dcdulwich]

"warm team"

“South London cracks”

 

[Dulwich Mishi]

“South London cracks”

Contemporary reports from the 1890s through to the early 20th century often needs a surprising amount of thought to ‘translate’ into modern parlance...