scousedom
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Not something to celebrate.
Attendances....
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I loved it when we went from around 300 to 500 and then a thousand, but I've never really enjoyed seeing Hamlet play at home in front of a jam-packed monster crowd (unless it was at Tooting).
scousedom
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There’s also no point in having quantity if you don’t have quality.
PartisanDulwich
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Only recording the fact on the attendance thread - not praising our playing style, goal scoring ability or rating the atmosphere -
that's for others
that's for others
PartisanDulwich
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Truth is we could have got 5,000 plus today if we had capacity
A club that size is a different kind of club to that run on 1,500 or indeed 500 when many of us on here started
By it's very nature will be a very different experience and club - you just hope we don't lose to much in the process - but that's very hard
maybe you can only hand on the club to future generations of fans - you cannot like a great holiday destination keep it a secret and limit its appeal
I should add in fairness that the Women's teams games still have some of that early Hamlet passion
A club that size is a different kind of club to that run on 1,500 or indeed 500 when many of us on here started
By it's very nature will be a very different experience and club - you just hope we don't lose to much in the process - but that's very hard
maybe you can only hand on the club to future generations of fans - you cannot like a great holiday destination keep it a secret and limit its appeal
I should add in fairness that the Women's teams games still have some of that early Hamlet passion
scousedom
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I love going to the women’s games. I take my kids and they love it - it’s the only time they don’t get told off for kicking a ball around.
blueheaven
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Does anyone know what the actual capacity of the ground is? I was under the impression that people were also turned away the last time the attendance record was broken, so a bit surprised to hear it could be broken again.
I wasn't there yesterday as I moved away from the area during lockdown so it's not possible for me to go every week any more. I'll only be able to make occasional trips to games now. But I agree with the above comments about the ground just not being able to cope with such big numbers, and it becomes a really uncomfortable experience. I gave up attempting to stand on the terraces at Champion Hill on a Saturday long ago, as I hate being squashed up against other people and the view of the pitch is often zero (and if you're lucky enough to get a position where you can see the match, you can't move for the whole game or you'll lose it). To be honest, in the few months prior to Covid happening, I'd already started to feel that I was enjoying matches less and less and was considering taking a break from renewing my season ticket the following season.
I personally feel that when crowds are this size there should be a way of reserving a seat in the stand, and that only people who have a ticket for the stand should be allowed into the seated area. That would solve the problem of people congregating at the back of the stand who don't have seats, and would also mean that people who need a seat would get one (without having to show up 60-70 minutes before kick-off). But of course I say all of that knowing that it would be yet another change taking the club even further away from the relaxed environment that initially drew a lot of us in in the first place.
I think another point amid all of this is that the bigger the crowds get, the more it brings into focus the fact that the planned capacity for the new stadium is just not good enough.
I wasn't there yesterday as I moved away from the area during lockdown so it's not possible for me to go every week any more. I'll only be able to make occasional trips to games now. But I agree with the above comments about the ground just not being able to cope with such big numbers, and it becomes a really uncomfortable experience. I gave up attempting to stand on the terraces at Champion Hill on a Saturday long ago, as I hate being squashed up against other people and the view of the pitch is often zero (and if you're lucky enough to get a position where you can see the match, you can't move for the whole game or you'll lose it). To be honest, in the few months prior to Covid happening, I'd already started to feel that I was enjoying matches less and less and was considering taking a break from renewing my season ticket the following season.
I personally feel that when crowds are this size there should be a way of reserving a seat in the stand, and that only people who have a ticket for the stand should be allowed into the seated area. That would solve the problem of people congregating at the back of the stand who don't have seats, and would also mean that people who need a seat would get one (without having to show up 60-70 minutes before kick-off). But of course I say all of that knowing that it would be yet another change taking the club even further away from the relaxed environment that initially drew a lot of us in in the first place.
I think another point amid all of this is that the bigger the crowds get, the more it brings into focus the fact that the planned capacity for the new stadium is just not good enough.
jimbarkanoodle
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I don't mind the big crowds, but I do mind queuing for half an hour for a beer and missing half the game because of the big crowds. I'm going to have to start smuggling in beer to avoid this.
PartisanDulwich
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Tuesday Night League Games
5th September 2019 DC (Stato) posted that the actual attendance for the 3rd September 2019 V Maidstone United was 1684 (Turnstile error had initially been lower). for Tuesdays game - a new mid week record
if correct and was not surpassed during mist of Covid
Then tonight's game v Maidstone United 26th October 2021 at 2131 is a new record
5th September 2019 DC (Stato) posted that the actual attendance for the 3rd September 2019 V Maidstone United was 1684 (Turnstile error had initially been lower). for Tuesdays game - a new mid week record
if correct and was not surpassed during mist of Covid
Then tonight's game v Maidstone United 26th October 2021 at 2131 is a new record
PartisanDulwich
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Dulwich Hamlet average League attendance at home so far this season is 2,400
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PartisanDulwich
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NonLeagueDaily.com
@NonLeagueNews
CONFIRMED: Saturday's biggest #NonLeague attendances for Saturday 30th October 2021.
That must be the first time in many years (back to the 1950's) since Dulwich Hamlet had the third highest non League attendance on a Saturday when the Conference (or equivalent was also playing)
@NonLeagueNews
CONFIRMED: Saturday's biggest #NonLeague attendances for Saturday 30th October 2021.
That must be the first time in many years (back to the 1950's) since Dulwich Hamlet had the third highest non League attendance on a Saturday when the Conference (or equivalent was also playing)
Don't Slow Down
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PartisanDulwich
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two years of Covid fog 
PartisanDulwich
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Selection of pre-WW2 attendances at the previous Champion Hill from the 1938/39 club handbook… (Thanks Paula for tweeting)
Cat Daisy
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I had always assumed the 20744 was definitive but how many complimentary tickets etc might there have been??
Selection of pre-WW2 attendances at the previous Champion Hill from the 1938/39 club handbook… (Thanks Paula for tweeting)
PartisanDulwich
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Notts County ground capacity 19,841 - highest attendance this season 12,843 v Solihull Moors (new National League record)
Wrexham's Racecourse ground capacity 15,850 - highest attendance this season 9,183
Wrexham's Racecourse ground capacity 15,850 - highest attendance this season 9,183
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PartisanDulwich
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Attendance re Bath City 3,334 - 13th November (approx 500 turned away) - 5th highest non-league attendance on the day
Average Attendance so far this season - 2,524
9th best supported non-league team (all above ex League/phoenix teams
Updated thanks Trimmy
Average Attendance so far this season - 2,524
9th best supported non-league team (all above ex League/phoenix teams
Updated thanks Trimmy
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Trimmy
Lives for Charking Picken
3,334...
PartisanDulwich
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Dulwich Hamlet V Millwall Lionesses 9 January 2022
Dulwich Hamlet FC W
Incredible crowd at Champion Hill, one of our best ever for the Women’s team. A magnificent 473
Thank you for your attendance & vocal support this afternoon
equalling our record gate this season against at
@FulhamFCWomen
. Third highest behind
@DartfordFCWomen
(585) & Leyton Orient (582) in 2020
Dulwich Hamlet FC W
Incredible crowd at Champion Hill, one of our best ever for the Women’s team. A magnificent 473
Thank you for your attendance & vocal support this afternoon
equalling our record gate this season against at
@FulhamFCWomen
. Third highest behind
@DartfordFCWomen
(585) & Leyton Orient (582) in 2020
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PartisanDulwich
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Conference North Attendance todate this season 09 January 2022 ---- above
Dulwich Hamlet 2,712 todate - 9th highest in non league
PartisanDulwich
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2021-2022 Season
Dulwich Hamlet average attendance for the season 2,712
9th highest non league attendance
6 Conference Wrexham (8,574), Stockport County (6,852), Notts County (6,800) Chesterfield (6,278) Southend (5,749), Grimsby (5,689)
1 National League North York City (3,116)
1 North West Counties Football League Premier Division Macclesfield Town (unknown)
including 8 home sell out crowds at Champion Hill
Dulwich Hamlet average attendance for the season 2,712
9th highest non league attendance
6 Conference Wrexham (8,574), Stockport County (6,852), Notts County (6,800) Chesterfield (6,278) Southend (5,749), Grimsby (5,689)
1 National League North York City (3,116)
1 North West Counties Football League Premier Division Macclesfield Town (unknown)
including 8 home sell out crowds at Champion Hill
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