[Wanderer]

Re: Record Home Attendance : Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:28 pm  

DRAGONFAN wrote:

The official attendance for that game was 6,440.

Although anyone who was there will believe it to be much higher.

Re: Record Home Attendance : Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:13 pm  

GeoffRoebuck wrote:

Any one know what the record highest home attendance is for a Dons/Dragons/Lakers game and who was the game against?

you are Magnus Mangusson & i claim my £10 prize:):):):) but keep them coming Geoff got most of them right.

Re: Record Home Attendance : Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:58 pm  

GeoffRoebuck wrote:

Well done Stand -Offish your answer is correct.

February 16th 1952 the Dons played Bradford Northern in the first round of the Challenge Cup at the York Rd Greyhound Stadium in front of a 10,000 crowd
The result was Dons 4 Bradford 7 the Dons points came from goals by Tynan & Griffiths.
This game was the second leg of the competition as at that time the first round was a two legged affair.
The Dons lost the first leg at Bradford 6-5 therefore the Dons lost the tie on a aggregate score Dons 9 Bradford 13

I was there, I went into the Bradford changing room after the game to see Len Haley their stand off. I had done my National Service with him at Strensall. Tus Griffiths was later transferred to Halifax.