Highest attendance

[hibby6270]

Rugby - Scotland v Wales 1975 - 104,000
Football - Scotland v Czechoslovakia 1973 - 97,500
Cricket - Australia v England 2006 MCG Boxing Day - 89,155
Easter Road (afaik) - Hibs v Rangers 1973 SC Replay - 49,000

[Fanforlife]

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That must be the largest crowd I've ever been in. Having said that it didn't feel that crowded where we were under the old egg box north stand - but there were a rather large number of original Rangers fans there - I think it is the first time I heard the word 'fenian'.

This would have been the total attendance at the three games m8😁

[twiceinathens]

Scotland v England 1970. Officially a capacity 134000 but supposedly many forged tickets. I bought a terracing ticket outside ground about half an hour before kickoff.

[delbert]

[QUOTE=gbhibby;6131185]Too much time on my hands. This is one for the oldies what is the largest attendance at a match you have attended.
My games are
Celtic v Leeds 1970 136000
Scotland v England 1970 137000
Scotland v England 1972 117000
Hibs v Celtic 1972 106000
Scotland v Wales Rugby 1975 104000

Largest attendance at Easter Road was for the 1972 Scottish Cup QF replay on the Wednesday night at Easter Road when Bobby Davidson made sure his boys got through 2-1, official attendance was 49007.

[Greenbeard]

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Scotland v Spain 3-1 73.000 World Cup qualifier. Kenny D scored a cracker . Sure it has been voted as one of our best goals scored at Hampden.

Was behind the goals for that one. Beauty.

[Greenbeard]

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I’ve only ever been to one rugby match and that Wales game in 1975 was it. We left at half time as we were being crushed, you couldn’t move!

It was mental. Got in with time to spare but no chance even getting up the stairs to the south terrace where I was supposed to meet my pals. Put on my best cherub face and blagged my way into the press deck with my big bro who was the copy boy for The Pink and had a pass. Ended up sitting on a wee ledge in front of the press deck - along with some Welsh supporters! How they got there beats me. After the match waiting at the top of the stairs for my bro to finish phoning through the copy, Bill McLaren came by. "Have a sweetie son" he says. Sad to say it was a polo mint, not a Hawick ball, but still star struck.

[brog]

I was at Scotland England in 1964 when we won 1-0 in front of over 133k. We got in just before kick-off to be faced with a wall of people & the gangways blocked by police. As we tried desperately to squeeze on to the terrace the police moved aside & let the gangways fill. We raced down & got close to the front where we had a great view of Gilly scoring the winner. Took about half an hour to get out mind!!

[Keith_M]

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That was my first visit to Wembley and it would be the biggest crowd of pure hatred i've been in unless the one there in 88? was bigger

The atmosphere was unbelievable, with mass fights breaking out between the Scotland Fans and the large gangs of English Skinheads.

[Killiehibbie]

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The atmosphere was unbelievable, with mass fights breaking out between the Scotland Fans and the large gangs of English Skinheads.

Constant fighting at the tunnel end and outbreaks all over the place at other times. No wonder they got rid of the fixture.

[Forza Fred]

I was at the 1972 Scotland v England game...it was packed.

Couldn't even move for a piss!

later revealed that there a lot of forged tickets sold for that end.

[killie-hibby]

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I was at Scotland England in 1964 when we won 1-0 in front of over 133k. We got in just before kick-off to be faced with a wall of people & the gangways blocked by police. As we tried desperately to squeeze on to the terrace the police moved aside & let the gangways fill. We raced down & got close to the front where we had a great view of Gilly scoring the winner. Took about half an hour to get out mind!!

I was there. Stood halfway up the terracing. The only time I saw the ball was when it was kicked high in the air. The crush was worrying. The noise and atmosphere, unforgettable.

[SideBurns]

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Constant fighting at the tunnel end and outbreaks all over the place at other times. No wonder they got rid of the fixture.

Not sure if you're talking about Wembley 83 or 88 now, but I was at the 88 game (which will be the biggest attendance I've been in, rather than the Northern Ireland game I referred to earlier) and there were running battles all over the terracing. It was mental. England won 1-0, Beardsley I think?

Struggled to find a pub that would let Scotland fans in at night, until we bumped into a guy who was originally from Leith but now stayed in London who took us to his local. Can't say we were welcomed with open arms by the bar staff or other patrons, but they soon settled down when they realised we only wanted a few pints and frames of pool.

[FilipinoHibs]

1968 Scotland vs England 134,461

1996 England vs Scotland EURO 96

76,864

[madabouthibs]

Hibs finals at Hampden would be my biggest Scottish games.
Others would be....
Old Trafford in 2010 for Rooney's return from injury and after signing a £250k per week contract - 74'200
Wanda Metropolitano, Atletico v Dortmund Champions League in November 2018 - 69000-ish.
Still doesn't beat 20k for a derby at ER though!! 😁🇳🇬

[Willis1875]

81,000 Dortmund V Schalke 2017,game finished 4-4 after Dortmund went 4 up, incredible game

[Killiehibbie]

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Not sure if you're talking about Wembley 83 or 88 now, but I was at the 88 game (which will be the biggest attendance I've been in, rather than the Northern Ireland game I referred to earlier) and there were running battles all over the terracing. It was mental. England won 1-0, Beardsley I think?

Struggled to find a pub that would let Scotland fans in at night, until we bumped into a guy who was originally from Leith but now stayed in London who took us to his local. Can't say we were welcomed with open arms by the bar staff or other patrons, but they soon settled down when they realised we only wanted a few pints and frames of pool.

Not sure what one had the bigger crowd but the 88 game was certainly worse for trouble. We got away up the road asap and I was in Porters just before midnight, guys didn't believe i'd been to Wembley until I showed them the programme and told them my brother was driving.

[joebakerforever]

Largest crowd at a sporting event I attended was the 1973 World Speedway Final at Chorzow in Poland with an attendance of c. 130,000.

Was my second World Final in Poland, with the Iron Curtain firmly in place & it was 1 day fly in/fly out tours requiring visas and strictly controlled travel throughout.

Remember when the Russian riders were introduced, a cacophony of whistling by the Poles vibrated round the Stadium , as the locals detested them.

There were even Russian soldiers in uniform amongst the crowd but that didn't deter the Poles nearby shouting & gesticulating their displeasure at those wearing the Hammer & Sickle race jackets.

[Keith_M]

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Not sure what one had the bigger crowd but the 88 game was certainly worse for trouble. We got away up the road asap and I was in Porters just before midnight, guys didn't believe i'd been to Wembley until I showed them the programme and told them my brother was driving.

At the '83 match, there were large groups of organised English hooligans (the 'kick a Jock campaign' being one thing I remember). The Scottish Fans weren't actually organised but there was a very large, violent (drunk) element that had being causing trouble at those games for years.

I think the difference at the '88 game was that it was at the peak of the Casuals era in both England and Scotland.

[darwenhibby]

I was at the 0-0 game at Hampden and in the scotia bar with a couple of mates
Next thing the pub was heaving with Geordie boys
They been fighting with West Ham firm on the train up
At central station they said they were ambushed and took a kicking
A few minutes later one of them pipes up
“It was those Hibs b******s that got us”
For once I thought good on The HIBS boys as the English mobs were a bunch of ars*holes at the time

[DH1875]

Have been to Wembley, Bernabeu and Nou camp. Think biggest crowd I've been in in Scotland would be at Parkhead. Was at some Scotland games as a kid in early/mid 80s that probably beat it. Not sure though as can't remember.

[Kavinho]

109,874,
July 15 2000, Olympic Stadium, Sydney
35-39 Australia / New Zealand
A world record crowd for a Rugby Union match in the greatest game ever played

All Black's were 21-0 up before the Wallabies had touched the ball.
Wallabies got back to 24-24 at half time.
Jonah Lomu scored in injury time in the corner to win the match.

[BILLYHIBS]

Scotland 0 v 1 England 27/5/1972

119000

I attended this game just because John Brownlie was playing

Interesting footage Brownlie just about scores near the end

Bobby Clark disnae bother aboot gloves back when men were men

https://youtu.be/CNQGE7lw78s

[A Hi-Bee]

At Easter Rd 49,000
At a concert in Berlin 300,000 estimated.
Humpden 112,000 1968/9 league cup final where we got gubbed once more 6-2

[BILLYHIBS]

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At Easter Rd 49,000
At a concert in Berlin 300,000 estimated.
Humpden 112,000 1968/9 league cup final where we got gubbed once more 6-2

Andre Rieu ?

[A Hi-Bee]

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Andre Rieu ?

Sorry Billy never ****in heard of him/her
it was Roger Waters when the wall came tumbling doon.

[BILLYHIBS]

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Sorry Billy never ****in heard of him/her
it was Roger Waters when the wall came tumbling doon.

Got the Blu-ray somewhere

Andre Rieu is for grannies

[AndyM_1875]

Football Match - Scotland v Sweden at Hampden, September 1981, 82,000.

Concert - Iron Maiden Donington 1988, 108,000. 2 fans were killed in crushes at the front due to the ground turning into a mudbath.

[May21/05/16]

The 1972 cup final against
Celtic if memory is correct there was over a 100 thousand with my dad and his friends

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[Keith_M]

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The 1972 cup final against
Celtic if memory is correct there was over a 100 thousand with my dad and his friends

Your Dad must have been a really popular guy.

[SJNB Hibby]

Wembley 1966 WC---Uruguay v Mexico, presume it was sold out, I can remember being packed in and not being able to see much, 'cept sombreros
Also early 70's England v Wales, not sure if it sold out or not.
Both matches ended up goalless