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Welcome back NG
Was thinking about this earlier.Yes I was at that one. A poor game only memorable for Doddy's goal. Only around 55,000 at it, the time after the huge old firm crowds. Another trophy though.
Was thinking about this earlier.
What was the reason for the drop off in attendances? I know the capacity was reduced during the 1970's but we had -
1970 LCF 106,000
1971 SCF 120,000 & 103,000
1973 SCF 122,000
1975 LCF 58,000
1977 SCF 54,000
1978 LCF 60,000
That's a lot of lost fans in a short period of time.
By the end of the 1970's the capacity was 85,000,yet we never got close to it v Celtic.
Early kick off times started the drop off in attendances and the 1977 Scottish Cup Final was the start of live tv broadcasts.....plus that particular day was pissing down & windy as hell...........
Compare to the 1976 SCF v Hearts, similar day, no live tv & an estimated 88,000 attendance (low estimate imo)
My first game vs them. Remember a weird incident where a Rangers goal was disallowed. John Greig ran over the byline as he was on an offside position (no active/passive stuff then). Greig was then booked for un-gentlemanly conduct