| Most Town fans in Portman Road 13:53 - Dec 22 with 2536 views | woodbridge_blue |
Assuming that there are approximately 400 Oxford fans attending on Boxing Day, and also that the capacity of Portman Road is now around 29,000, that means that around 28,600 Town fans will be in attendance.
When was the last time we had that many Town fans in the ground?
I don't know the answer by the way. |  | | |  |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 13:55 - Dec 22 with 2490 views | brazil1982 |
Good question and I wonder how many live in Ipswich? |  | | |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 14:08 - Dec 22 with 2436 views | ITFC_Forever |
Decades ago when terracing still existed and we could fit 30k plus in PR, so assume that was before the executive boxes and seats were put on the Portman Terrace? |  |
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| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 14:08 - Dec 22 with 2419 views | dirtyboy |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 13:55 - Dec 22 by brazil1982 |
Good question and I wonder how many live in Ipswich? |
Let's do this by elimination.
Me and my boy don't live in Ipswich. |  | | |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 14:11 - Dec 22 with 2408 views | Ely_Blue |
Not sure that they can segregate the away area down to 400 seats though so I imagine the numbers you’ve put will be lower |  |
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| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 16:55 - Dec 22 with 2151 views | 3_5_2 |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 14:08 - Dec 22 by dirtyboy |
Let's do this by elimination.
Me and my boy don't live in Ipswich. |
Me and my daughter don’t either. So that’s 4 that don’t live in ipswich.
Going to take a while this isn’t? |  |
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| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:12 - Dec 22 with 2107 views | Sharkey |
My brother-in-law's going. He's an Arsenal fan. I doubt he could identify a single player from a photo. |  | | |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:13 - Dec 22 with 2100 views | noggin |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 13:55 - Dec 22 by brazil1982 |
Good question and I wonder how many live in Ipswich? |
Racist. |  |
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| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:15 - Dec 22 with 2094 views | DJR |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 14:08 - Dec 22 by ITFC_Forever |
Decades ago when terracing still existed and we could fit 30k plus in PR, so assume that was before the executive boxes and seats were put on the Portman Terrace? |
Yes, there were a few occasions when we had crowds approaching 35,000 and one where we had over 38,000. I was there at that Leeds games, and I rather doubt Leeds had many more than 5,000 fans there, so that may well be the record number of Ipswich fans, although I've never really understood why that game had our record crowd when we had many more important games. [Post edited 22 Dec 2022 17:18]
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| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:22 - Dec 22 with 2086 views | PhilTWTD |
Record attendance is 38,010 for the Leeds cup match in 1975, which seems to be the peak of Portman Road attendances with 28,476 the record Boxing Day crowd (beat Arsenal 2-0).
I assume Leeds weren't given 8,000 tickets for that so that's a starting point on working out the most Town fans in the ground. It's going to be over 30,000, so we've got a bit to go yet! |  | | |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:33 - Dec 22 with 2024 views | sotd78 |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:15 - Dec 22 by DJR |
Yes, there were a few occasions when we had crowds approaching 35,000 and one where we had over 38,000. I was there at that Leeds games, and I rather doubt Leeds had many more than 5,000 fans there, so that may well be the record number of Ipswich fans, although I've never really understood why that game had our record crowd when we had many more important games. [Post edited 22 Dec 2022 17:18]
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I reckon 38,010 was when they stopped counting. I too was there. Leeds, of course, have always for some reason had a country-wide fan base - so I think 5,000 is conservative.
In those days dads and their lads went through on one turnstile click. Season ticket holders went in a gate manned by an old boy and then tossed their cardboard tickets back over the practice pitch fence and thus sons got in for free to stand on the terraces. So who knows how many really were there? |  |
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| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:34 - Dec 22 with 2019 views | TheBoyBlue |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 16:55 - Dec 22 by 3_5_2 |
Me and my daughter don’t either. So that’s 4 that don’t live in ipswich.
Going to take a while this isn’t? |
Five of us who don't live in Ipswich.
We're getting there. Might get everyone by kick-off. | |
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| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:34 - Dec 22 with 2014 views | PJH |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:22 - Dec 22 by PhilTWTD |
Record attendance is 38,010 for the Leeds cup match in 1975, which seems to be the peak of Portman Road attendances with 28,476 the record Boxing Day crowd (beat Arsenal 2-0).
I assume Leeds weren't given 8,000 tickets for that so that's a starting point on working out the most Town fans in the ground. It's going to be over 30,000, so we've got a bit to go yet! |
I don't think that that 1975 game with Leeds was all ticket.
Think it was pay on the gate and it got decided that the ground was full with 38010 in there, or however many actually were.
I know when we played QPR in 1968 with us both chasing promotion was all ticket as was F.A. Cup against Man U in 1970.
There were probably others but all ticket games were very, very rare.
Incidently, I think that Leeds game was the one where I was in Churchmans with an Ipswich scarf on one wrist and a Leeds one on the other. Might have been another Leeds game at PR in the early to mid 1970's but I think it was that one. |  | | |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:47 - Dec 22 with 1982 views | blueprint |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 14:08 - Dec 22 by ITFC_Forever |
Decades ago when terracing still existed and we could fit 30k plus in PR, so assume that was before the executive boxes and seats were put on the Portman Terrace? |
Portman rd held 36000 prior to the cobbold lower terrace being replaced with seats. This brought the capacity down to 32000. Once the Pioneer Stand was completed in 82/83 the capacity went up to 37000. This was then reduced when the West terrace was replaced with seats in the late 80s. |  | | |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 18:57 - Dec 22 with 1919 views | textbackup |
My wife is going, and tells me she only supports England. So that’s another one off the list |  |
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| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 19:14 - Dec 22 with 1862 views | PhilTWTD |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:34 - Dec 22 by PJH |
I don't think that that 1975 game with Leeds was all ticket.
Think it was pay on the gate and it got decided that the ground was full with 38010 in there, or however many actually were.
I know when we played QPR in 1968 with us both chasing promotion was all ticket as was F.A. Cup against Man U in 1970.
There were probably others but all ticket games were very, very rare.
Incidently, I think that Leeds game was the one where I was in Churchmans with an Ipswich scarf on one wrist and a Leeds one on the other. Might have been another Leeds game at PR in the early to mid 1970's but I think it was that one. |
Did you invent the half and half scarf? I remember my dad telling me how tight it was in the ground, think he would have been in Churchmans as well. Agree, I suspect the crowd might well have been quite different to the official figure. | | | |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 19:30 - Dec 22 with 1827 views | jaykay |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:34 - Dec 22 by PJH |
I don't think that that 1975 game with Leeds was all ticket.
Think it was pay on the gate and it got decided that the ground was full with 38010 in there, or however many actually were.
I know when we played QPR in 1968 with us both chasing promotion was all ticket as was F.A. Cup against Man U in 1970.
There were probably others but all ticket games were very, very rare.
Incidently, I think that Leeds game was the one where I was in Churchmans with an Ipswich scarf on one wrist and a Leeds one on the other. Might have been another Leeds game at PR in the early to mid 1970's but I think it was that one. |
you are correct ,there wasn't many if any all tickets games then. more people paid on the gate in those days , not many had season tickets. i was one of the last to get into the north stand that day . loads of leeds fans in the north stand that day . you use to get vouchers on certain games which you produced at the ticket office when a game was all ticket e.g. f.a. cup semi final and you didn't know what games them vouchers would be given out , till you turned up at the game. |  |
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| i was along with many others sitting on the pitch on 19:58 - Dec 22 with 1786 views | Grief |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 17:22 - Dec 22 by PhilTWTD |
Record attendance is 38,010 for the Leeds cup match in 1975, which seems to be the peak of Portman Road attendances with 28,476 the record Boxing Day crowd (beat Arsenal 2-0).
I assume Leeds weren't given 8,000 tickets for that so that's a starting point on working out the most Town fans in the ground. It's going to be over 30,000, so we've got a bit to go yet! |
behind the goal at the Churchmans end |  | | |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 20:46 - Dec 22 with 1732 views | BlueCSA |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 14:08 - Dec 22 by dirtyboy |
Let's do this by elimination.
Me and my boy don't live in Ipswich. |
Me and my niece don't live in Ipswich either. Nor does my mates Grandson who comes with us, so thats 3 more off the list |  | | |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 21:13 - Dec 22 with 1665 views | GeoffSentence |
| Most Town fans in Portman Road on 14:08 - Dec 22 by dirtyboy |
Let's do this by elimination.
Me and my boy don't live in Ipswich. |
Nor me, I live in the Ipswich-Shotley-Sudbury Golden Triangle |  |
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