the highest attendance for a charity/testimonial match at HR/Ricoh is around 25,000 for Dave Busst.
we had a testimonial for Curtis/kearns in 60's but don't think it was that high.
H Rd only had a capacity of 23k back then. But it was a sell out! Cantona's last match.
hucks, whelan, paul hall, dietmar, ian Goodwin, Peter Hormantscuk, claus Jorgensen, terry Gibson, Benno, Benno trying to get more '87 lads.
Kirk stephens is managing cov old boys
More ex CCFC players names to add to those revealed and hinted at above will be unveiled in the days before kick off, including we hope (some might call) ‘ three wise men’, all renowned internationals and all combative and passionate player-managers of their era(who ever they are) I'm going for Stuart pearce and Dennie wise plus one other so we'll have to wait and see. We hope to have enticed them to the celebrations but have not yet confirmed.
Quinny said on Talksport yesterday that he hadn't been invited. Any reason why?
H Rd only had a capacity of 23k back then. But it was a sell out! Cantona's last match.
The top Coventry City testimonial crowds are:
25,075 Richard Shaw v Celtic 11.4.2005
25,040 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Liverpool 9.5.1967
23,326 Dave Busst v Man United 16.5.1997
15,193 Bill Glazier v England 66 team 26.11.1974
13,576 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Northampton 10.5.1966
11,143 George Mason v All Star Managers XI 30.4.1953
10,242 Brian Hill v Derby County 28.4.69
The top Coventry City testimonial crowds are:
25,075 Richard Shaw v Celtic 11.4.2005
25,040 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Liverpool 9.5.1967
23,326 Dave Busst v Man United 16.5.1997
15,193 Bill Glazier v England 66 team 26.11.1974
13,576 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Northampton 10.5.1966
11,143 George Mason v All Star Managers XI 30.4.1953
10,242 Brian Hill v Derby County 28.4.69
The top Coventry City testimonial crowds are:
25,075 Richard Shaw v Celtic 11.4.2005
25,040 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Liverpool 9.5.1967
23,326 Dave Busst v Man United 16.5.1997
15,193 Bill Glazier v England 66 team 26.11.1974
13,576 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Northampton 10.5.1966
11,143 George Mason v All Star Managers XI 30.4.1953
10,242 Brian Hill v Derby County 28.4.69
I wonder how many that Busst game would have drawn if capacity wasn't an issue.
I'm pretty sure Micky Gynn had more at his than the 10242 for Brian Hill, but perhaps it just fell short.
Cantona's last game as a professional footballer too. Gazza and Ferdinand in Cov colours, Schmeichel desperately diving as far away from Busst's penalty as he could, what a day.
Cantona's last game as a professional footballer too. Gazza and Ferdinand in Cov colours, Schmeichel desperately diving as far away from Busst's penalty as he could, what a day.
Also, remember Oggy came on as a substitute to play up front. That was hilarious
Edit: Dammit, too slow
I always thought it was classy on Man Utd's part to send their proper first team out too, they could have just chucked the reserves and a few names out if they felt like it.
fuk sake gutted im missing this
dublin and huckerby = my best memories of cov
3,000 at the mo
just been announced you can pay on the gate, due to the high numbers expected.
I'm a little bit disappointed in this, was hoping we'd at least be up to about 5,000 by now. Hoping for a good walk up crowd Deano?
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