Fascinating Fact

[Bentley Bullet]

Everton's official attendance for tonight's game against Rovers (37,245) was higher than Rovers' highest-ever official attendance of 37,149 in a Division 3 (N) match against Hull City at Belle Vue on October 2, 1948!

[idler]

At least we will have made some money from it.

[scawsby steve]

Everton's official attendance for tonight's game against Rovers (37,245) was higher than Rovers' highest-ever official attendance of 37,149 in a Division 3 (N) match against Hull City at Belle Vue on October 2, 1948!

What was the game like against Hull City, BB?

[Donnywolf]

Fascinating fact 2

I bet not many in the Ground saw Everton win FA Cup 3-2 in 1966 at Wembley .... And Rovers also win v Leeds at Wembley

[donnievic]

How many was there in the 85 fa cup game,I recall maybe about 38,000 or 42,000

[Bentley Bullet]

How many was there in the 85 fa cup game,I recall maybe about 38,000 or 42,000

I was there!

[Bentley Bullet]

Everton's official attendance for tonight's game against Rovers (37,245) was higher than Rovers' highest-ever official attendance of 37,149 in a Division 3 (N) match against Hull City at Belle Vue on October 2, 1948!

What was the game like against Hull City, BB?

Cheeky bugger.

[BillyStubbsTears]

How many was there in the 85 fa cup game,I recall maybe about 38,000 or 42,000

37,000 I think. There were 48,000 for the Everton match in the 5th round against Telford.

[Campsall rover]

Only 300 more there in 1985 than tonight’s gate.

[Dutch Uncle]

The attendance tonight was the second largest ever at a League Cup match involving Rovers, beaten only at Highbury in 2017

[Monkcaster_Rover]

The attendance tonight was the second largest ever at a League Cup match involving Rovers, beaten only at Highbury in 2017

Not many times I’ll correct a gent as smart as yourself DU but it was at the Emirates, not Highbury!

[Dutch Uncle]

Thanks Monkcaster, far too late at night for an oldie like me 

[hamiltonrover]

Everton's official attendance for tonight's game against Rovers (37,245) was higher than Rovers' highest-ever official attendance of 37,149 in a Division 3 (N) match against Hull City at Belle Vue on October 2, 1948!

37,099 is the highest ever, it got downgraded by 50 as I'm sure the receipts were wrongly counted and there was an article in the local press after the game (I'm sure John Coyle sourced that info).

Anyhow, another interesting (maybe not) fact, Everton in the FA Cup was my first ever Rovers away game back in 1985, so since that time (and actually since my birth in 76), we have only scored 1 goal in an away game against Division 1/Premier League opposition in League Cup/FA Cup competitions. That being Jason Price at Villa in 2009. 1 goal in 48 bloody years!!  I know we don't have loads of days out at top tier teams, but that's a bad run!

[Dutch Uncle]

Being a lot older, I was present at White Hart Lane in 1975 when we last scored away against a top flight team in the League Cup - Alan Murray and then Peter Kitchen both scored............................. and we lost 2-7. A very unfair scoreline I hasten to add. Jennings had a blinder in the Spurs goal, and it was 2-2 after just over an hour.

[Chris Black come back]

Before my time but surely our best ever away (and potentially home or away) FA Cup performance was the 2-2 (?) draw away at Anfield at the height of their success under Shankly. Think we hit post as well late in game.

[Dutch Uncle]

Yes, but if you want actual away victories, we won in the FA Cup at top flight Middlesboro in 1951-52 (4-1, 4th round), at Sunderland in 1953-54 (2-0 3rd Round), and we drew at Aston Villa in 1954-55 (2-2 in a replay, after 0-0 at Belle Vue, and we finally won in a 4th replay by 3-1 with a 16 year old Alick Jeffrey scoring twice)

[richtherover]

Fascinating fact 2

I bet not many in the Ground saw Everton win FA Cup 3-2 in 1966 at Wembley .... And Rovers also win v Leeds at Wembley

I saw both Wolfie

[Donnywolf]

In the flesh - not Telly . Impressive

[IDM]

Yes, but if you want actual away victories, we won in the FA Cup at top flight Middlesboro in 1951-52 (4-1, 4th round), at Sunderland in 1953-54 (2-0 3rd Round), and we drew at Aston Villa in 1954-55 (2-2 in a replay, after 0-0 at Belle Vue, and we finally won in a 4th replay by 3-1 with a 16 year old Alick Jeffrey scoring twice)

As a second division side - oh for those heady days again.!!

[BobG]

Lol Dutch. Les Chappell scored at White Hart Lane too...

Somewhere I've still got the Evening Standard from the following day.  The back page headline reads 'Lucky Spurs, Lucky'. That bugger Pat Jennings twice stopped Chris Balderstone scoring wirh shots that no goalkeeper had any right to save. But then Martin Chivers went berserk...

BobG
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[Dutch Uncle]

Daily Telegraph (hope attachment works, not sure if there is a max size allowed)

[BobG]

Never seen that before Dutch. Thank you. My memory says that rather than Les Chappell making an obvious ricket with that backpass, he hit it fairly gently - and Denis was totally and completely wrong footed.

Bob

[ForsolongaRover]

Everton's official attendance for tonight's game against Rovers (37,245) was higher than Rovers' highest-ever official attendance of 37,149 in a Division 3 (N) match against Hull City at Belle Vue on October 2, 1948!

It was always Raich Carter, the Hull City player-manager, (prematurely grey-haired, and a contemporary of his opposite number, Peter Doherty when they both played for Derby County) who attracted constant ribbing from the Belle Vue crowd. I remember Hull City games were real "derbies", and although I cannot be absolutely sure of being part of that record crowd, but it was in my early days as a supporter. And back then crowds were much bigger and the stats would probably not be such a talking point as they are now.

[Dutch Uncle]

Never seen that before Dutch. Thank you. My memory says that rather than Les Chappell making an obvious ricket with that backpass, he hit it fairly gently - and Denis was totally and completely wrong footed.

Bob

That was my recollection as well Bob, and I think it was from a very acute angle.