Our highest ever attendance, question…

[ClaretsPadiham]

54,775 against Huddersfield in 1924.

The population of Burnley in 1924 according to the census was approx 103,157.

So more than 50% of the population of the town was at the game ?

I wonder if thats a record, surely has to be ??

Dont know how we could find out but i find it hard to believe that any other club has had 50% of the town/citys population on a game.

[Funkydrummer]

Over half the population of Burnley was at the playoff final vs Sheff Utd

Same for the Cup Final v Spurs.

We are a phenomenon !!!!
(New song idea)

[mikeS]

The Express pre-match would probably tell you that around 17,000 or more of that crowd were from Huddersfield.

[ŽižkovClaret]

"50% of the town's population, you'll never sing that!"

[Quickenthetempo]

The Rose Grove with Lowerhouse area has a population of just over 7k.
They once had a bonfire attendance of 4 and half thousand.

[Funkydrummer]

The Rose Grove with Lowerhouse area has a population of just over 7k.
They once had a bonfire attendance of 4 and half thousand.

We don't have the chance to get out much around here !!

[Quickenthetempo]

We don't have the chance to get out much around here !!

Or just like showing your appreciation for someone trying to burn Parliament down.

[Culmclaret]

Despite the official attendance and the huge gaps on the terraces I thought that more than half the population of Burnley was at the Colchester home game in 1986/7….

[ClaretPete001]

The population of the Burnley built up area is 193,474.

I write that for no other reason than I know it and I want everyone else to know I know it.

[Quicknick]

The population of the Burnley built up area is 193,474.

I write that for no other reason than I know it and I want everyone else to know I know it.

How far out does it spread?

[BleedingClaret]

How far out does it spread?

To its perimeter obviously

[beeholeclaret]

How far out does it spread?

To the west - Lammack, Shadsworth and Wilpshire (I believe?).

[BleedingClaret]

I’m led to believe that Leeds could attract more than half the planet if they get planning permission

[Row x]

Over half the population of Burnley was at the playoff final vs Sheff Utd

Same for the Cup Final v Spurs.

We are a phenomenon !!!!
(New song idea)

By numbers yes, but actually people attending, no. Rough guess maybe a third of the 40k didn't live in Burnley.

[Quicknick]

To its perimeter obviously

Are you counting Colne? It's built up that far.

[Bfc]

If more than the 54,775, had turned up for the game, then the attendance would’ve been higher. It was not the capacity at the time.

[gandhisflipflop]

The Rose Grove with Lowerhouse area has a population of just over 7k.
They once had a bonfire attendance of 4 and half thousand.

They once got more in attendance for a t20 game than Blackburn got on a home game the same evening.

[Buxtonclaret]

There was always, still is, a big Claret base in Rawtenstall & up and down Rossendale.

[BleedingClaret]

Are you counting Colne? It's built up that far.

Yes

[Longsidebovril]

There was always, still is, a big Claret base in Rawtenstall & up and down Rossendale.

True. I’m Haslingden ( moved away now) and I was at the Stockport and Sheffield play off finals

[Buxtonclaret]

True. I’m Haslingden ( moved away now) and I was at the Stockport and Sheffield play off finals

Got coaches ( Althams ?) from Haslingden 2 or 3 times, for away games, back in the early/mid 70s.
I used to have relatives on Townsend St. Always plenty of Clarets around.

[Quicknick]

Yes

You could say something similar about just about every team in the country, I suppose. Fair point, though.

[dsr]

Yes

If you're counting me as a resident of Burnley, I would respectfully (or perhaps not so respectfully) suggest you count again.

Up the Colne!

[dsr]

The Rose Grove with Lowerhouse area has a population of just over 7k.
They once had a bonfire attendance of 4 and half thousand.

I think they were trying to burn the other 2,500. Family rows mean business in Lowerhouse.

[ClaretPete001]

The population of the Burnley built up area is 193,474.

I write that for no other reason than I know it and I want everyone else to know I know it.

The figure is based upon Burnley and Pendle. Burnley has a population of around 96,000 while Pendle's is around 97,000. It's the figure used by Centre for Cities.

It doesn't include bits of the Ribble Valley like SImonstone and Read, which are adjacent to the borough

The BB post code has a population of around half of a million.

[ClaretPete001]

There was always, still is, a big Claret base in Rawtenstall & up and down Rossendale.

Anecdotally, I would say it's Clarets from Bacup to Rawtenstall and turns more to Rovers as you get to Haslingden and Helmshore.

I do know that one or two Leeds away coaches went to pubs in the Edenfield area to avoid Rawtenstall for that reason.