Wow.
I'd got it into my head that it was 7700 but as I wasn't sure, I said 7k+.
I didn't think it was that high but, as there was no segregation in those days, I do remember the "traffic jams" in the middle of the popular side when we all changed ends at half time!
Bloody hell , what a crowd !!! What a throwback , those change of ends were fun back then , wonder that crowd did'nt spill onto the pitch . Slightly before i started going as you know , but did'nt a gobby geezer called Ron McGarry score their winner .
Excerpt from one of my
When We Were Kings programme articles (which were written in 2010/11):
"I sincerely hope that I am not tempting fate by citing the statistic that Barrow have accomplished only three victories at Moss Lane from a total of 31 post World War II visits to date.
The first of this trio of rare away wins occurred in an FA Cup Second Round tie back on 6th January 1968. At that juncture, the Holker Street side were under the guidance of player-manager Colin Appleton and lying in 13th position in the old English Third Division. Notwithstanding the former Oldham Athletic and Stockport County striker Bert Lister scoring a first minute goal for the Robins, Barrow eventually progressed to a Third Round home tie with Leicester City courtesy of two strikes in the 22nd and 42nd minutes respectively by Ron “Cassius” McGarry (a flamboyant character who reportedly once had his business cards printed with the legend: "Have goals, will travel") in front of an attendance of 8,462.
Incidentally, the Robins’ pre-match preparation for that fixture consisted of an overnight stay for the squad at The Bowdon Hotel on the Friday, which was preceded by manager Freddie Pye leading his players en masse to Hale Cinema in order to watch Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in The Taming Of The Shrew. I wonder whether Graham Heathcote has ever contemplated using a dose of Shakespeare as a pre-match motivational aid for inspiring his players…..?"