" Cardiff City set for biggest crowd in 42 years "

Cardiff set for biggest crowd in 42 years

Friday’s top of the table clash with Wolves is set to be one of the biggest matches in recent history for the Bluebirds - and that will be reflected in the attendance.

It could even attract their highest crowd since they pulled in 35,549 when champions-elect Hereford United visited Ninian Park.



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FACTS AND FIGURES (record attendances)

FACTS AND FIGURES (record attendances)

Cardiff City

Ninian Park: 57,893 v Arsenal 1953

Cardiff City Stadium: 32,339 v Man City (FA Cup) 2018; 28,680 v Derby (league) 2016




Swansea City

The Vetch: 32,786 v Arsenal (FA Cup) 1968; 29,477 v Leeds (league) 1955

Liberty Stadium: 20,972 v Liverpool 2016




Newport County

Somerton Park: 26,268 v Cardiff City 1937

Rodney Parade: 9,836 v Tottenham (FA Cup) 2018; 7,326 v Notts County (league) 2017





Wrexham

The Racecourse: 34,445 v Man Utd (FA Cup) 1957; 29,261 v Chester (league) 1936

Cardiff City v Wolves tickets latest as blockbuster set to attract biggest League crowd in Wales for 42 years




Cardiff City are hoping to announce the biggest crowd for any League match in Wales for more than four decades when Neil Warnock's aces take on Wolves.

Friday night's blockbuster of a clash could see around 30,000 pour into Cardiff City Stadium for the game between the Championship top two.

The Bluebirds have already sold 26,000 tickets for the game and are expecting those numbers to swell significantly further in the next 48 hours.

It could be the biggest attendance for a regular league fixture played in Wales since a Cardiff side managed by Jimmy Andrews took on Hereford in an old Division Three promotion showdown back in April 1976.

A crowd of 35,549 poured into Ninian Park for that game, which the Bluebirds won 2-0. The two teams each subsequently went up.

That gate was treble the attendance of Cardiff's previous home game, against Preston, which had drawn 12,447.

The biggest league crowd in Wales since then is the 28,680 who watched Cardiff beat Derby 2-1 in April 2016, but the Bluebirds gave away thousands of free tickets for that one.

Cardiff regularly had sell-outs in their Premier League season, with the highest recorded gate being the 28,018 who watched Luis Suarez score a hat-trick in a 3-6 defeat to Liverpool.

But the erection of the new stand has increased capacity by a further 5,000 and such is the demand to watch the Wolves showdown that the Bluebirds have opened the upper Ninian.


Warnock believes the backing from a near capacity Cardiff City Stadium crowd will be a significant boost to his team, as they seek another crucial three points in the race for the Premier League prize.

As such, the Bluebirds are urging any supporters yet to purchase tickets to come to the history-making occasion and roar on their team.

Wolves and Cardiff are battling neck and neck up at the top of the Championship, each seeking to join the big time for next season.

If Cardiff win, and also take three points from their game in hand, they would have the same number of points as leaders Wolves.

The huge stakes at such a critical stage of the season have engaged the South Wales public who have been snapping up tickets in greater numbers than normal.

In Cardiff's title-winning year under Malky Mackay, the best attendance was 26,588 for a 3-0 thumping of Nottingham Forest towards the end of the campaign. Friday night's gate will easily eclipse that.

Swansea City's highest league attendance over the past four decades came when John Toshack was in charge and 24,115 watched the Vetch Field clash with Manchester United in January 1982.

Their biggest recorded gate at the Liberty Stadium is 20,972 for a 3-1 triumph over Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool two years ago, when Andre Ayew scored twice.











Newport County and Wrexham have not had anything like the drawing power of the Bluebirds and Swans.

There have, of course, been bigger gates for games in Wales over the past 40-odd years, but not for bread and butter league fixtures.

Cardiff played Queens Park Rangers in front of 66,096 fans in a Millennium Stadium play-off final, while 55,419 turned up at the venue for a Swansea v Barnsley play-off.

More than 32,000 packed into Cardiff City Stadium earlier this year for the FA Cup clash with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, while Wales have regularly sold out games in the Welsh capital.

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FACTS AND FIGURES (record attendances)

FACTS AND FIGURES (record attendances)

Cardiff City

Ninian Park: 57,893 v Arsenal 1953

Cardiff City Stadium: 32,339 v Man City (FA Cup) 2018; 28,680 v Derby (league) 2016

Swansea City

The Vetch: 32,786 v Arsenal (FA Cup) 1968; 29,477 v Leeds (league) 1955

Liberty Stadium: 20,972 v Liverpool 2016

Newport County

Somerton Park: 26,268 v Cardiff City 1937

Rodney Parade: 9,836 v Tottenham (FA Cup) 2018; 7,326 v Notts County (league) 2017

Wrexham

The Racecourse: 34,445 v Man Utd (FA Cup) 1957; 29,261 v Chester (league) 1936

Poor old tramps, 20K

20 k for gypos is poor. Is it a typing error?

By my calculation there are only 34 seats left in the main bowl and the odd one or two on Level 4 If they have opened up all blocks.

I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that the record crowd at Ninian park was 63,000 odd or was that for a Wales game?

Anyone know our record crowd at CCS during our Premier stint?

Didn't we sell out pretty much against Leeds this season with the cheap tickets?

I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that the record crowd at Ninian park was 63,000 odd or was that for a Wales game?

Well my parents said was 63k+ for a Wales game not sure if it was official figure though

Was at the Hereford game, and remember it well. Let's hope that Friday night gives this season the same boost.

Does this include away fans and ST?

By my calculation there are only 34 seats left in the main bowl and the odd one or two on Level 4 If they have opened up all blocks.

On level 4 in the Ninian they've not released 417 and only half of 416 at the away end of the stand. I also haven't seen 411 at the Canton end on sale either. In addition they didn't sell the front row of seats along the whole of level 4 in the Ninian which is fairly significant when its only 7 or 8 rows deep anyway.

In the lower Ninian we haven't sold 117 or 118 so they've kept approx. 35 lines of seats between the fans. An unnecessarily large segregation in my opinion but if we don't need to fill them and keeps the security costs down then I suppose you can see why. They'll have to get used to a lot less than that if we go up.

They need to put some more of level 5 on sale particularly the outer and rear cheaper sections before the office closes tonight. The cheaper tickets are looking a bit thin on the ground.

Does this include away fans and ST?

Yes

Was at the Hereford game, and remember it well. Let's hope that Friday night gives this season the same boost.

That was the only time when I couldn't get onto the old grange end in those days, they couldn't fit anymore on there. Can't believe it was 42 years ago, damn I'm .

The guys on the gates must have pocketed a small fortune that night. Two for the club & one for them.

I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that the record crowd at Ninian park was 63,000 odd or was that for a Wales game?

Well my parents said was 63k+ for a Wales game not sure if it was official figure though

Wales v England with nearly 63000 there

Swansea City's highest league attendance over the past four decades came when John Toshack was in charge and 24,115 watched the Vetch Field clash with Manchester United in January 1982.

Their biggest recorded gate at the Liberty Stadium is 20,972 for a 3-1 triumph over Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool two years ago, when Andre Ayew scored twice.

3 seats left in main bowl

I reckon less than 500 in total

Wayne Dibs Anderson:

Warnock had a dream to save a football team ,we had no money so we signed 6 players on loan ,with sol in defence and zahore in attack were Cardiff City were on our way back !

i think the 63.000 might have been a wales v england match .and we had a big crowd i think it was arsenal in the fa cup in the seventies

So long as Mr Warnock takes his seat I'm happy. City till I die!!