How things have changed You start your poll with the lowest attendance of 8,000. I clearly remember being part of a crowd of fewer than 5,000 during our Premier League promotion season. It wasn't one of the early season games either.
league cup perhaps Think league attendances were 8 to 9k early season English League Cup - Round 1 - KO 19:45 Barnsley 2 (1) - 0(0) Rochdale Redfearn 17 Wilkinson 74 At Oakwell on 03-09-1996 Barnsley: Watson ,Eaden ,Appleby ,Bosancic (Marcelle ,57 ) ,Davis ,De Zeeuw ,Sheridan ,Redfearn ,Wilkinson ,Liddell ,Neil Thompson Subs not used: Moses,Regis, Rochdale: Gray ,Fensome ,Bayliss ,Johnson ,Hill ,Farrell ,Russell (Thackeray ,70 ) ,Deary ,Leonard ,Lancaster (Thompson ,81 ) ,Stuart Subs not used Gouck, Bookings: Johnson ,Stuart (Rochdale) Attendance: 5638
Dint we lose 2-1 away that year at Rochdale?? I remember going to Rochdale and losing in the side stand where you had to look up at the pitch I was stood near the front!!