The lowest FA Cup final attendance
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:22 pm
Did you know this was at Burnden Park in 1901 when Spurs beat Sheffield United? I suppose you did but I didn't, nor did I know it was a source of free pies to this very day.
Attendance, by the way, was 20,470.
Now I know that Nolan was pretty poor this last year, but was he needy? Could this be the missing link to our problems?Within six years, it was to stage a historic FA Cup final replay, when Tottenham Hotspur overcame Sheffield United 3-1. The match holds the record for the lowest attendance at an FA Cup final (surprising after the first match attracted 110,000 at Crystal Palace). The day that the match was held became known as "Pie Saturday", stemming from the over-estimation by the caterers at the club of the number of meat pies required , leaving them with many surplus, which had to be handed out free after the match. To this day, Tottenham Hotspur still send a case-load of meat pies to the poor and needy in the town to celebrate the great day in their history.
Attendance, by the way, was 20,470.