No comments this season.
Just some remarks about the league.
I cannot understand why they made the clubs from sixteen (16) in 1973-74 to 20 in 1974-75 and then immediately reduced them again to 19 this season and to 18 the next one. Doesn’t make sense.
Club Brugge was a much more attacking force compared to the other teams.
Lokeren, Waregem and Beveren emerged as true contestants for the title.
Racing Mechelen utilized 5 goalkeepers! No wonder they got relegated!
that was an annoying mess how they restructured their league set-up in the mid-1970s. Utterly insane way to do it. I remember reading newspaper reports from the time in my source where the clubs are complaining how the Belgian FA made a mess out of it.
according to my source it was indeed 40,000. You can see the information in the 2nd Division chapter, have a look at 1975-76a and go to 8 November 1975, there you will find the figure of 40,000.
I was surprised by that figure, too. But looking at a map it became clear that this was a local rivalry as Beerschot is part of Antwerp and Lier is a suburb of Antwerp!
Traditionally the big rivals of Beerschot are Antwerp so it would surprise me very much to see a larger figure of spectators at Beerschot – Lierse than in Beerschot – Antwerp.
But here we are talking about the biggest attendance figure of the championship.
I’m pretty sure that there is a mistake since the capacity of Beerschot’s stadium was at the time 25.000! You see the discrepancy.
Anyway, i will add it as it is, in the Attendance matrix.
Hello,
I would write it down as 4000 but then it would be the lowest attendance of Beerschot this year. So even this doesn’t feel correct.
Anyway i put it in the matrix as 40.000 and that’s it!
Maybe someone who was at the game can enlighten us but this extremely dificcult haha!
thanks ! 😀
Great Thanks !
Thanks guys! At this point in time the Belgian league had become one of the strongest leagues in Europe.
yes , true !
Hello Wolfgang,
No comments this season.
Just some remarks about the league.
I cannot understand why they made the clubs from sixteen (16) in 1973-74 to 20 in 1974-75 and then immediately reduced them again to 19 this season and to 18 the next one. Doesn’t make sense.
Club Brugge was a much more attacking force compared to the other teams.
Lokeren, Waregem and Beveren emerged as true contestants for the title.
Racing Mechelen utilized 5 goalkeepers! No wonder they got relegated!
Hi Tasos,
that was an annoying mess how they restructured their league set-up in the mid-1970s. Utterly insane way to do it. I remember reading newspaper reports from the time in my source where the clubs are complaining how the Belgian FA made a mess out of it.
Hello Wolfgang,
just a point: The attendance of Beerschot- Lierse is indicated as 40.000!
Can you check it?
Regards,
Tasos
Hello Tasos,
according to my source it was indeed 40,000. You can see the information in the 2nd Division chapter, have a look at 1975-76a and go to 8 November 1975, there you will find the figure of 40,000.
I was surprised by that figure, too. But looking at a map it became clear that this was a local rivalry as Beerschot is part of Antwerp and Lier is a suburb of Antwerp!
Regards
Wolfgang
Hello Wolfgang,
Traditionally the big rivals of Beerschot are Antwerp so it would surprise me very much to see a larger figure of spectators at Beerschot – Lierse than in Beerschot – Antwerp.
But here we are talking about the biggest attendance figure of the championship.
I’m pretty sure that there is a mistake since the capacity of Beerschot’s stadium was at the time 25.000! You see the discrepancy.
Anyway, i will add it as it is, in the Attendance matrix.
Regards,
Tasos
Hello Tasos,
then it should be 4,000 – but perhaps it was staged in a bigger stadium in Antwerp, like Bosuil?
Regards
Wolfgang
Hello,
I would write it down as 4000 but then it would be the lowest attendance of Beerschot this year. So even this doesn’t feel correct.
Anyway i put it in the matrix as 40.000 and that’s it!
Maybe someone who was at the game can enlighten us but this extremely dificcult haha!
Regards,
Tasos