27-Dec-1954

League Division 3 North

Hartlepools United 1 Darlington 0 (Harden)

Attendance 17576

Where's the 15000 missing fan's at then?

I remember the Pools/Villa game as a kid and you couldn't breate because it was so packed. That was with 12'500 in the ground and it was electric. God knows what it was like with another 5'000 in there.

Just remembered the Leeds game back in 79, that was 16'000. Even so I guess a Darlo game would have been much more atmospheric than a game against Leeds.

I saw the whole of the match from the Mill House Terrace, but I didn't see my arms for the 90 minutes.

Disgraceful! Personally I got in over the Mill House wall. It was the same story there, hundreds of raggy arsed kids climbing over the old gates.

I recall the weather for the Leeds game was very similar to present, and was'nt it postponed twice?

Have read a few articles lately (including Hodcrofts intro' in the Centenary book) stating " the highlight being playing in front of nearly 70,000 at Cardiff ". Just a touch out there Kenny boy.

Leo Harden the Flying Dustman.

Used to tear me mams washing line down with the bin wagon

I used to deliver papers to him in our street at miller crescent, always sitting on his step telling a footy story.