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1 minute ago, killiepiemuncher said:

No as many flat caps in this pic. And ladies in their Sunday best for a dust up at Hampden.

Bit of a trick photo on my behalf... it's not a football game, it's the Billy Graham Crusade in 1955. Hampden's true record attendances are actually for it and Boys Brigade events. Couple more:

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(Billy Graham Crusade at Ibrox)

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(BBs jubilee at Hampden, 1954)

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Billy Graham also held rallies at Parkhead in 1990s, of course.

Archbishop of Glasgow arrives to celebrate mass there, 1954:

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1958 film: http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/2725


Mass at EEP in Dunfermline, 1960s:

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EDIT: Similarly to Hampden - for many years the record attendance at EEP was a St Margaret Pilgrimage Mass in 1930, IIRC - around 20,000 - until broken after WWII.

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17 hours ago, Boghead ranter said:

I was at the BB Centenary event at Ibrox in 1983.

I'm in this pic, right up the back of the Broomloan.

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That's about 3 times the crowd that the football team got in those days.

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20 hours ago, HibeeJibee said:

Bit of a trick photo on my behalf... it's not a football game, it's the Billy Graham Crusade in 1955. Hampden's true record attendances are actually for it and Boys Brigade events. Couple more:





 

Are you sure according to google there were only! 90000 at the Billy Graham thing.

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20 hours ago, Boghead ranter said:

I was at the BB Centenary event at Ibrox in 1983.

I'm in this pic, right up the back of the Broomloan.

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What's with the area of empty seats on the lower tier? Has somebody farted?

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50 minutes ago, Ross. said:

Who the f*ck was Billy Graham?

A weirdo who stayed near us who ended up getting sectioned for chugging himself on the bus.

I appreciate this clearly isnt the Billy Graham you refer to in your question but hey ho and all that...

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