FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASM IN LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11986, 7 June 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)

FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASM IN LON DON.

- tyjl . THEXUP DAY CROWD " Thk crowd at the Crystal Pa] * 1 occasion of the Football Cm, tu "" *« " ' ;19 was smaller by some iho„£ n ! £ April J * 1 of last year, the total numbSJiJ? *** ' being 74,479. l *i»siiom " c , , The influx of people into London i. ever, was enormous.. The main st " ' W * 1 ' flowed with visitors and th* ,!?"**» '■:■ I the ground was soW that 2 °» I massed faces looked like ,^V^ <* * flowers in bloom. c " ail K« of :; f < The principal railway comnanin. V I ewer than eighty e.vcusiotis S ?*£* .*« • to London a total of 40.850:—. m s&9 Q.N.H '^j lß ' *»*W|. Midland ' "* ft 10.000 . I L. and NAV.It. '" ,4 g' 256 - I Great Central "' 14 7.000 1 G.W.B ,„ 7 '°°o - : L. and S.yy.B. .'.'.' 7 , 4.400 \ The northerner never shows hid «L,> 7, vigour more strikingly than on ttSSlf ■ He works all day Fridav; hiTk s train ail Friday night i« c ked , 1 m th nevet thinks of sleeping. 1 d . cl Thousands reach London before the rf« i ■■'- part of the metropolis is Well awlfaf^ they do not mind: thev , fl SSftJJ ' " t seeing all tne time, shoutmo t ** ' hoarse when they meet 2 er T rt BelTt J visitors they know, and takjnfi'their miii ' % when and where they can. mw, » 1 Yet around the battleground tfcev , m ; - : wild with enthusiasm, and the majority 4"! as fresh as daisies. Here and if" weaker one gives up, and all around th! -1 outside of the ring lie men sleeping Z£ through the game, .hey have come?S . ' to see. ? ai -. 1 When the game is over, for the first m i the northerner thinks seriously of ftftS something to eat. and there is a pictuS,? ' rUSh of the big crowd to getSdfS Palace. Many, however, hasten back ♦! 5 town, and soon are shouting again inside « place of amusement. Yet at Hip «*,*•: 7 8 midnight' they are still fresh! S*B at , f A rough) estimate, after allowing for ».'• 1 sou-ticketholders, puts the gate monev »V about £3000, to which has to be ffiftfi receipts of the stands and for the run? J?,, ■ ■ probably about £1650.' This B iy e a« of £4650. :j-. . _~. B a total The heavy expenses connected with ' event fall almost entirely on the Palace a*, thonties, and are. of course, deducted before an allowance is made to the Football Aistx ciation. - - , ■ '•} The latter share of Saturday's receinti * ■ may however, be anticipated as abrarfi • £2800,. this estimate being based upon tha ■" figures showing the amounts paid over by the Palace during the seven years the final tie has been played there. v,, . »-,' : : A number of ladies made a collection ,; ' among the' crowd at the Palace on behaJJ of (the sufferers through the disaster at) , Glasgow. _ Apparently they managed to get a coin from one out of almost every 1 couple of persons present, for the number of coins collected was 35,005. and tir' ? amount £226 15s 6id. ■ - S'i ' :