Generally, throughout the 1980s the capacity (according to Simon Inglis) was just over 25,000. Although the 80s was a time when football crowds were reaching all-time lows. I was at Villa Park in February 1986 when the crowd was 8,456 and at Chelsea on Easter Monday 1987when it was 11,512. I was also at the Dell in October 1969 when the official record of 31,044 was set against Manchester and that was unpleasant and dangerous. There were probably many more for Channon's testimonial.