There were definitely some fans celebrating Albion goals in the sections close to the away end. Although they may have been home fans celebrating Sunderland's promotion failure !
Most of this comes from received memory and transcribed sources. I'm pretty sure the figure quoted at the time was 5,000.
It would be best served to check the Argus at the time and the Chronicle.
Looking at the footage we appear to have the full away end- although there is more space at the...
The match the following Tuesday against Wrexham, with nothing on it again, attracted just 7,134. Hard to think of a Geordie attendance so low.
As regard the Albion match- 28,434
A number of factors.
Albion were an attractive pull. There were also, at least, 5,000 Albion fans in the crowd...