Absolutely! I did wonder if they piped it into the ground but it was certainly part of the atmosphere.
At FP, some of our most dramatic games were night matches. As I sit typing and think back to the games that made most impression, there were more night matches than Saturdays (or Sundays during the 3-day week)
I remember our very first Sunday game, I’m sure it was against Wrexham can’t be 100% though, there were about 10,000 there. I think it was mainly novelty value, like Boxing Day or New Year’s Day games.
It was a tough time socially as well and I think football very much became an outlet.
I well remember that game. 3-0 against a very good Wrexham team, who had the Welsh keeper, Lloyd, in goal. And Buck scored one of his trademark overhead kick goals.
Oh for an Alan Buckley now. He was worth his weight in gold.
A once in a lifetime player and I feel so lucky to have watched him at his best. He, without doubt, could and should have played for England in his prime. There wasn’t a finer goalscorer in the country. But times were different and that big move didn’t materialise until he was past his very best.
Just over 9,000, which was more or less double what we had at games just before and then just after.
I think a lot (all?) of midweek games were played in the afternoons as well, I’m sure I remember Wolves playing a League Cup quarter final at 1400 hours on a Wednesday, and there were other early kick offs too.
Interesting times, we were sent home from school a few times because there was no fuel to run the heating. 
Less interesting were all the power cuts in the evenings, sitting at the kitchen table by candlelight trying to do my homework or read a book.
I went to a few Saturday matches that had a really good atmosphere, followed by a Tuesday night match that was flat as a pancake type thingy, even following a win. It wasn’t all cup replays.
There were a fair few poorish attendances on Tuesday all round. Sub 2000 at FGR (inc over 200 Orient fans) and 5233 at Vale, with 900 odd from Mansfield. Exeter only scraped over 4000.
I think you can’t get away from the fact that it’s league 2 Football on a Tuesday night, it’s not very attractive.
Definitely switched round over the years that has.
Used to be that the night games attracted more and the atmospheres were better. Which traditionally made sense. Less people work evenings than Saturdays and there would be a fair few floaters (!) from other clubs who’d pop down to Fellows Park as it was still a relatively cheap evening out. Going to say Villa on Saturday then Walsall on Tuesday didn’t require sign off from the bank manager. In 1984 it would have cost £4.50 to do both games - the equivalent of around £15. To do both now wouldn’t leave much change from £50. There seems to be live footy on the telly every week day night now too rather than getting back home from the match to watch highlights on Sportsnight or Midweek Sports Special. Traffic also an issue, especially for away fans. What used to be a rush “hour” is now effectively various sections of gridlock which last from about 6:30am until around 8pm. Most away games were eminently do-able on the road after work. If say we played Rochdale, a 5:30 departure for a 7:45 KO should give bags of time. Stops on the way, food, drinks included. Now it would be touch and go if you would make it in time. Be very tight.
In conclusion, night games aren’t what they were unless it’s a biggie. The Preston semi was a cracking atmosphere and it might be my harking back, but all the better for being under the lights.
My memory is that back in the 70s and 80s (and presumably before this too) there were a lot of floating fans, who followed a team regularly, but would go elsewhere if their team wasn’t playing, or if they didn’t do away games. I went to plenty of “other” games myself, and knew a few Wolves fans, one Albion fan and even a couple of Villa fans, who would come and watch us on a Tuesday night, or on a Saturday if schedules allowed. I did the same, not Villa, but would watch Wolves, WBA, or non league games when I was free of the Walsall shackles.
As you say, it didn’t seem expensive, not a huge difference to a visit to the flicks, or an evening misspent with a mate or two in the snooker club, or 3 or 4 pints in a pub.
Good point about the traffic as well, coming from outside of the area to get to Bescot can be a huge pain if unable to finish work early, away games even more so.
It was such a great night it really was. Right up there with the best I have had following Walsall. The Town was buzzing in a way you don’t see very often. You could pick out the faces of all those who have served their time following Walsall who it really mattered to and see the nerves kicking in. A night or two like that would be very welcome in the not too distant future.
Special mention for the Forest cup game and the play-off win against Stoke, two other night games at Bescot with great atmospheres and very close to the top of my all time favourites following the Saddlers.
But what does Everton Andy think about it all!
He’s disappointed at the audience this thread has.
WIll someone ban this cobweb please? Dont slate when you wasnt there, even better dont comment at all…Top class clown
He wasn’t dissapointed at all, he just described the audience as ‘small but appreciative’ all a storm in a teacup.
I wasn’t there no, but I sold my ticket so somebody else was in attendance, who wouldn’t have gone otherwise. People seem to be getting very precious, I just think it’s dissapointing the audience in the home areas dropped by more than a third from Saturday given our good recent run.
We are still bottom half in league 2, on a Tuesday night, with not much too really play for so yes that would happen thats plain too see too the world. So why mention it in every comment you have posted over last few days on all the threads? Troll.
Does he miss the point a lot as well?
Wasn’t there a ticket promotion on Saturday, thus boosting the audience?