Atmosphere is only loosely correlated with crowd size.
One of the best Riverside atmospheres was a 3-1 win over Brum. A fairly routine sort of fixture. We were 2-1 up but down to 9 men. For the last 15-20 mins the place was rocking. When Tomlin made it 3-1 in the last minute, it was bedlam.
The attendance was 13399 that night.
By comparison, we can all recall full houses with fairly tepid atmospheres. Wigan on boxing day was genial. The dead rubbers pre playoffs Vs Brighton and Cov had snooze worthy atmospheres.
