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Why was the snakepit empty?

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This is a genuine question, not some poor attempt at banter. Was watching the canary classics highlights of norwich against chelsea, and  couldnt help but notice the snakepit was fairly spartan whilst the city stand and barclay were full. Does anyone know why the snakepit was so empty ?

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I remember going to matches in the early and mid 90''s and sitting in the lower Barclay where all the noise was. I don''t think there was such a thing as the snake pit then it was just part of the City Stand.

Davo

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Oringinally the Thorpe corner was only built in order to accomodate the police control room and tv/radio room. It certainly wasn''t built cause we needed the extra capacity at the time. Indeed until the Worthy revolution of the early 00''s, this part of the ground was rarely used by fans and the "snakepit" nickname didn''t come until crowds increased and many ex Barclay enders adopted this end and since then the "snakepit" legend has grown and in recent years most League games have been sold out in that area! 

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