I was there.
Brighton match report(in two parts) from their programme for the following game after a 4-3 defeat at Goodison in December 1980,does anybody remember being at the game? I was a bit surprised at how low they said the crowd was (I was only a kid at the time,but I can remember being at this game with my Dad),I know our crowds did dip that low in seasons to come,but I don't remember them being as low as this in 1980? Maybe it's a misprint as the excellent Everton results site has a figure that's 4000 higher than that.
I read one attendance was 3.000 ish in the bad days of HK - my brother recalls some guy asking for a light of his ciggerette having to walk a hundred yards to get his ciggie lit lolI was there.As you say crowds were low then, but not that low, I think it is a misprint.