season clash between the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and Parramatta Eels on 31 August 1986 which drew 27,655 fans. Given changes to the configuration of the ground undertaken in the 1990s it is unlikely that this record will ever be broken. The game is officially declared sold out when crowds creep around the 20–22 000 mark, although no official cut-off is continuously used. In 2006, the ground saw its largest average attendance over an entire season, with an average of 15,484 patrons watching each of the club's 11 matches played there. Since the club started playing in 1947, over seven million spectators have visited the ground. In 2013, the ground was marred by claims of racism and aggressive behaviour by fans, including recent taunting and racist slurs towards the wife and young daughter of Kiwis and Bulldogs forward Frank Pritchard. The largest known attendance per decade at Brookvale Oval are as follows: 1947–49 – 3,600* – Manly vs Balmain, Round 6, 1947 1950–59 – 10,908* – Manly vs Western Suburbs, Round 6, 1958 1960–69 – 13,644 – Manly vs Newtown, Round 1, 1964 1970–79 – 25,876 – Manly vs Balmain, Round 11, 1976 1980–89 – 27,655 – Manly vs Parramatta, Round 26, 1986 1990–99 – 26,168 – Manly vs Canberra, Round 22, 1994 2000–09 – 20,163 – Manly vs Canterbury, Round 25, 2006 2010–19 – 20,510 – Manly vs South Sydney, Round 7, 2013 2020–29 – 17,385 – Manly vs Wests, Round 9, 2022 * Attendance records for most games played at Brookvale Oval not known from 1947 to 1956. Top 10 Attendances Configuration for Sea Eagles games Seating at the ground is in one of three linked grandstands. The Jane Try stand houses those season-ticket holders of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and is located on the western side of the ground. The Jane Try Stand opened in 1971 and was built at a cost of $250,000. The second grandstand addition to Brookvale Oval was the Southern Stand built in 1979, located at the Southern end of the ground. The Southern Stand houses some corporate facilities. This stand was renamed at the end of the 2008 season. It became the Fulton-Menzies Stand after club legends Bob Fulton and Steve Menzies. The most recent structural addition to the ground is the Ken Arthurson Stand. The stand was officially opened on Sunday 14 June 1995. It was built at a cost of $3.3