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Townshend and knowing every word.

And there was the usual assortment of shirtless dirtballs, tattooed tough guys, rowdy louts, parking-lot pukers, and guys whose girlfriends were mad because nobody in front would sit down.

They batted around multicolored beach balls and a big silver pinball lobbed into the crowd during “Pinball Wizard.” They smoked the usual thing. One fan on crutches climbed on a chair and pounded them to the beat, looking as if he’d come for a cure.

Police reported no arrests or hospital cases.

On the field level, it was almost impossible to see the band or even the big screens because the entire section stood on the folding chairs throughout the first set. This was no easy task, since the sloped seats produced an Earth-shoe pull on aging calf muscles.

The faithful eagerly snapped up relics from what will probably be the Who’s last tour. (Flat-stomached Roger Daltrey is probably dying to let himself go.) Officially sanctioned souvenir stands were listing sweatshirts at $30, tie-dyed shirts for $25, event T-shirts for $20, bandanas for $8 and buttons for $2.

uted announcing that the Who’s Official 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Tour Jacket, “made of the very finest Nappa Leather,” with zip-off sleeves that convert it to a vest, could be had for a mere $179.

“This jacket is a one-of-a-kind collector’s item. Your chance to be a part of history,” advised the flier, which gave a toll-free number and noted that all major credit cards were accepted.

Only one free-lance hawker was working the JFK Stadium parking lot before the concert. Frank Polek, 21, of Roslyn, was selling tie-dyed T-shirts left over from the Grateful Dead concert, marked down from $20 to $10.

He and three friends had bought 144 of them before the Grateful Dead concert Friday night, and were “well into profit” by yesterday afternoon, despite the discount offered to the Who crowd.