List of record home attendances of English football clubs

This is a list of record home attendances of English football clubs. It lists the highest attendance of all English non-League, English Football League and Premier League clubs, for a home match above a highest attendance of 5,000. It is noticeable that a large proportion of records were set at matches in the FA Cup.

St Mary's, the home of Southampton, is one of the few club grounds to have set an attendance record in the 21st century.

Ground capacities have declined for many clubs since all-seater stadia were introduced in the late 1980s, especially at older grounds, with many records set at the terraced stadia, with their high standing capacities, that were replaced. In several cases records were achieved at a former ground rather than the club's current location. For example, Wigan Athletic's record was set at Springfield Park, not their current home, the DW Stadium.

The record home attendance for five clubs occurred away from their usual home grounds. Manchester United's record home attendance was set at Maine Road, the home of neighbours Manchester City, during a period when United's Old Trafford was being rebuilt following bomb damage sustained during the Second World War.^[1] During the 1998–99 season Arsenal played their UEFA Champions League home matches at Wembley,^[2] with the 73,707 attendance against Lens exceeding the record for Highbury and Tottenham Hotspur also played their UEFA Champions League games at Wembley Stadium in the 2016–17 season.^[3] Similarly, Accrington Stanley's record home attendance was set when the club played an FA Cup home tie at Blackburn's Ewood Park instead of their usual home (the Crown Ground) and Stevenage's record was set when the club played a "home" FA Cup tie against Birmingham City at Birmingham's St Andrew's ground.^[4]

List

Records correct as of 23 December 2023. Italics denote attendance record set at ground not designated as usual home ground; Bold denote attendance record set at current ground.

Rank	Club	Attendance	Stadium	Opposition	Competition	Date	Ref
1	Tottenham Hotspur	85,512	Wembley Stadium[a]	Bayer Leverkusen	UEFA Champions League group stage	2 November 2016	[5]
2	Manchester City	84,569	Maine Road	Stoke City	FA Cup sixth round	3 March 1934	[6]
3	Chelsea	82,905	Stamford Bridge	Arsenal	First Division	12 October 1935	[7][8]
4	Manchester United	81,962	Maine Road[b]	Arsenal	First Division	17 January 1948	[9][10]
5	Everton	78,299	Goodison Park	Liverpool	First Division	18 September 1948	[11]
6	Aston Villa	76,588	Villa Park	Derby County	FA Cup sixth round, first leg	2 March 1946	[12]
7	Sunderland	75,118	Roker Park	Derby County	FA Cup sixth round replay	8 March 1933	[13]
8	Charlton Athletic	75,031	The Valley	Aston Villa	FA Cup fifth round	12 February 1938	[14]
9	Arsenal	73,707	Wembley Stadium (1923)[c]	RC Lens	UEFA Champions League group stage	25 November 1998	[3][16]
10	Sheffield Wednesday	72,841	Hillsborough Stadium	Manchester City	FA Cup fifth round	17 February 1934	[17]
11	Bolton Wanderers	69,912	Burnden Park	Manchester City	FA Cup fifth round	18 February 1933	[18]
12	Newcastle United	68,386	St James' Park	Chelsea	First Division	3 September 1930	[19]
13	Sheffield United	68,287	Bramall Lane	Leeds United	FA Cup fifth round	15 February 1936	[20]
14	Huddersfield Town	67,037	Leeds Road	Arsenal	FA Cup sixth round	27 February 1932	[21]
15	Birmingham City	66,844	St Andrew's	Everton	FA Cup fifth round	11 March 1939	[22]
16	West Bromwich Albion	64,815	The Hawthorns	Arsenal	FA Cup sixth round	6 March 1937	[23]
18	West Ham United	62,477	London Stadium	Manchester United	Premier League	23 December 2023	[24][25]
17	Blackburn Rovers	62,522	Ewood Park	Bolton Wanderers	FA Cup sixth round	2 March 1929	[26]
19	Liverpool	61,905	Anfield	Wolverhampton Wanderers	FA Cup fourth round	2 February 1952	[27]
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	61,315	Molineux Stadium	Liverpool	FA Cup fifth round	11 February 1939	[28]
21	Cardiff City	57,893	Ninian Park	Arsenal	First Division	22 April 1953	[29]
22	Leeds United	57,892	Elland Road	Sunderland	FA Cup fifth round replay	15 March 1967	[30]
23	Hull City	55,019	Boothferry Park	Manchester United	FA Cup sixth round	26 February 1949	[31]
24	Burnley	54,775	Turf Moor	Huddersfield Town	FA Cup third round	23 February 1924	[32]
25	Middlesbrough	53,802	Ayresome Park	Newcastle United	First Division	29 December 1949	[33]
26	Crystal Palace	51,482	Selhurst Park	Burnley	Second Division	11 May 1979	[34]
27	Coventry City	51,455	Highfield Road	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Second Division	29 April 1967	[35]
28	Portsmouth	51,385	Fratton Park	Derby County	FA Cup sixth round	26 February 1949	[36]
29	Stoke City	51,380	Victoria Ground	Arsenal	First Division	29 March 1937	[37]
30	Nottingham Forest	49,946	City Ground	Manchester United	First Division	28 October 1967	[38]
31	Port Vale	49,768	Vale Park	Aston Villa	FA Cup fifth round	20 February 1960	[39]
32	Fulham	49,335	Craven Cottage	Millwall	Second Division	8 October 1938	[40]
33	Millwall	48,672	The Den (old)	Derby County	FA Cup fifth round	20 February 1937	[41]
34	Oldham Athletic	47,671	Boundary Park	Sheffield Wednesday	FA Cup fifth round	25 January 1930	[42]
35	Notts County	47,310	Meadow Lane	York City	FA Cup sixth round	12 March 1955	[43]
36	Leicester City	47,298	Filbert Street	Tottenham Hotspur	FA Cup fifth round	18 February 1928	[44]
37	Norwich City	43,984	Carrow Road	Leicester City	FA Cup sixth round	30 March 1963	[45]
38	Plymouth Argyle	43,596	Home Park	Aston Villa	Second Division	10 October 1936	[46]
39	Bristol City	43,335	Ashton Gate	Preston North End	FA Cup fifth round	16 February 1935	[47]
40	Preston North End	42,684	Deepdale	Arsenal	First Division	23 April 1938	[48]
41	Derby County	41,826	Baseball Ground	Tottenham Hotspur	First Division	20 September 1969	[49]
42	Queens Park Rangers	41,097	White City Stadium	Leeds United	FA Cup third round	9 January 1932	[50]
43	Barnsley	40,255	Oakwell Stadium	Stoke City	FA Cup fifth round	15 February 1936	[51]
44	Bury	40,000	Gigg Lane	Manchester City	First Division	30 August 1924	[52]
45	Bradford City	39,146	Valley Parade	Burnley	FA Cup fourth round	11 March 1911	[53]
46	Brentford	38,678	Griffin Park	Preston North End	FA Cup sixth round	26 February 1949	[54]
47	Bristol Rovers	39,462	Eastville Stadium	Preston North End	FA Cup fourth round	30 January 1960	[55]
48	Blackpool	38,098	Bloomfield Road	Wolverhampton Wanderers	First Division	19 September 1955	[56]
49	Ipswich Town	38,010	Portman Road	Leeds United	FA Cup sixth round	8 March 1975	[57]
50	Doncaster Rovers	37,149	Belle Vue	Hull City	Third Division North	2 October 1948	[58]
51	Brighton & Hove Albion	36,747	Goldstone Ground	Fulham	Second Division	27 December 1958	[59]
52	Leyton Orient	34,345	Brisbane Road	West Ham United	FA Cup fourth round	25 January 1964	[60]
53	Watford	34,099	Vicarage Road	Manchester United	FA Cup fourth round replay	3 February 1969	[61]
54	Reading	33,042	Elm Park	Brentford	FA Cup fifth round	19 February 1927	[62]
55	Swansea City	32,796	Vetch Field	Arsenal	FA Cup fourth round	17 February 1968	[63]
56	Southampton	32,363	St Mary's Stadium	Coventry City	Championship	28 April 2012	[64]
57	Swindon Town	32,000	County Ground	Arsenal	FA Cup third round	15 January 1972	[65]
58	Grimsby Town	31,651	Blundell Park	Wolverhampton Wanderers	FA Cup fifth round	20 February 1937	[66]
59	Southend United	31,033	Roots Hall	Liverpool	FA Cup third round	10 January 1979	[67]
60	Chesterfield	30,561	Recreation Ground	Tottenham Hotspur	FA Cup fifth round	12 February 1938	[68]
61	Peterborough United	30,096	London Road	Swansea Town	FA Cup fifth round	20 February 1965	[69]
62	Luton Town	30,069	Kenilworth Road	Blackpool	FA Cup sixth round replay	4 March 1959	[70]
63	AFC Bournemouth	28,799	Dean Court	Manchester United	FA Cup sixth round	2 March 1957	[71]
64	Milton Keynes Dons	28,127	Stadium MK	Chelsea	FA Cup fourth round	31 January 2016	[72]
65	York City	28,123	Bootham Crescent	Huddersfield Town	FA Cup sixth round	5 March 1938	[73]
66	Stockport County	27,833	Edgeley Park	Liverpool	FA Cup fifth round	11 February 1950	[74]
67	Wigan Athletic	27,526	Springfield Park	Hereford United	FA Cup second round	12 December 1953	[75]
68	Carlisle United	27,500	Brunton Park	Birmingham City	FA Cup third round	5 January 1957	[76]
69	Walsall	25,453	Fellows Park	Newcastle United	Second Division	29 August 1961	[77]
70	Rotherham United	25,170	Millmoor	Sheffield United	Second Division	13 December 1952	[78]
71	Northampton Town	24,523	County Ground	Fulham	First Division	23 April 1966	[79]
72	Tranmere Rovers	24,424	Prenton Park	Stoke City	FA Cup fourth round	5 February 1972	[80]
73	Rochdale	24,371	Spotland	Notts County	FA Cup second round	10 December 1949	[81]
74	Scunthorpe United	23,935	Old Showground	Portsmouth	FA Cup fourth round	30 January 1954	[82]
75	Lincoln City	23,196	Sincil Bank	Derby County	League Cup fourth round	15 November 1967	[83]
76	Gillingham	23,002	Priestfield Stadium	Queens Park Rangers	FA Cup third round	10 January 1948	[84]
77	Oxford United	22,750	Manor Ground	Preston North End	FA Cup sixth round	29 February 1964	[85]
78	Nuneaton Borough	22,114	Manor Park	Rotherham United F.C.	FA Cup third round	28 January 1967	[86]
79	Torquay United	21,908	Plainmoor	Huddersfield Town	FA Cup fourth round	29 January 1955	[87]
80	Exeter City	21,014	St James Park	Sunderland	FA Cup sixth round	4 March 1931	[88]
81	Crewe Alexandra	20,000	Gresty Road	Tottenham Hotspur	FA Cup fourth round	30 January 1960	[89]
82	Colchester United	19,072	Layer Road	Reading	FA Cup first round	27 November 1948	[90]
83	Shrewsbury Town	18,917	Gay Meadow	Walsall	Third Division	26 April 1961	[91]
84	Hereford United	18,114	Edgar Street	Sheffield Wednesday	FA Cup third round	4 January 1958	[92]
85	Bath City	18,020	Twerton Park	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.	FA Cup third round	9 January 1960	[93]
86	Hartlepool United	17,426	Victoria Park	Manchester United	FA Cup third round	5 January 1957	[94]
87	Yeovil Town	16,318	Huish Athletic Ground	Sunderland	FA Cup fourth round	29 January 1949	[95]
88	Dulwich Hamlet	16,254	Champion Hill	Nunhead	FA Cup fourth round	29 January 1931	[96]
89	Wycombe Wanderers	15,850	Loakes Park	St Albans City	FA Amateur Cup fourth round	25 February 1950	[97]
90	Stevenage	15,536	St Andrew's[d]	Birmingham City	FA Cup third round	4 January 1997	[98]
91	Cambridge United	14,000	Abbey Stadium	Chelsea	Friendly	1 May 1970	[99]
92	Weymouth	12,512	Bob Lucas Stadium	Yeovil Town	FA Cup second round	11 December 1948	[100]
93	Barnet	11,026	Underhill Stadium	Wycombe Wanderers	FA Amateur Cup fourth round	23 February 1952	[101]
94	Accrington Stanley	10,801	Ewood Park[e]	Crewe Alexandra	FA Cup second round	5 December 1995	[4]
95	Cheltenham Town	10,389	The Athletic Ground	Blackpool	FA Cup third round	13 January 1934	[102]
96	Chorley	9,679	Victory Park	Darwen	FA Cup 4th Qual Round	15 November 1932	[103]
97	St Albans City	9,757	Clarence Park	Ferryhill Athletic	FA Amateur Cup 4th Rd	27 February 1926	[104]
98	Morecambe	9,383	Christie Park	Weymouth	FA Cup third round	6 January 1962	[105]
99	Macclesfield Town	9,003	Moss Rose	Winsford United	Cheshire Senior Cup second round	14 February 1948	[106]
100	AFC Wimbledon	8,381	Plough Lane	Sunderland	EFL League One	12 February 2022	[107]
101	Aldershot Town	7,500	Recreation Ground	Brighton & Hove Albion	FA Cup first round	18 November 2000	[108]
102	Burton Albion	6,746	Pirelli Stadium	Derby County	EFL Championship	26 August 2016	[109]
103	Fleetwood Town	6,150	Highbury Stadium	Rochdale	FA Cup first round	13 November 1965	[110]
104	Crawley Town	5,880	Broadfield Stadium	Reading	FA Cup third round	5 January 2013	[111]

Footnotes

1. 2016–17 European matches played at Wembley due to redevelopment work at Tottenham Hotspur's home ground, White Hart Lane; record at usual stadium 75,038 vs Sunderland (FA Cup 6th round, 5 March 1938).
2. Match played at Manchester City's home ground, Maine Road, due to World War II bomb damage at Manchester United's ground, Old Trafford. Record at own ground is 76,098 against Blackburn Rovers 31 March 2007, however a higher attendance of 76,962 was recorded at Old Trafford for an FA Cup Semi Final between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Grimsby Town 25 March 1939.
3. In order to boost attendance figures, Arsenal was granted permission by UEFA and the Football Association to host their home Champions League matches at Wembley Stadium rather than at their home ground of Highbury. Highest attendance at own stadium, Highbury, was 73,295 against Sunderland 9 March 1935.^[15]
4. Record at own stadium, Broadhall Way, is 8,040 against Newcastle United 25 January 1998 (FA Cup 4th round).
5. Record at own stadium, The Crown Ground, is 5,397 against Derby County 26 January 2019 (FA Cup 4th round).