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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? 10:45 - Oct 7 with 2553 viewsITFC_History

I'm not sure if it has been mentioned already on here but I believe the game against West Ham was the biggest attendance we have played in front of since September 2001, when we lost 4-0 at Manchester United with 67,551 attending the game.

I also believe Saturdays game was the 9th most attended game ever in our history & the 4th highest this century.

Top Ten attendances involving Town
100000 - Arsenal 1-0 (Wembley) 06/05/1978 (Cup Final)
100000 - Barcelona 0-1 (A) 07/03/1979 (Cup Winners Cup)
80,000 - Real Madrid 0-0 (A) 19/09/73 (UEFA Cup)
73,427 - Barnsley 4-2 (Wembley) 29/05/2000 (play off Final)
68,000 - Nottingham Forest 0-5 (Wembley) 12/08/1978 (Charity Shield)
67.597 - Manchester United 0-2 (A) 23/12/2000
67,551 - Manchester United 0-4 (A) 22/09/2001
63,334 - Roma 0-3 (A) 15/09/1982 (UEFA CUP)
62,467 - West Ham United 1-4 (A) 05/10/2024
59,387 - Arsenal 0-3 (A) 25/01/2011 (Capital Cup S/F)

11 -20 biggest attendances
58,000 - West Ham United 0-0 (N) 04/04/1975 (FA Cup S/F)
57,904 - Manchester United 0-0 (A) 30/08/1977
57,416 - Manchester United 1-0 30/10/1976
57,000 - Lokomotive Leipzig 0-1 (A) 20/03/1974 (UEFA CUP)
56,607 - Manchester United 0-3 (A) 23/09/2015 (Capital Cup 3rd Rd)
56,044 - Liverpool 1-2 (A) 30/04/1977
55,000 - Cologne 1-0 (A) 22/04/1981 (UEFA CUP)
54,316 - Liverpool 0-2 (A) 22/05/1972
53,550 - Manchester United 0-2 (A) 25/01/1958 (FA Cup 4th rd)
53,400 - Manchester City 1-4 (A) 24/08/2024

& the other games that reached 50,000+
52,281 - Manchester United 1-2 (A) 11/10/1969
52,181 - Newcastle United 2-2 (A) 24/04/10
51,963 - Newcastle United 0-3 (A), 22/10/2016
51,459 - Manchester United 2-1 (A) 12/08/1972
51,115 - Newcastle Unite 2-2 (A) 16/03/2002
50,922 - Newcastle United 1-2 (A) 04/11/2000
50.902 - West Bromich Albion 3-1 (N) 08/04/1978 (FA Cup S/F)
50,816 - Manchester United 0-1 20/10/1979
50,513 - Manchester United (A) 20/09/1975
50,074 - Leeds United 1-1 (A) 11/03/1975
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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 10:58 - Oct 7 with 2451 viewshoppy

Glad to see we do manage to stay up to be playing West Ham again in October 2025!

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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 11:49 - Oct 7 with 2318 viewsFacefacts

Here you go with the West Ham attendance for the Fixtures page, @Phil.

Would it also be possible to group the fixtures with gaps for the international breaks, rather than the calendar months? Thanks.
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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 11:50 - Oct 7 with 2297 viewsPinewoodblue

Shouldn’t there be two Barcelona games listed?

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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 11:53 - Oct 7 with 2277 viewsITFC_History

Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 10:58 - Oct 7 by hoppy

Glad to see we do manage to stay up to be playing West Ham again in October 2025!


Trust me to get the nearest one to date wrong

Hopefully that's the only one.
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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 12:01 - Oct 7 with 2235 viewsSitfcB

Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 11:49 - Oct 7 by Facefacts

Here you go with the West Ham attendance for the Fixtures page, @Phil.

Would it also be possible to group the fixtures with gaps for the international breaks, rather than the calendar months? Thanks.


That would look weird.

You can kind of tell where the breaks are because there’s a big gap in dates

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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 12:05 - Oct 7 with 2213 viewsITFC_History

Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 11:50 - Oct 7 by Pinewoodblue

Shouldn’t there be two Barcelona games listed?


Apparently there was only 24,000 in the 1977 clash. Seems very low but another site as well as the one below said the same

https://www.prideofanglia.com/page.php?page=matchReport&level=1&day=7&am
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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 12:36 - Oct 7 with 2103 viewsKeno

But what about when we play at Carrow Road with their 5,000,000 all seater family stand?

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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 12:46 - Oct 7 with 2044 viewsWeWereZombies

Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 12:05 - Oct 7 by ITFC_History

Apparently there was only 24,000 in the 1977 clash. Seems very low but another site as well as the one below said the same

https://www.prideofanglia.com/page.php?page=matchReport&level=1&day=7&am


Mike Bacon, writing in an article of great comebacks for the EADT reckons that there were a hundred thousand at the first match too:

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21551815.barcas-comeback-greatest-ever-tell-cant-rem

'Just a couple of weeks later, Town were put in their place in front of 100,000 baying Spanish fans, losing 3-0, then 3-1 on penalties.'

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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 12:54 - Oct 7 with 2000 viewsHeathlander

I was at 4 of those games. Cup Semi and final. play off final and the arsenal Semi.
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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 13:11 - Oct 7 with 1925 viewsPhilTWTD

Brilliant work!
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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 13:13 - Oct 7 with 1922 viewsITFC_History

Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 12:46 - Oct 7 by WeWereZombies

Mike Bacon, writing in an article of great comebacks for the EADT reckons that there were a hundred thousand at the first match too:

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21551815.barcas-comeback-greatest-ever-tell-cant-rem

'Just a couple of weeks later, Town were put in their place in front of 100,000 baying Spanish fans, losing 3-0, then 3-1 on penalties.'


It seems a strange one. But have found a third webiste saying the same figure of 24,000

https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1977-1978-achtelfinale-fc-bar

Edit - Actually looking at the footage of this game. The stadium looks pretty empty

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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 13:58 - Oct 7 with 1765 viewsElephantintheRoom

Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 12:46 - Oct 7 by WeWereZombies

Mike Bacon, writing in an article of great comebacks for the EADT reckons that there were a hundred thousand at the first match too:

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21551815.barcas-comeback-greatest-ever-tell-cant-rem

'Just a couple of weeks later, Town were put in their place in front of 100,000 baying Spanish fans, losing 3-0, then 3-1 on penalties.'


It’s nonsense. The stadium was only a quarter full. Nobody knew who Ipswich were and the UEFA Cup was low profile for Cruyff’s Barcelona

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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 17:41 - Oct 7 with 1423 viewsWeWereZombies

Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 13:58 - Oct 7 by ElephantintheRoom

It’s nonsense. The stadium was only a quarter full. Nobody knew who Ipswich were and the UEFA Cup was low profile for Cruyff’s Barcelona


Well, such detailed analysis really helps us to get to the bottom of things...

I did a bit more digging and found an attendance of 45,000 on Wikiedia (Barcelona's own page on the game and UEFA's have no attendance figures):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_FC_Barcelona_season

Was there a low attendance because Barsa supporters felt the tie was already lost ? Were midweek games iffy around then due to an uncertain political climate as Spain transitioned to democracy ?

I don't buy the UEFA Cup as was a nothing competition, everywhere else Town played the stadiums were packed. And the Cup Winners Cup was looked upon as a lesser competition but the next year they get an attendance of a hundred thousand for a game against us. Also, having been to the Nou Camp, I wouldn't be surprised if the upper tiers had plenty of people in them (better view.)

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Post of the Day - two more entries in top ten this season? on 20:29 - Oct 7 with 1196 viewsunstableblue

5th place for Man U away - 74,310

And 9th place - pushing Saturdays West Ham attendance down a place with 62,850

We’re in the big time now aren’t we!

What was the attendance for our 9-0 drubbing at Old Trafford?

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Post of the Day - two more entries in top ten this season? on 21:07 - Oct 7 with 1108 viewsWeWereZombies

Post of the Day - two more entries in top ten this season? on 20:29 - Oct 7 by unstableblue

5th place for Man U away - 74,310

And 9th place - pushing Saturdays West Ham attendance down a place with 62,850

We’re in the big time now aren’t we!

What was the attendance for our 9-0 drubbing at Old Trafford?


43,804

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Post of the Day - two more entries in top ten this season? on 21:11 - Oct 7 with 1098 viewsITFC_History

Post of the Day - two more entries in top ten this season? on 20:29 - Oct 7 by unstableblue

5th place for Man U away - 74,310

And 9th place - pushing Saturdays West Ham attendance down a place with 62,850

We’re in the big time now aren’t we!

What was the attendance for our 9-0 drubbing at Old Trafford?


Thankfully only 43,874 for the 9-0 🙈

All Manchester United league games this season have been 73+ So I reckon you are right. The fixture against Man Utd will be biggest league attendance we have ever played in front of come February next year.

https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/premier-league/attendances
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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 21:14 - Oct 7 with 1088 viewsMiaow

A couple more 50,000+ attendances:

52,181 vs Newcastle (A), 24th April 2010 (D 2–2)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8632751.stm

51,963 vs Newcastle (A), 22nd October 2016 (L 0–3)
https://www.nufc.com/html/2016-17html/2016-10-22ipswich-h.html

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Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 00:11 - Oct 8 with 900 viewsITFC_History

Attendance on Saturday was 62,467. The 9th highest we ever played in front of? on 21:14 - Oct 7 by Miaow

A couple more 50,000+ attendances:

52,181 vs Newcastle (A), 24th April 2010 (D 2–2)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8632751.stm

51,963 vs Newcastle (A), 22nd October 2016 (L 0–3)
https://www.nufc.com/html/2016-17html/2016-10-22ipswich-h.html


Have to admit. I probably wasn't as a thorough as I should have been once I got to the mid 2010s. Tbh didn't think they'd be any

Edited the results in so thanks for letting me know. Brings the total to at least thirty 50K+ games where the Town have been involved
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