Largest attendance at an English football (soccer) top division match

The largest attendance at an English football top-flight match is 83,260, achieved for the match between Manchester United and Arsenal on 17 January 1948 at Maine Road in Manchester, UK. The game finished 1–1.

The game was played at the home of United’s rivals Manchester City, as United’s home ground Old Trafford was under re-construction owing to damage sustained during wartime bombing in March 1941.

As of 4 February 2019, the largest attendance at an English Premier League match is 83,222, achieved for the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal on 10 February 2018 at Wembley Stadium in London, UK.

The highest attendance at an FA Cup match (not a top division league event) was recorded at the 1923 final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United. The official attendance was 126,047, but contemporary estimates suggested it may have been more than double that.