Jim Brown wrote:
> There are two 'gates' to top the Chelsea one.
>
> Many web sites have it that the record at this level was 68,029 Aston
Villa v Coventry 30.10.1937. The official crowd at League HQ is a few
hundred below this .
>
> However, I am sure Spurs had a crowd of over 70,000 for a game v
Southampton (I think) in their promotion season 1949-50.
>
> I stand to be corrected

Jim

You are indeed correct.

On February 25, 1950 the attendance at Tottenham's home game against
Southampton was 70,302.

The previous season Spurs also had two home league games where the
attendance was higher than the Villa v Coventry game you cite above.

On October 16, 1948 the attendance versus QPR was 69,718 and on April 2,
1949 the attendance versus Southampton was 69,265.

regards

d.c.a. (declan) mulcahy