Record European attendance v Sevilla

Other Records

Record Transfer Fee Paid
Undisclosed Lucas Paquetá from Olympique Lyonnais, August 2022
Undisclosed Sébastien Haller from Eintracht Frankfurt, July 2019
Undisclosed Felipe Anderson from Lazio, July 2018
Undisclosed Gianluca Scamacca from Sassuolo, July 2022
Undisclosed Kurt Zouma from Chelsea, August 2021
Record Transfer Fee Received
£25m Dimitri Payet to Marseille, January 2017
Undisclosed Marko Arnautovic to Shanghai SIPG, July 2019
£18.8m Sébastien Haller to Ajax, January 2021
£18m André Ayew to Swansea City, January 2018
£18m Rio Ferdinand to Leeds United, November 2001
Record League Attendance
62,478 v Leeds United, Premier League, 21 May 2023
62,477 v Manchester United, Premier League, 7 May 2023
62,475 v Arsenal, Premier League, 16 April 2023
62,473 v Liverpool, Premier League, 26 April 2023
62,472 v Aston Villa, Premier League, 12 March 2023
Record FA Cup Attendance
58,911 v West Bromwich Albion, Fourth round, 25 January 2020
56,975 v Manchester City, Third round, 6 January 2017
54,840 v Birmingham City, Third round, 5 January 2019
54,303 v Leeds United, Third round, 9 January 2022
39,867 v Shrewsbury Town, Third round replay, 16 January 2018
Record League Cup Attendance
59,902 v Manchester City, Fourth round, 27 October 2021
50,270 v Tottenham Hotspur, Fourth round, 31 October 2018
45,957 v Chelsea, Fourth round, 26 October 2016
40,878 v Liverpool, Fourth round, 27 October 1971
40,534 v Blackburn Rovers, Fourth round, 9 November 2022
Record European Attendance
62,471 v AZ Alkmaar, UEFA Europa Conference League semi-final first leg, 11 May 2023
59,981 v Sevilla FC, UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg, 17 March 2022
59,980 v Eintracht Frankfurt, UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg, 28 April 2022
59,978 v Olympique Lyonnais, UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg, 7 April 2022
56,932 v Astra Giurgiu, UEFA Europa League play-off round second leg, 25 August 2016
Youngest Debutants
16 years 198 days Reece Oxford v FC Lusitans (H), UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg, 2 July 2015
16 years 221 days Billy Williams v Blackpool (A), Division Two, 6 May 1922
16 years 253 days Domingos Quina v NK Domžale (A), UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg, 28 July 2016
16 years 280 days Ronnie Boyce v Millwall (H), Southern Floodlight Cup first round, 13 October 1959
16 years 283 days Chris Cohen v Sunderland (H), First Division, 13 December 2003
Oldest Players
41 years 226 days Billy Bonds v Southampton (A), First Division, 20 April 1988
41 years 59 days Charlie Bicknell v Leicester City (A), Second Division, 4 January 1947
40 years 300 days Teddy Sheringham v Watford (H), FA Cup fourth round, 27 January 2007
39 years 298 days Jussi Jääskeläinen v Southampton (A), Premier League, 11 February 2015
39 years 224 days Les Sealey v Manchester United (A), Premier League, 11 May 1997
Longest Period Between First-Team Appearances
Period Player From To
8 years, 4 months, 8 days Reg Attwell 23 April 1938 31 August 1946
7 years, 9 months, 19 days Steve Forde 28 January 1939 16 November 1946
7 years, 4 months, 30 days Norman Corbett 1 April 1939 31 August 1946
7 years, 4 months, 16 days Arthur Banner 22 April 1939 7 September 1946
7 years, 4 months, 16 days Sam Small 15 April 1939 31 August 1946