page_title: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. supporters
section_title: Attendance
hierarchical_section_title: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. supporters / Attendance
caption_attribution_description: Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Iso-Britannia, huhtikuuta 2018
context_page_description: The London club Tottenham Hotspur has one of the largest fan bases in England. The fanbase of Tottenham was initially drawn primarily from North London and the nearby Home counties, but the fanbase has expanded worldwide and there is now a great number of fans around the world. The club has one of the best attendance figures in the Premier League for its matches, and it holds the record attendances in the Premier League. There is a long-standing rivalry with Arsenal, and the North London derby is considered the most important of their matches by the fans.
  Tottenham Hotspur has an active fanbase that forms organisations to support the team and interact with other members. They also engage with the club and had at times exerted their influence over the club on various issues in its history. They have published fanzines and established an online presence in fansites, forums and blogs dedicated to the club. Tottenham supporters are often distinguishable by their white replica shirts, the colour of the home strip of their team known as The Lilywhites.
context_section_description: Tottenham Hotspur were formed by a group of schoolboys, and those who attended their matches in the early days were likely to be friends and families. Their matches soon attracted the attention of the locals in the growing suburbs of Tottenham, and the first competitive game by Tottenham in 1885 recorded a figure of 400 spectators. Within a few years the home matches of the club drew crowds of up to 4,000, although these were non-paying spectators as they played on public ground at that time. Tottenham moved to an enclosed ground at Northumberland Park where they can charge an entrance fee in 1888, and joined the Southern League in 1896. In their first few years in the league, the attendance averaged at around 2,000. A United League match against Arsenal drew 14,000 spectators, and such high attendances necessitated a move to a larger ground.
  Tottenham relocated to White Hart Lane in 1899, and average attendance by then had surpassed 4,000. In the first few years of the 20th century, the home attendances for Southern League matches usually numbered 7,000 to 10,000, but may reach over 30,000 for some cup ties. Their 1901 FA Cup Final against Sheffield United played at Crystal Palace had 110,820 spectators, at that time a record for a football match. They joined the Football League in 1908, and home attendances steadily increased. After the First World  War, the club had 20 years of high attendances. In the 1930s, even though the club was in Division Two most years, they had attendances of over 30,000 for many matches. In March 1938, 75,038 spectators attended a cup tie against Sunderland, the highest gate for the club not surpassed until 2016.
  The attendance figures for Tottenham's home matches have fluctuated over the years. Five times between 1950 and 1962, Tottenham had the highest average attendance in England, with over 55,000 recorded in the 1950–51 season. Average attendance figure however fell below 21,000 in the 1985–86 season. Home attendances have since recovered, and average attendance numbers at Tottenham's former ground White Hart Lane in the 2000s were close to its capacity at between 35,000–36,000. In the 2017–18 season when Tottenham used Wembley Stadium which has a higher capacity as its home ground, it had the second highest average attendance in the Premier League at nearly 68,000.  Their highest home attendance figure was recorded at the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen, when 85,512 attended, a record for an English club. The club also registered a series of record attendances for Premier League matches in the 2017–18 season, the highest being the North London Derby on 10 February 2018 which was attended by 83,222 spectators.
  The club moved to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2019, and attendance averaged between 59–60,000 in the first two seasons at the new stadium. The highest attendance so far is 61,104 recorded for the match against Chelsea on 22 December 2019. The attendance number recorded in this stadium is the actual number of fans going through the gates rather than the number of tickets issued as is the case in many other grounds which may include season ticket holders who did not turn up for matches and unused free tickets.
caption: Over 80,000 fans attending a home match at Wembley Stadium in 2018
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