Editing Hillsborough Stadium (section)

==Records==
The highest attendance recorded at Hillsborough was in the [[FA Cup]] fifth round on 17 February 1934. A total of 72,841 turned up to see a 2–2 draw with [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]].<ref name="clubrecords">{{Cite web |title=Club Records |url=http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HistoricalStatistics/0,,10304~390127,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007050638/http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HistoricalStatistics/0,,10304~390127,00.html |archive-date=7 October 2008 |access-date=5 February 2008 |publisher=SWFC.co.uk}}</ref> The highest attendance recorded since work to convert the stadium to an all-seater venue was completed in 1993 was for a [[Premier League]] match against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] on 2 February 2000. The game was watched by 39,640 fans.{{citation needed|date=February 2008}}

[[File:SWFC attendance history.png|thumb|Average home league attendances since Sheffield Wednesday moved to Hillsborough in the [[1899–00 in English football|1899–1900]] season, shown with the tier of league football that the team were competing in at the time.|left]]
The highest seasonal average attendance at Hillsborough was 42,520 in the [[1952–53 in English football|1952–53]] season in [[Football League First Division|Division 1]].{{citation needed|date=February 2008}} The highest average attendance in the second tier of English football was 41,682 in the [[1951–52 in English football|1951–52]] season,{{citation needed|date=February 2008}} which saw the club gain promotion from [[Football League Second Division|Division 2]] and [[Derek Dooley (footballer)|Derek Dooley]] score a record 46 league goals.{{citation needed|date=February 2008}} The highest average attendance in the third tier of English football was achieved in the [[2004–05 in English football|2004–05]] season when an average of 23,107 fans watched the [[Football League One|League One]] games at Hillsborough.{{citation needed|date=February 2008}}

The lowest average attendance at Hillsborough came in the first season after its opening ([[1899–00 in English football|1899–1900]]) when each game was attended by an average crowd of just 6,800 fans, mainly because the new stadium, then called ''Owlerton Stadium'', was a fraction of the size it is today.{{citation needed|date=February 2008}}

The largest gate receipts taken from a match at Hillsborough was for the [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 96]] game between [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] and [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] on 19 June 1996. A crowd of 28,671 watched the match, paying a total of £1,012,150.<ref name="clubrecords" />

Hillsborough still holds the record for the highest attendance for a third tier football match in Britain. 49,309 spectators turned up on 26 December 1979, one of the most memorable days in SWFC history, when the Owls beat Sheffield United 4–0 in a top of the table clash, now known as the Boxing Day Massacre.

The largest receipts for a club game at Hillsborough were for the [[FA Cup]] semi-final replay between [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]] and [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] on 22 April 1997 and totalled £680,965.<ref name="clubrecords" /> The game was watched by 30,339 fans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Match report at Soccerbase |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=298482 |access-date=5 February 2008 |publisher=[[SoccerBase.com]] |archive-date=21 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321182101/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=298482 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:SWFC Stadium from Shirecliffe.jpg|thumb|The stadium seen from Shirecliffe, one mile to the east.]]
The highest receipts for a game at Hillsborough involving [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] was for the [[Premier League]] match against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] on 7 March 1998, which was watched by 39,427 fans<ref>{{Cite web |title=Match report at FastScore.com |url=https://www.fastscore.com/match/sheffield-wednesday/manchester-united/15489 |access-date=12 October 2020 |publisher=FastScore.com}}</ref> and earned the club £386,426.<ref name="clubrecords" />