FA Cup

At Bramall Lane

Year       Round Opposition Score Att.
1881/2 4 Heeley

3-1

4000

At Olive Grove

Year       Round Opposition Score Att.
1895/6 2 Sunderland 2-1 22000
1890/1 3 West Bromwich Albion 0-2 20000
1898/9 1 Stoke City 2-2 20000
1891/2 1 Bolton Wanderers 4-1 17000
1895/6 3 Everton 4-0 13000

At Hillsborough

Year       Round Opposition Score Att.
1933/4 5 Manchester City 2-2 72,841
1934/5 6 Arsenal 2-1 66,945
1922/3 2 Barnsley 2-1 66,103
1961/2 5R Manchester United 0-2 65,009
1953/4 5 Everton 3-1 65,000
1953/4 6 Bolton Wanderers 1-1 65,000
1920/1 2R Everton 0-1 62,407
1946/7 4 Everton 2-1 62,250
1953/4 3 Sheffield United 1-1 61,250
1952/3 3 Blackpool 1-2 60,199
1956/7 3R Preston North End 2-2 60,169
1929/0 6R Nottingham Forest 3-1 59,205
1960/1 4 Manchester United 1-1 58,000
1913/4 4 Aston Villa 0-1 57,143
1927/8 5 Sheffield United 1-1 57,076
1960/1 6 Burnley 0-0 55,000
1929/0 5 Bradford Park Avenue 5-1 53,268
1954/5 4 Notts County 1-1 53,138
1919/0 1R Darlington 0-2 52,388

Lowest FA Cup Attendances at Hillsborough (post war)

Year       Round Opposition Score Att.
1975/6 2 Wigan Athletic 2-0 12,436
1999/0 3R Bristol City 1-0 11,644
1977/8 1 Bury 1-0 11,571
1988/9 3 Torquay United 5-1 11,384
1979/0 1 Lincoln City 3-0 11,226
1982/3 3R Southend United 2-2 11,093
1982/3 3R2 Southend United 2-1 10,767
1978/9 1R Scunthorpe United 1-0 9,760

Away Attendances

Year       Round Opposition Score Att.
1933/4 5R Manchester City 0-2 68.614
1959/0 5 Manchester United 1-0 66,350
1961/2 5 Manchester United 0-0 65,263
1960/1 4R Manchester United 7-2 65,243
1959/0 6 Sheffield United 2-0 61,180
1938/9 5 Chelsea 1-1 60,920
1931/2 5R Chelsea 0-2 60,004
1957/8 5 Manchester United 0-3 59,848
1927/8 5R Sheffield United 1-4 59,447
1967/8 5R Chelsea 0-2 55,013

 

FA Cup

Season

Highest

1903-1904

30,011

-

Tottenham Hotspur

1904-1905

36,413

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Portsmouth

1906-1907

37,830

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Liverpool

1913-1914

57,143

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Aston Villa

1920-1921

62,407

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Everton

1922-1923 66,103 - Barnsley
1933-1934 72,841 - Manchester City

Cup Final Stats

Wednesday hold the unenviable record of the lowest attendance for a League Cup Final at Wembley
(1993 v. Arsenal 74,007)

and the lowest attendance for an FA Cup final at Wembley
(1993 v. Arsenal 62,267 - it was a replay)

However Sheffield United hold two similar records from the other end of the 20th century.

2 Lowest attendances for an FA Cup Final in the 20th century
(1901 v. Spurs 20,470)
(1902 v. Southampton 33,068)

The third lowest attendance was Barnsley v. West Brom (replay) at Bramall Lane (38,555)