A brand new WSL attendance record has been set at the north London derby, with a crowd of 47,367 within the stands at the Emirates Stadium to observe Arsenal play Tottenham on Saturday.
The determine smashed the earlier WSL attendance record, far eclipsing the 38,262 mark set at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in November 2019 for the WSL’s first north London derby. Arsenal ran out 2-0 winners on that event.
The sport fell simply wanting changing into the all-time highest attendance for a home ladies’s membership match in England, which stays the estimated determine of 53,000 who noticed Dick, Kerr Ladies play St. Helens at Goodison Park on Boxing day in 1920, though Arsenal had offered 53,757 tickets.
Speaking forward of the fixture, Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall emphasised the significance of the truth that the tickets for the sport had all been bought, versus given away or offered for a reduced value.
“Remember it’s 50,000 sold tickets,” stated Eidevall. “It’s not giveaways, it’s not sold for a discounted price; it’s sold tickets. “I feel that is actually, actually particular as a result of meaning doing this, the way in which the membership has achieved it, it is sustainable. It reveals that the curiosity there’s for actual.
“The investment that we as a team, the club has done, but also the past generations, the teams before us have done to put us onto this stage here, that’s phenomenal. We feel that, and of course we want to go out, and we want to make the most of it so it can happen again more frequently.”
