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The days when Arsenal played to crowds of 5000

It would be wrong to think that large crowds in football are a modern phenomena.

Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge was opened in 1905, and although the terraces started crumbling within a matter of weeks, it was proudly proclaimed as holding 80,000. Mind you it was built by Archie Leitch, who was always prone to such exaggeration.

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