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'''White Hart Lane''' was a [[Association football|football]] stadium in [[Tottenham]], North [[London]] and the home of [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur Football Club]] from 1899 to 2017
The stadium hosted 2,533 competitive Spurs games in its 118-year history.<ref name="stats" /> It was also used for [[England national football team|England national football]] matches and [[England national under-21 football team|England under-21 football]] matches. White Hart Lane once had a capacity of nearly 80,000 with attendances in the early 1950s that reached the 70,000s,<ref>{{cite book |first=Bob |last=Goodwin |title=Tottenham Hotspur: The Complete Record |publisher=Derby Books |edition=2 |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-85983-846-4|pages=268–270}}</ref> but as seating was introduced, the stadium's capacity decreased to a modest number in comparison to other [[Premier League]] clubs. The record attendance at the ground was 75,038, for an [[FA Cup]] tie on 5 March 1938 against [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccer.com/guide/five-facts-about-spurs-white-hart-lane/|title=Five facts about Spurs' White Hart Lane|publisher=soccer.com|access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref> Tottenham's final game at White Hart Lane was played on 14 May 2017 with a 2–1 victory against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39915795 |title=White Hart Lane: Tottenham players past and present say an emotional farewell to stadium |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 May 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017}}</ref>
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