Hall of fame

Record Attendance
42,322 v Tottenham Hotspur, Division One 17/10/70

Record Victories
League:
Division One:
Home: 8-0 v Sunderland, 19/10/68
Away: 6-1 v Manchester City, 8/9/62, 5-0 v Derby County 10/11/07
Division Two:
Home: 8-0 Rotherham Utd, 8/3/58
Away: 6-0 Leicester City, 15/2/23

FA Cup:
Home: 8-1 v Chesterfield (Rd 1), 10/1/14
Away: 5-0 v Chatham (Rd 5 Q), 28/11/03

League Cup:
Home: 10-0 v Bury (Rd 2 leg 2), 25/10/83
Away: 5-1 v Cardiff City (sf leg 2), 2/2/66 & 5-1 v Walsall (Rd 2), 13/9/67

Europe:
5-1 v Castilla (Rd 1 leg 2) Cup-Winners' Cup, 1/10/80

Record Defeats
League:
Division One:
Home: 2-8 v Blackburn Rovers 26/12/63
Away: 0-7 Everton 22/10/27 & 0-7 v Sheffield Wednesday 28/11/59
Division Two:
Home: 0-6 v Sheffield Wednesday 8/12/51
Away: 0-7 v Barnsley 1/9/19

FA Cup:
Home: 1-5 v Huddersfield Town (Rd 3 rep) 13/1/60
Away: 0-6 v Manchester United (Rd 4) 26/1/03

League Cup:
Home: 2-5 v Barnsley (Rd 2 leg 2) 6/10/87
Away: 0-6 v Oldham Athletic (sf leg 1) 14/2/90

Most League Goals In A Season
101, Division Two 1957/58

Top League Scorer In A Season
Vic Watson (42) Div. One 1929/30

Top Scorer In A Season
Vic Watson (50) Div. One 1929/30

Most Goals In One Match
Vic Watson (6) v Leeds United (h) 9/2/29
Geoff Hurst (6) v Sunderland (h) 19/10/68
Brian Dear (5) v WBA (h) 16/4/65*
*Dear scored all 5 goals in 20 mins either side of half-time which equalled the national record

Most League Goals In Total
Vic Watson (298) 1920-35

Most Goals In Career
Vic Watson (326) 1920-35 (Lge: 298, FA Cup 28)

Most Capped Player
Bobby Moore (England) 108 full caps

Record Transfer Fee Paid
£7.5m to Liverpool for Craig Bellamy, July 2007

Record Transfer Fee Received
£18m from Leeds United for Rio Ferdinand, November 2000

Record Appearances
Billy Bonds 781/12 (1967-88)
(League: 655/8, FA Cup: 46/2, League Cup: 65/2, Europe: 15)

Successive Appearances
Joe Cockcroft (208) 1932-33 to 1937- 38

Ernie Gregory made 383 League apps from 1946-47 onwards, including every game in 1947-48, 1949-50 and 1952-53.

Charles Bicknell made 224 apps for Bradford City before joining West Ham United in November 1936. He then played in every League match but missed one in 1937-38 and 1938-39, a total of 111 before the outbreak of World War Two, followed by a further 36 in 1939-40 in the League South before being re-posted as a war-time policeman.

Colours
Home
Claret shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts and socks.
Away
White shirts, claret shorts and socks.

League Highs and Lows
Most Home Wins: 19 (1980-81)
Most Home Draws: 10 (1981-82)
Most Home Defeats: 10 (1988-89)
Most Home Goals Scored: 59 (1958-59)
Most Home Goals Conceded: 44 (1930-31)

Least Home Wins: 3 (1988-89)
Least Home Draws: 1 (1934-35, 1980-81)
Least Home Defeats: 1 (1957-58, 1980-81)
Least Home Goals Scored: 19 (1988-89)
Least Home Goals Conceded: 11 (1920-21, 1922-23)

Most Away Wins: 11 (1922-23, 1957-58)
Most Away Draws: 10 (1968-69)
Most Away Defeats: 17 (1932-33)
Most Away Goals Scored: 45 (1957-58)
Most Away Goals Conceded: 70 (1931-32)

Least Away Wins: 1 (1925-26, 1932-33, 1937-38, 1960-61)
Least Away Draws: 1 (1982-83)
Least Away Defeats: 3 (1980-81)
Least Away Goals Scored: 12 (1996-97)
Least Away Goals Conceded: 16 (1990-91)

Most Total Wins: 28 (1980-81)
Most Total Draws: 18 (1968-69)
Most Total Defeats: 23 (1931-32)
Most Total Goals Scored: 101 (1957-58)
Most Total Goals Conceded: 107 (1931-32)

Least Total Wins: 9 (1987-88, 1991-92)
Least Total Draws: 4 (1934-35, 1964-65, 1982-83)
Least Total Defeats: 4 (1980-81)
Least Total Goals Scored: 37 (1988-89, 1991-92)
Least Total Goals Conceded: 29 (1980-81)