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Over 645,000 fans attended FA Cup Third Round matches this season

Manchester United 1-0 West Ham United
The FA Cup with Budweiser
Third Round Proper replay
8.05pm, Wednesday 16 January 2013
Old Trafford
Live on ITV1
Winning clubs receive £67,500 from The FA's prize fund
Click here for all the Third Round results

Manchester United had the second biggest FA Cup Third Round replay attendance in history on Wednesday night.

An Old Trafford crowd of 71,081 saw Wayne Rooney score the only goal of the game against West Ham United, beating 70,123 which was set at Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur in 1964.

Manchester United’s attendance was just shy of the all-time record of 73,632 which goes back to Aston Villa v Arsenal at Villa Park in 1931.

This season's Third Round enjoyed its best aggregate attendance since 2008 with over 645,000 fans watching this stage of the competition.

Arsenal registered a crowd of 58,359 in their 1-0 win over Swansea City at the Emirates.

The Third Round, which kicked off The FA's 150th anniversary year on 5 January, saw near full houses at both Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur while League One’s Crawley Town had their biggest ever attendance against Premier League Reading.

Peterborough United's East Anglian derby with Norwich City was London Road's biggest crowd of the season and non-League giantkillers Macclesfield Town and Luton Town had near capacity support in wins over Cardiff City and Wolves respectively.