Old and new record stadium crowds: Arsenal, Man City, Southampton, Leicester, Coventry and Wembley

Southampton achieved a rarity in modern football this week, setting an all-time record home attendance when 32,152 turned up to see them beat West Ham on 18 October 2011.

This beat the previous record crowd at the St Mary's Stadium by just one, with 32,151 seats occupied for the Saints Christmas fixture against Arsenal in 2003. The stadium has a capacity of 32,689, but due to segregation of home and away fans this limit has never been reached.

Southampton moved to St Mary's in 2001, after years of playing at the cramped, but much-loved Dell, which had a capacity of just 15,200 in its final years as an all-seater ground. Even with standing, The Dell's record attendance stood at just 31,044 for a match against Manchester United in 1969, meaning Saints were able to beat this number in their new home.

This is in contrast to the situation for most clubs that have relocated to new stadiums, which almost all have all-seater capacities below the record attendance figure set at the old, terraced grounds. Arsenal, for example, may have left Highbury and its 38,419 capacity for the 60,351 seats of the Emirates Stadium, but in its heyday Highbury could hold over 70,000 fans.

We've compared some of the old stadiums' record attendances with their modern replacements and you can see them by clicking on the arrows on the photos above.