Philadelphia Eagles fans help set a record in London at Wembley Stadium

Sunday’s game in London featuring the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars set a record for attendance at Wembley Stadium.

It can’t be overstated. It just can’t. The Philadelphia Eagles fans are among the best in all of sports. Some would say that they’re the best fans. Hey, we could argue that fact all day and night, but be honest.

Whether you cheer for this team or not, you have to admit that you can see where the argument comes from, can’t you?

Eagles fans enter the record books.

On Sunday, that statement was given more validity as Eagles fans from the United States bought plane tickets. The ones already living in the United Kingdom came out in droves as well.

Despite numerous appearances in London, Jacksonville Jaguars fans were outnumbered as one of the league’s most rabid fanbases poured into London, England’s Wembley Stadium to see the American version of football.

When all was said and done, a record was set.

The NFL reported the official number was 85,870 fans in attendance. Since its’ reopening in 2007 (the original version was demolished from 2002 to 2003), no bigger crowd has ever showed up at this venue to do anything.

Sure, Eagles fans can’t take total credit for that, but if 94 WIP-FM’s Eliot Schorr-Parks is correct in his math, they could lay a pretty big stake to taking some ownership in the achievement.

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Sure, there’s no way to state whether or not he’s hit the target with an accurate count, but posts like these are nice to see:

Eliot Schorr-Parks wasn’t the only person that described Sunday’s contest as a glorified home game. Eagles head coach Doug Pederson said the exact same thing.

Next up for Philly is a bye week. Then, it’s a November 11th home date versus the rival Dallas Cowboys. After that, they’ll face the New Orleans Saints in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Thanks to a bet with longtime friend Sean Payton, Pederson’s team will be wearing their home jerseys as the visitor. We’ll have to wait and see if the game sounds like a home game for ‘The Birds’ as well.