Article Taxonomy: Attendances

Articles on attendances and spectator numbers in football – soccer.

Slump In Football Attendances?

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Virgin Money are claiming that more fans are planning to ditch football due to cost. One has to be very careful about these analyses based on surveys that pose hypothetical questions. There is a difference between what people say and what they do. Football fans are notorious for saying they won’t renew their season ticket or ever go to the ground again unless the manager is sacked, but then turn up as usual for the first game of the season. Nevertheless, the findings are not without interest.

Sheffield Wednesday Top Of Empty Seats League

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Sheffield Wednesday are top of the Championship empty seats league with Hillsborough the most under-occupied stadium. Average attendances at home games is 19,005, leaving the 39,814 capacity stadium only 47.7 per cent full in the four games played there. Top of the Championship stadium filling attendance league are Cardiff City, although this shows that a lot depends on how big your ground is. On average Ninian Park is 93.3 per cent full even though their average gate is just 19,031.