Well the season is all but an end barring the play offs and they don’t count for the attendances blog so here’s the final numbers.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Congratulations to Wolves and Cardiff on their promotion to the Premier League, the NFWFs have done their bit in relation to this blog with an increase of 1,060 on their away average from last season, whilst an extra 499 on average followed the Bluebirds on their travels.
Overall Leeds United are the best supported club on the road, they averaged 2,966 this season, 191 more than 2nd place Villa with the NFWFs taking third spot with an impressive 2,729, Wednesday were fourth with 2,470 despite an ambivalent season. Six clubs have averaged over 2k away from home in the second tier
Down at the other end of the table Burton Albion were the lowest travellers with 502. Reading finished 2nd bottom on 729 with the Allams ownership at Hull affecting their figures as they finished 3rd bottom and were one of just 3 Championship clubs averaging under four figures with their 921.
Onto the home averages well Aston Villa were 1st with a cracking 32,101, Leeds finished 2nd on 31,525 and Wolves in 3rd on 28,302. 13 of the 24 clubs averaged above 20k including away fans and only one club ended under five figures.
Burton obviously were the club averaging under five figures with a 4,645 average, they were joined in the bottom 3 by Brentford and Millwall.
Craven Cottage proved the most popular ground for away fans with 2,379 on average visiting West London, the newly departed Oakwell finished in 2nd place and Bolton’s Macron Stadium made up the top 3,
No ground in the Championship averaged under 1k visiting fans but it was the clubs out of the way that did attract the fewest with Middlesbrough, Ipswich, Norwich and Cardiff being your least popular trips.
Aston Villa top the net home averages but only just ahead of Leeds by 165, those two sit ahead of Wolves, 7 other clubs have a home average above 20k, Bristol City, Birmingham and Cardiff City drop out of 20k club once you remove the away numbers.
Burton obviously hold bottom spot with a home average of just over 3k which shows their efforts have been fantastic in their two years at this level, Brentford finish second bottom with the only other sub 10k home fan average, Barnsley make up the bottom three.
I’ve added the away percentage table, mileage factored and the full table below, the highlighted numbers remain estimates and would appreciate your help in clearing these.
LEAGUE ONE
Blackburn Rovers may not have won the league but they were the divisions best travellers, their return to the Championship at the first attempt boosted their away followings, ending with an impressive average of 1,937, Portsmouth were nearly 400 further back and Bradford ended 3rd, six League One clubs averaged above 1k.
At the opposite end of the table it came as no surprise that Fleetwood had the fewest travelling fans with MK Dons second bottom and Bury 3rd.
Bradford City’s pricing has proven to be a success once again as the Bantams have the best home support in the 3rd tier with jut under 20k, Portsmouth again in 2nd with Blackburn in 3rd, two other clubs had five figure averages, Charlton and Plymouth.
Lancashire quartet Fleetwood, Bury, Rochdale and Blackpool were the lowest supported clubs in League One.
League One waves goodbye to it’s most popular stadium as MK Dons got relegated, Stadium:MK attracted 1,245 visiting supporters on average, The Valley was second most popular and with nearly 8k away fans attending the Keepmoat in the final two games Doncaster was third.
Kingsmeadow was the least visited with just over 500 attendees per game, with outliers plymouth, Bristol Rovers and Gillingham making up the proverbial relegation zone.
Onto net home fans well it’s as you were in the top three with Charlton Athletic being the only other club to have over 10k home fans on average. The other end of the table once again remains the same as the total home averages.
The away percentage table and full table sit below and as with the Championship table any help clearing the highlighted numbers would be gratefully received.
LEAGUE TWO
In the lowest tier of the EFL it’s Luton Town who take the plaudits for away numbers, their 4.5k following at Notts County on the final day saw them leap frog Coventry and Lincoln as the best travellers with an impressive 1,391 average, The Imps averaged 1,278 to Coventry’s 1,267.
Crawley Town were the lowest travellers in the EFL with 122, Morecambe’s 748 at the Ricoh on the Survival Saturday bumped their average up by 29 and to second bottom, Forest Green finished 3rd bottom.
Coventry’s first top six finish in over 40 years helped the club rise to the top of the home averages in the division with 9,255, Lincoln take 2nd spot on their return to league football with Luton 3rd.
Morecambe were the lowest supported club in the EFL with an average 1,500, Accrington Stanley defied their gates of 1,979 to secure the division title with Barnet 3rd on 2,113.
Meadow Lane proved most popular for away fans in the 4th tier, on four occasions the club accommodated over 4k visiting fans, the Ricoh Arena of Coventry was 2nd most visited with Chesterfield 3rd, the latter no doubt helped by knowing you’d come home with the points.
If you’re a fan of Exeter, Carlisle or Newport well far play cos it seems no bugger wanted to visit your grounds, to be fair all three are long trips for most clubs in the league.
Net home averages remain as you were for total home average with Coventry top followed by Lincoln and Luton. The bottom 3 also remain the same though Accrington jump above Barnet into 3rd lowest.
The away percentage table and full table sit below and as with the Championship table any help clearing the highlighted numbers would be gratefully received.
Finally I include the full 72 home averages and away averages to show where your team ranked in the Football League.
Thank you for reading and all your comments.
Until the next time, enjoy, have a great summer.
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