Average Attendance

[forestfan92]

Just read the Football Post and noticed that we have the 5th highest average attendance in the Championship with 22,299 - Not bad considering the season we've had.

Only downside, the sheep were top with an average of 29,440

 

[Eddie]

Not bad at all. I'm quite surprised at that given how empty the CG appeared on most matchdays. Anyone know how we rank against other teams for away support?,, we always do quite well on our travels

 

[wemaybefamousagain]

They will even out next season I am sure of it. Derby sold a lot of tickets off the back of being in the Prem and the promise of an instant return by Paul Jewell.

 

[forestfan92]

It doesn't mention the away games. but i'm sure we'd be near the top

 

[Strummer]

They will even out next season I am sure of it. Derby sold a lot gave away a load of tickets off the back of being in the Prem and the promise of an instant return by Paul Jewell.

That's more like it.

 

[Jonathan]

And Derby give a lot of their tickets away for free. Allegedly!

I think 22,299 is quite impressive actually and kind of sticks two fingers up at those who said we would get the same or less than last season.

I know the average is raised because of games like Derby home and Wolves when they brought 5000, but it's an improvement and with season ticket prices frozen next season and renewed hope in the manager, I think we could be looking at closer to 25,000 on average.

For anyone interested, the attendance table looks like this:

team pos pl total high ave cap pct
1 Derby County (18) 23 677131 33079 29440 33597 87.6%

2 Sheffield United (3) 23 598534 30786 26023 32609 79.8%

3 Norwich City (22) 23 564483 25487 24543 26034 94.2%

4 Wolverhampton Wndrs (1) 23 555525 28252 24153 28525 84.6%

5 Nottingham Forest (19) 23 512887 29140 22299 30602 72.8%

6 Sheffield Wednesday (12) 23 495466 30658 21542 39814 54.1%

7 Ipswich Town (9) 23 482094 28274 20961 30300 69.1%

8 Charlton Athletic (24) 23 462564 24553 20111 27113 74.1%

9 Reading (4) 23 458526 23879 19936 24200 82.3%

10 Birmingham City (2) 23 438869 25935 19081 30009 63.5%

11 Southampton (23) 23 410536 27228 17849 32689 54.6%

12 Cardiff City (7) 23 401894 21000 17474 20376 85.7%

13 Coventry City (17) 23 400378 22637 17408 32500 53.5%

14 Bristol City (10) 23 385810 18456 16774 21479 78.0%

15 Crystal Palace (15) 23 350070 22824 15220 26309 57.8%

16 Swansea City (8 ) 23 349296 18053 15187 20500 74.0%

17 Watford (13) 23 341743 16386 14858 19920 74.5%

18 Queens Park Rangers (11) 23 324078 17120 14090 19148 73.5%

19 Preston North End (6) 23 308791 21273 13426 19525 68.7%

20 Barnsley (20) 23 303358 19681 13189 23186 56.8%

21 Burnley (5) 23 300886 18005 13082 22546 58.0%

22 Doncaster Rovers (14) 23 275148 14823 11963 15231 78.5%

23 Plymouth Argyle (21) 23 262827 14789 11427 19500 58.6%

24 Blackpool (16) 23 180378 9643 7843 9491 82.6%

 

[Nick.]

I think thats really good, and hopefully next year, attendances could increase!

 

[winnits]

Birmingham fans are pretty shocking!

 

[Anthony]

Birmingham fans are pretty shocking!

To be fair, to go and see Birmingham - Forest it was 30 quid, so I dread to think what some of their big matches cost!

 

[Eddie]

Birmingham fans are pretty shocking!

They'd get my vote as the worst home support i've witnessed this season. Shocking attendance against us and absolutely no atmosphere apart from the Forest end.

 

[clusternakker]

Can we actually fit 30602 in the City ground? I can't even remember a 30k+ game

 

[Jonathan]

I think the highest we can get with segregation is about 29500.

 

[Eddie]

Can we actually fit 30602 in the City ground? I can't even remember a 30k+ game

Probably not!,, i think that includes the seats in the corner of the Bridgeford Lower where you cant even see the pitch

 

[Darth Pierre]

pride park has the worst atmosphere in the whole league

 

[thehockleyhustler]

Can we actually fit 30602 in the City ground? I can't even remember a 30k+ game

man United when we lost 8-1 is the only time I can remember getting over 30k with the ground as it is.

 

[clusternakker]

man United when we lost 8-1 is the only time I can remember getting over 30k with the ground as it is.

And that's one to be forgotten

 

[Luke]

I'm sure there have been days when the Ground has certainly looked jam packed and the attendance is like 25,000 or so. Can't they fiddle with it abit so they don;t have to pay as much tax, alledgedly ?

 

[BennettGaidenSigma]

pride park has the worst atmosphere in the whole league

No, it doesn't.

 

[MaxiRobriguez]

30,602 isn't our official capacity anymore anyway.

Seats were ripped out of the A-Block about 5 years ago admist policing concerns. The seats under Cap One Corner which have restricted view have also been written off.

With segregation on top, our capacity is somewhere around 29,600.

 

[Anatoli]

With the ups and downs, next season Derby and Forest could be one and two.

Oh hang on, I forgot the downs from the Premiership - Newcastle will be one I expect.

 

[T9Red]

I can see us staying about 5th or 6th next season.

Derby will be higher than us still, prob not by the same margain though. West Brom have already sold 16,000 season tickets, one of Newcastle or Sunderland may come down, both will be way ahead of us, plus Leeds may be coming up.

Having said that we have lost Wolves and Norwich.

 

[thehockleyhustler]

Be interesting to see what kind of crowds Newcastle and Boro get if they come down.

I expect Newcastle to still get 40k+ but I think Boro's crowds will really dwindle

 

[I Hate Derby]

Next season it will be alot harder to finish 5th for attendances.
im guessing next season we will be seventh with average off 24,697

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Could you be a little more specific? I feel you're sitting on the fence a little with those rough guesses.

 

[RRRREDUN]

The sheep may well average more than us next season but if they resort to their tricks of this season, we will have more full-paying fans go than they will. No doubt they will have some sort of Vodaphone deal, buy a bottle of beer deal (and get in for free), A free university of Derby deal (up to 3000 free tickets per game). Take all those 'fans' off the total and you might find that Derby only have about 20,000 paying fans.