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Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

martyn — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:16:24 -0000

but if a ticket and is bought and not attended by the purchaser, i'm sure this still counts as an entrant on the final attendance...many times i've seen a half empty stadium but attendance still looks healthy....i know most clubs in the football league count all tickets sold as an atendee regardless of whether they go or not....check bristol city/rovers website

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

The Gaffer — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:29:24 -0000

Jaymes,

These numbers are for actual butts on the seats - whether they be season ticket holders to tickets bought on a matchday.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

Jaymes — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:19:58 -0000

Does anyone know if season tickets are always included in attendances, regardles of whether the season ticket is used or not?

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

bob chappels — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:46:34 -0000

does anybody know the official number of season tickets sold by man u for the 2008 season

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

Ph0BoLuS — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:12:48 -0000

Stamford Bridge can only hold like 42,000 or something like that.. So it just depends on what size the stadium is.

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

The Gaffer — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:31:17 -0000

Dragon,

The answer will be revealed tomorrow (from the best to the worst). I think you already know the answer : )

Cheers,
The Gaffer

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

dragonki2012 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:36:03 -0000

still nobody can answer me that question?

Who has the most consistent sell outs? Not just in the Premier League, but in every game the team plays.

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

The Gaffer — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:23:08 -0000

Kat Kid,

Good question.

Many of the stadiums in the Premier League are built in areas where there's no more room to expand (i.e. the neighborhoods around the grounds butt up against all four sides of the stadiums).

For example, that's why clubs such as Liverpool, Portsmouth, Spurs, West Ham, Chelsea and Everton are all in the process of moving (or looking at moving) to a new location so they can build brand-new stadiums with acres of space for parking and bigger grounds.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

Alex Hleb — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:47:45 -0000

useless pointless.

lets get some more seating at ashburton grove.

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

kat kid — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:30:05 -0000

gaffer-

Why are premier league stadiums not larger? I know this seems like a slightly stupid question considering the population difference between the US and UK, but college football stadiums are small if they are 50,000.

Is it just a size/space/population issue or am I missing something?

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

The Gaffer — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:11:06 -0000

Anyone who is a friend of Bobby McMahon is a friend of mine. The man is a legend that needs his own show on Fox.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

Ringo — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:44:29 -0000

You're right Gaffer ,I missed that one.

Love the blog btw ,you came recommended by none other than Bobby McMahon.

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

The Gaffer — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:41:00 -0000

Ringo,

Actually the team that plays to the most number of empty seats this season is currently Bolton Wanderers.

I'll post a follow-up article tomorrow showing the top 20 teams according to average attendance as a percentage of their capacity.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

Simon Burke — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:22:31 -0000

Good article Gaffer, I do enjoy your stats when you do them. Arguably Pompey have the 'best' fans in the Premiership yet are second lowest - I wonder what they could fill with a new stadium.

I am amazed people can afford this week in week out, I love football but its so pricey - be interesting to see if these attendances can maintain with the onset of recession in England and an aging football population. The average fan age is much higher than in the 70's prompting fears that the younger folk arent taking to football as much (at those prices I can see why).

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

Ringo — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:18:18 -0000

Middlesbrough play to the most empty seats.
Followed by Blackburn ,Sunderland and Man City.

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

Ryan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:54:33 -0000

Gotta at least give props to the Derby fans, team is absolute crap but they keep showing up

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

dragonki2012 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:24:06 -0000

I don't like this stat because it all depends on how much your stadium can hold... as you've mentioned.

I think you should look at the number of times the stadium is sold out or full in all competition... from the Carling cup to the Champions league.

I don't remember a time when an Arsenal game at home has been left with empty seats, in any competition.

Get back to me on that one, will ya?

Re: Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

Bet Blogger — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:02:47 -0000

I think the average attendances are very healthy considering the prices fans have to pay out for tickets these days. Barring just a few clubs, the average attendace at most grounds this season is less than 3,000 short of capacity and that is very impressive. From Aston Villa upwards it shows that the top clubs are getting full houses pretty much every home game and that's not something that can be said about the other top leagues in Europe.