Highest ever average attendance.

[Wrenthorpe Mackem]

The Statcat is by far the most trustworthy when it comes to our own records including attendance.

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These have the 46,800 figure and I would trust them wholeheartedly.

Interesting that despite every game sold out there is a 1000 difference from lowest to highest. West ham lowest attendance but full away allocation. Must be hospitality?

 

[Sgt Pepper]

Interesting that despite every game sold out there is a 1000 difference from lowest to highest. West ham lowest attendance but full away allocation. Must be hospitality?

Pretty sure hospitality has been sold out all season, and would be staggered if West Ham of all games being our first one back up and on a Saturday afternoon as well, would’ve been one not full. Could maybe understand a winter midweek game.

Might’ve been down to segregation, if the club maybe overestimated for that game how much would be needed?

I’m not sure really but I’ve found it a bit baffling for years now how our sell out crowds can differ so much from one to the next, whereas other teams are always generally around the same number give or take a small amount.

 

[CollingwoodFTM]

This is something I did a while back that is all the league games attendances and a running average and I may update it one day for this season. The red line is a running average of the last 20 games and each blue dot is an attendance. You can see the peak at 1950 and the decline later that decade as we got relegated for the 1st time.

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This is a closer look at the post war average and the last time we were in the Premier League even in the shits seasons.

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Crowds fluctuated massively back then and this is the 1949/50 season on StatCat. Look at how the crowds tailed off that season in the last 2 games after the title was gone as we only got 23k against Everton and 21k against Chelsea.

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Through the season it was usually dependant on opposition and their players such as Stanley Matthews & Blackpool for example. We got 61k on a Monday game against Blackpool, yet the game 2 days earlier on Saturday against Burnley we got 47k. Also bear in mind pre 70s, possibly some of the 70s fans went to both Sunderland & Newcastle games as again it was to see opposition teams and players, not just the home team.

One thing that is constant is crowd fluctuation for various reasons. At the SOL, it's around 10,000 unlike Roker Park which could be around 30,000. The problem with the SOL is it's restricted due to capacity and the lower crowd is now mid 40s so you'd expect peaks into mid 50s. It's clear that if the SOL had the 70k capacity of Roker Park we'd be well over 50k for the average this season.

The problem is that sell outs mean higher ticket prices. If it stays like this and prices go up again to suppress demand then a bad run could well see a bigger drop off in numbers. The fans who were priced out also won't come running back to take the seats of the more affluent who've given up as their not 'entertained' or those who've been pushed to their financial limits.

Long story short, it's pointless comparing crowds of yesteryear to now due to so many different factors as a percentage of population going to matches back then to now is massive for example. The SOL clearly needs expanding to keep that balance of ticket cost and capacity and who gives a fuck about the 'hurty' words on the internet from the mags, or any of fans about empty seats. There was nowt like that back in Roker Park days, just the ability for just about everyone to go to the match if they wanted. These days it's not just a constant of 45,000 wanting to go either.

Cheers for that. It’s as good as porn.

 

[old supporter]

Interesting that despite every game sold out there is a 1000 difference from lowest to highest. West ham lowest attendance but full away allocation. Must be hospitality?

I don’t think the 76 yards sold out every match and was the resale an option at the start of the season I'm not sure. Was the unused corporate sponsors ticket put up for sale at the start of the season aswel there's probably a number of reasons

 

[houghton cut head]

Pretty sure hospitality has been sold out all season, and would be staggered if West Ham of all games being our first one back up and on a Saturday afternoon as well, would’ve been one not full. Could maybe understand a winter midweek game.

Might’ve been down to segregation, if the club maybe overestimated for that game how much would be needed?

I’m not sure really but I’ve found it a bit baffling for years now how our sell out crowds can differ so much from one to the next, whereas other teams are always generally around the same number give or take a small amount.

All down to segregation, Marra

 

[Mackemansj1]

Pretty sure hospitality has been sold out all season, and would be staggered if West Ham of all games being our first one back up and on a Saturday afternoon as well, would’ve been one not full. Could maybe understand a winter midweek game.

Might’ve been down to segregation, if the club maybe overestimated for that game how much would be needed?

I’m not sure really but I’ve found it a bit baffling for years now how our sell out crowds can differ so much from one to the next, whereas other teams are always generally around the same number give or take a small amount.

I think every game has been sold out for normal tickets. Only resales available when I’ve looked.

 

[Frijj]

No extension yet please. Let’s spend five years back in the PL with more than one season competing in Europe.

 

[johnkaysleftleg]

According to this site,

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, the Chelsea crowd was 47,155

 

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According to this site,

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, the Chelsea crowd was 47,155

Statcat now showing this, average 46,827