One for the anoraks

 

Looking at highest league attendences and highest average attendences, we come nowhere near any top flight clubs in England or Germany.  However, we have a higher crowd (18,345) than three French clubs (Nice, Monaco and Auxerre) and a higher average than five clubs after ten home games of their season. 

 

In Serie A, we have a higher average than Empoli, Atalanta and Livorno.  When you drop down to the Cocal Cola Championship, our highest beats nine clubs and our average is better than four based on 13 home games so far.  In League 1 only Leeds, Forest and Swansea (just) have better averages.  What that means is that we are officially better supported than several clubs who have been in or around the Premiership in recent years such as Barnsley, Oldham, Swindon, Luton, Millwall etc. 

 

And remember that Wimbledon survived in the premiership on average crowds of around 11,000 for many years.

 

Defintely something to be proud of and let's make sure we back it up next year. 

 

Point taken.  The thing to remember is that their average included home games against the likes of Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs etc - all with big travelling support.  Pretty much any team in the prem would take at least 1,000 away fans.  We get four old men and a couple of dogs from Sydney.  Or in the case of Perth, one strange geezer with a big flag.