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Thread: Attendances holding up well

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    Attendances holding up well

    There was some discussion on here at the end of last season regarding the likely attendances at the CCS for matches in League One. Some believed crowd numbers would drop significantly, but so far they have been holding up pretty well.

    I’ve been particularly impressed by the amount of away fans we’ve seen coming to the stadium this season. Provided we were doing reasonably well, I expected our home crowds would be decent enough, but I didn’t think our opponents would bring as many fans as most of them have.

    City’s average home attendance in the Championship last season was 19,344. The average after seven home games this season is slightly higher at 19,403. That currently ranks as the third-largest average in League One. The top five are:

    21,199 – Bolton Wanderers
    21,125 – Bradford City
    19,403 – Cardiff City
    17,146 – Huddersfield Town
    15,888 – Plymouth Argyle

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    Re: Attendances holding up well

    Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
    There was some discussion on here at the end of last season regarding the likely attendances at the CCS for matches in League One. Some believed crowd numbers would drop significantly, but so far they have been holding up pretty well.

    I’ve been particularly impressed by the amount of away fans we’ve seen coming to the stadium this season. Provided we were doing reasonably well, I expected our home crowds would be decent enough, but I didn’t think our opponents would bring as many fans as most of them have.

    City’s average home attendance in the Championship last season was 19,344. The average after seven home games this season is slightly higher at 19,403. That currently ranks as the third-largest average in League One. The top five are:

    21,199 – Bolton Wanderers
    21,125 – Bradford City
    19,403 – Cardiff City
    17,146 – Huddersfield Town
    15,888 – Plymouth Argyle
    I thought if we were doing well they would be comparable or better. I think if we continue then towards the end of the season we could push the average up to low 20's depending on away attendances of course.

    More city goals, more wins and overall better football from us.

    All without the two derby games also.

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    Re: Attendances holding up well

    Attendances so far:

    19,615 v Peterborough
    17,555 v Rotherham
    21,813 v Plymouth
    22,132 v Bradford
    15,814 v Burton
    18,528 v Orient
    20,363 v Reading

    Can't imagine the likes of Mansfield, Doncaster, Wigan and Wycombe will bring many, but some of the turnouts so far have been surprisingly good so it's difficult to be sure.

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    Re: Attendances holding up well

    A positive thread. Someone must have hacked Shrimpys account.

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    Re: Attendances holding up well

    I thought they wouldn't change much from last season - some of the predictions at the end of last season were very pessimistic (I can remember talk of 14k or lower)

    it'd be nice if we could build them up even higher, if we have a nice run at the top of the table.

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    Re: Attendances holding up well

    I'm not sure those stats tell us much as the top teams (similar populations) have also had good starts to the season
    Many away teams' fans will have been in the lower leagues for quite some time.
    It seems only natural that they would want to visit a team like us who has been relatively successful for a number of years with good facilities and a new venue for them.
    As has been mentioned, a team winning games and more importantly playing well, is bound to bring the crowds in no matter what division they play in.
    Long may it continue.

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    Re: Attendances holding up well

    Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
    I thought they wouldn't change much from last season - some of the predictions at the end of last season were very pessimistic (I can remember talk of 14k or lower)

    it'd be nice if we could build them up even higher, if we have a nice run at the top of the table.
    I think your last sentence is very relevant, case in point would be Plymouth who have been pretty successful in recent seasons and have just come down with us.
    I suspect lack of success of a longer period of time would show less fans of most teams.

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    Re: Attendances holding up well

    The 19000 average last year..the was probably no more than 10000 actually in the ground for quite a few of those games.
    Feels like this years 19000 is actually nigh on correct

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    Re: Attendances holding up well

    Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
    There was some discussion on here at the end of last season regarding the likely attendances at the CCS for matches in League One. Some believed crowd numbers would drop significantly, but so far they have been holding up pretty well.

    I’ve been particularly impressed by the amount of away fans we’ve seen coming to the stadium this season. Provided we were doing reasonably well, I expected our home crowds would be decent enough, but I didn’t think our opponents would bring as many fans as most of them have.

    City’s average home attendance in the Championship last season was 19,344. The average after seven home games this season is slightly higher at 19,403. That currently ranks as the third-largest average in League One. The top five are:

    21,199 – Bolton Wanderers
    21,125 – Bradford City
    19,403 – Cardiff City
    17,146 – Huddersfield Town
    15,888 – Plymouth Argyle
    If we stay top and get back to playing like the first few games, it will increase we have a lot of gloryhunters.

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