EFL Support Tables
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Scotimp
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Interesting stuff. A lot of it is geographical of course, but for us to have the 18th best away following outside the Premier League is some achievement.
Lincoln's average of 8,005 home fans is pretty much the capacity of Sincil Bank minus the SW.
The average away following of 1,194 is actually higher than the number of fans Morecambe have at a home game (1,127).
The net home fans table shows an interesting split between 'traditional' FL clubs in the top half, and clubs to have won promotion to the FL since automatic promotion began in 1987 in the bottom half.
Coventry and Notts County have boosted their home attendances significantly by giving away free tickets and selling them for £2. County have done it twice that I can remember, and Coventry got 28,000 for that Accrington match.
Lincoln's average of 8,005 home fans is pretty much the capacity of Sincil Bank minus the SW.
The average away following of 1,194 is actually higher than the number of fans Morecambe have at a home game (1,127).
The net home fans table shows an interesting split between 'traditional' FL clubs in the top half, and clubs to have won promotion to the FL since automatic promotion began in 1987 in the bottom half.
Coventry and Notts County have boosted their home attendances significantly by giving away free tickets and selling them for £2. County have done it twice that I can remember, and Coventry got 28,000 for that Accrington match.
New gold dream
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Lincolns away support > Ull Bolton Cardiff Fulham
Not too shabby are we
Not too shabby are we
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Why do so many people go to watch Milton Plastic Keynes?
gijsbert_bos
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Indeed. How do Barnet manage to employ 43 players on their crowds? (I know the Hive gives a bit of off-road income, but come on...) Also had 4 managers this year and they never sack them, just move them to other roles.
It is centrally positioned, near a motorway and is a quality ground, arguably better than anything else of that size. Goodness knows why it needed to be so big, but it does have padded seats, brilliant access, adjacent easy to get out car parking, places to eat very near the ground. The local population is over 220,000.
They also encourage away teams to bring as many supporters as they can, usual allocation is 3,000. It is regularly one of the grounds with the most away supporters in it for whatever league they are in.
Bet you wish you hadn't asked.
Long suffering Imp
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Dont believe everything you read. Mk Dongs have been dishing out free tickets for years. If you talk to posh fans theyll tell you what a load of rubbish the attendance figures are when they've visited, they count all tickets sold and free whether they actually turn up or not. I know people who went this season who reckon it was at least 2000 less than published, and it's the same every time.
Sincilbanks
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They did have (pretty much) a permanent marketing stand in the big shopping centre in MK, dishing out MK branded stuff and selling season tickets etc. They ramp it up over the summer in the weeks before the season starts and have loads of people wandering around dishing stuff out to anyone and everyone..
Scotimp
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Impossible to say, because attendance figures have only been separated into home and away in recent times. Even then, a fair number of clubs do not bother still. It certainly hasn't happened in my time (47 seasons).
