Final update on our attendances

[Copps is Magic]

• In our last season in the championship we only broke the 10k barrier 4 times. This season we broke it 8 times but our lower attendances are lower this season
• Three of our highest seven home attendances (home fans only) came in the last 4 home games
• Increase on last season: Rovers 25%, Yeovil 63%, Bournemouth, 45%

Overall Averages

Average Overall Attendance - 9,041  (25% increase on 7,238 last season)
Average Home Fans - 7,133  (8% increase on 6,602 last season* or 531 extra home fans every game)

Top Home Attendances

9,185 - Reading (10,212)
8,223 - Sheff Wed (12,609)
8,104 - Derby (11,405) (M)
8,087 - Forest (12,253)
7,873 - Leeds (12,192)
7,758 - Blackpool (9,002)
7,558 - Birmingham (9,206)
7,322 - Barnsley (10,216)
7,253 - Blackburn (8,707)
7,222 - QPR (8,854)
7,186 - Middlesbrough (11,440)
6,841 - Charlton (7,289) (M)
6,817 - Ipswich (7,753) (M)
6,791 - Bolton (7,508) (M)
6,691 - Leicester (10,003)
6,600 - Wigan (8,331)
6,494 - Brighton (7,396)
6,479 - Bournemouth (6,769)
6,474 - Huddersfield (9,305)
6,460 - Yeovil (6,620) (M)
6,451 - Burnley (7,836) (M)
6,152 - Watford (6,581) (M)
6,044 - Millwall (6,454)

M = Week game


Graph of home fans only over the last 2 seasons (red line is trend line)

[Dare to dream!]

8% increase from last year is very disappointing

[silent majority]

The trend outside the PL is of declining attendances, very sharply with the away fan. So, to see an increase of 8% is encouraging.

[Dare to dream!]

The trend outside the PL is of declining attendances, very sharply with the away fan. So, to see an increase of 8% is encouraging.

But after a promotion surely the club would have expected it to be more?

[silent majority]

Of course, but the extent of the decline has to be factored in too.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

It's an improvement but we can keep it improving. Be interesting to see the decline if this week doesn't go our way.

[mjg]

But the football was rubbish last season

[Bristol Red Rover]

8% is at least average for home attendances for a promotion from League 1 to the Championship, our overall attendances have gone up way above average - and in a struggling season.

I'm not sure what people (dare to dream??) expect and what those expectations are based on. It's certainly not based on what happens for other clubs.

[Dare to dream!]

I'm not sure what people (dare to dream??) expect and what those expectations are based on. It's certainly not based on what happens for other clubs.

You include the board when you say the statement.

Compare home attendances to other clubs who have been promoted and I bet the majority experience a higher increase than 8%.

You didn't expect a higher increase in home attendances more than 8%?

[Bristol Red Rover]

I'd hoped for a little more than that, and the board always have higher than realistic expectations.

I haven't got the stats for the home crowd only figures. Taking the home and away fans in the figures does bias things towards smaller clubs getting higher increases as the away following that comes from the bigger clubs in the Championship will be greater in proportion to the home following, if you get me.

With us finishing near the bottom, that will bias the stats against us.

Out of the 42 promotions since 2000:

• 14 clubs (including us in 2008) have got a higher percentage overall increase than ours this season in their first season up. (ie Donny are 15/42 clubs)
• Of those 11 (including us this season) promoted clubs that finished in the bottom 5 in their first season, 3 have done better than us. (4/11)
• Of the 21 clubs that had below 10,000 average in their promotion year to the Championship (including us in 2008), 11 have had a higher percentage increase than us in their first year. (12/21)

I think that covers most perspectives. Overall I'd say that demonstrates we have done better than average, certainly a long way from bad.

[ss1953]

But the football was rubbish last season

But the points kept coming in.

[BobG]

Neat work that Bristol. Impressive. Amazing what a bit of actual research can lead to eh?

Cheers

BobG

[les@donr]

I remember in our first season in the Conference it was regular to only get over a thousand fans at BV, people who have only been to the  KM don't know how uncomfortable and being exposed to the elements fans were at BV. But at the same time it had a great atmosphere on a weekday and in a cup game against a higher division side.  I wouldn't want to go back to those days but they have a special place in my heart and in Rovers folklore.