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| Attendances - AWAY support in the Football League; how do RFC do? | |
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| Topic Started: 29 Oct 2011, 01:05 PM (3,334 Views) | |
| daib0 | 29 Oct 2011, 01:05 PM Post #1 |
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As we're about to kick-off against Palace, and Palace fans have been gently reminding me this week (in good spirit I must say) that Reading FC's away attendances leave quite a lot to do desired, I came across this exhaustive list by chance, and I think you should know about it too. It's supposedly taken from The Football League themselves, though those who remember the BBC606 conversations with QPR's Ellers, Northolt and co. will know it's often quite hard to get reliable figures for away fans. For example, what if away fans mingle in with the home fans? But this list is representative, and sort of in proportion to the reality, and makes frankly crude reading for Reading FC. AWAY SUPPORT Rank - Club - Division Season / average per game in 2010/11 1 Leeds United Championship / 3,484 2 Nottingham Forest Championship / 2,035 3 Norwich City Championship / 1,926 4 Leicester City Championship / 1,876 5 Sheffield Wednesday League 1 / 1,722 6 Queens Park Rangers Championship / 1,510 7 Cardiff City Championship / 1,501 8 Southampton League 1 / 1,487 9 Brighton & Hove Albion League 1 / 1,396 10 Huddersfield Town League 1 / 1,310 11 Burnley Championship / 1,293 12 Hull City Championship / 1,264 13 Derby County Championship / 1,256 14 Millwall Championship / 1,201 15 Portsmouth Championship / 1,165 16 Crystal Palace Championship / 1,157 17 Ipswich Town Championship / 1,084 18 Middlesbrough Championship / 1,064 19 Sheffield United Championship / 978 20 Swansea City Championship / 923 21 Doncaster Rovers Championship / 920 22 Port Vale League 2 / 886 23 Reading Championship / 849 24 Barnsley Championship / 813 25 Coventry City Championship / 809 26 Watford Championship / 806 27 AFC Bournemouth League 1 / 765 28 Bristol City Championship / 682 29 Oxford United League 2 / 679 30 Charlton Athletic League 1 / 677 31 Peterborough United League 1 / 653 32 Exeter City League 1 / 640 33 Plymouth Argyle League 1 / 637 34 Chesterfield League 2 / 631 35 Bristol Rovers League 1 / 615 36 Oldham Athletic League 1 / 570 37 Preston North End Championship / 549 38 Swindon Town League 1 / 508 39 Shrewsbury Town League 2 / 501 40 Bury League 2 / 486 41 Rotherham United League 2 / 484 42 Gillingham League 2 / 483 43 Scunthorpe United Championship / 478 44 Bradford City League 2 / 476 45 Carlisle United League 1 / 469 46 Leyton Orient League 1 / 460 47 Notts County League 1 / 455 48 Brentford League 1 / 432 49 Stockport County League 2 / 428 50 Rochdale League 1 / 417 51 Wycombe Wanderers League 2 / 376 52 Northampton Town League 2 / 339 53 Southend United League 2 / 325 54 Milton Keynes Dons League 1 / 318 55 Crewe Alexandra League 2 / 318 56 Walsall League 1 / 301 57 Dagenham & Redbridge League 1 / 286 58 Stevenage League 2 / 279 59 Yeovil Town League 1 / 274 60 Tranmere Rovers League 1 / 270 61 Colchester United League 1 / 258 62 Torquay United League 2 / 248 63 Burton Albion League 2 / 233 64 Hereford United League 2 / 231 65 Lincoln City League 2 / 229 66 Aldershot Town League 2 / 220 67 Hartlepool United League 1 / 211 68 Cheltenham Town League 2 / 179 69 Barnet League 2 / 178 70 Accrington Stanley League 2 / 158 71 Macclesfield Town League 2 / 139 72 Morecambe League 2 / 123 Source: http://www.football-league.co.uk RED – surprisingly good, taking into account league status BLUE – surprisingly bad, taking into account league status Of course, you'll find that promotion seeking teams last season have obvious bonus, and those facing relegation battles a natural falling off ... READING – frankly VERY disappointing. Did you see Port Vale from League 2 have more travelling fans than us?! And Oxford and Exeter are not really so far behind either. Maybe some northern and midland teams gain by being in close geographical proximations to other clubs. But yet, public transport from Reading is optimum, in theory, and the Thames Valley – Silicon valley – is also just about the highest living standards of all the Bristish Isles. So where do we fail? So please, your comments firstly on the general table – is it how you expected to see it? – and then on why Reading does not hold up very well !! |
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| Knighter10 | 29 Oct 2011, 03:31 PM Post #2 |
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In all honesty that average attendance rating for Reading is awful! I expected it to be bad but not that bad! I think even today 1,000 to a game an hour and a half away, thats poor! |
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| Basingstoke Royal | 29 Oct 2011, 08:44 PM Post #3 |
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Where you at the game today then? |
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| daib0 | 29 Oct 2011, 09:01 PM Post #4 |
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He's a West Ham fan, but he means no harm - just being frankly honest in his own mind, not offensive! (trust me on that one) The stats do indicate we are 'only' 18th in the Championship travellers list, just wonder why that is?? Edited by daib0, 29 Oct 2011, 09:03 PM.
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| Basingstoke Royal | 29 Oct 2011, 09:07 PM Post #5 |
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It is poor , however it's annoying when fans moan and then never go to any games themselves!! |
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| Camb-Royal | 30 Oct 2011, 05:09 PM Post #6 |
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I try to go to some away games in a season. Going really depends on (in no particular order): - distance to travel - cost of ticket - timing - whether my son has a game or not - sat vs tues game - family commitments This season we would have been looking at going to about 10/12 away matches but unfortunately those a little closer to us (West Ham, Brighton, Palace, Southampton for example), we are/have been on holiday which was booked prior to fixture list coming out! So we will be going to less than that. If I had more time and money, I (and my son) would go to a lot more away games if we could. Why our away attendance is low, I don't know. However, it doesn't make one less of a Royal if one doesn't go! |
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| UpTheRoyals | 30 Oct 2011, 06:29 PM Post #7 |
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guessing there won't be a great turn out on tuesday night either, when I bought mine we had only sold 300 or so. |
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| Camb-Royal | 30 Oct 2011, 06:59 PM Post #8 |
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Would like to have gone but its too late a school night for my son. 
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| Knighter10 | 30 Oct 2011, 10:31 PM Post #9 |
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I understand that, but I am a season ticket holder and went to 3 away games last season - for someone who doesn't even support Reading!? |
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| Basingstoke Royal | 31 Oct 2011, 04:04 PM Post #10 |
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Fair Play  That Baldock lad looks good ... Wishing we had signed him |
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