Comments on: Average Attendances in Premier League

By: Football Betting Online

Football Betting Online — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:28:00 +0000

official figures are never completely accurate but there never that bad! good blog tho! interesting to know the facts!

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:58:00 +0000

I am sorry if my tone offended you but if the author had bothered to do a little research, and look at some other facts like the ones that I have since pointed out, instead of using the same old boring Rugby rubbish, I may not have had to reply in such a tone.

Whether their average attendance is 13,000 or 16,000 (give or take 3,000 or so freebies every week) doesn't really matter as WAFC are still the best supported club in Town anyway.

To average around 20,000 spectators season on season in the PL from a town population of around 90,000 isn't too bad whichever way you look at it.

By: The Gaffer

The Gaffer — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:43:00 +0000

MJ:

You must be Cristiano Ronaldo. Boro got 26,000 at the Riverside this past weekend against Spurs.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

By: RayCee

RayCee — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:29:00 +0000

In reply to Paul, your comment: Paul. said…”juoicnYet another peice of lazy journalism.
Check out Wigan Rugbys average attendance figures (13,000 last season) before you next spout such utter drivel as they would rather have RL in Wigan…IDIOT”. Well I did some checking of figures and Wigan RL averaged 16,040. Considering all clubs in Super League average about 10,000 a game, quite a high figure. I’m surprised at the tone of your comment, especially when you don’t check your own facts too well.

By: MJ

MJ — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:58:00 +0000

Oh, I wasn't aware attendance in the PL was measured as people in seats, I figured they just would go by tickets sold in an effort to inflate their attendance figures.

That just further increases my doubt, however. I'm sorry, Boro aren't getting 26,000 people a game, I don't care what the capacity is, I've seen that stadium this season on TV and if there's 26,000, I'm Cristiano Ronaldo, and likewise at Bolton and Wigan.

By: Paul.

Paul. — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:36:00 +0000

juoicnYet another peice of lazy journalism.
Check out Wigan Rugbys average attendance figures (13,000 last season) before you next spout such utter drivel as they would rather have RL in Wigan.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to look at our history, longevity of being in the League, location and where we were 10 years ago either. IDIOT.

By: The Gaffer

The Gaffer — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:19:00 +0000

MJ:

Middlesbrough's ground has a capacity of 35,000+ so even with average attendances of 26,800, the ground looks like it has plenty of empty seats.

Unlike American sports, Premier League attendances only count the number of people who show up to games instead of tickets sold.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:02:00 +0000

Gaffer,

Any way to get top 20 attendances regardless of league?

Would be interesting to see which teams in the championship or even league one (thinking of forest) that get more than Wigan, Boro, Fulham,etc.

By: rcrider13

rcrider13 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:54:00 +0000

I think percent capacity full would be a better measuring stick.

By: MJ

MJ — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:16:00 +0000

I know that you’re just quoting the official figures and that attendance is tickets sold and not actually the number of people in the seats for a given game, but there is simply no way Middlesbrough is getting 26,800 people per game, and I highly doubt either Bolton or Wigan are getting their respective averages either. There’s way too many empty seats for that to be accurate.