All Time Average Home Attendances

How England’s top four divisions look based on all-time average attendance since 1889 has been revealed... A decent barometer of historical club size? A decent guideline to show how teams are currently under or overperforming in the present day? Do home attendances (budget) equal success, trophies and league position over a long period of time as only seven clubs in the top two divisions for attendance are currently playing in the third or fourth tiers?

Teams ranked by all-time average attendance below…


PREMIER LEAGUE

Manchester United – 40,360
Liverpool – 34,763
Arsenal – 34,701
Tottenham – 34,101
Newcastle – 32,757
Chelsea – 32,473
Everton – 31,738
Man City – 30,394
Aston Villa – 28,594
Sunderland – 25,811
West Ham – 25,786
Leeds – 25,768
Sheffield Wednesday – 21,402
Wolves – 20,731
Birmingham – 20,094
Middlesbrough – 19,780
Leicester – 19,486
West Brom – 19,430
Sheffield United – 19,150
Derby County – 18,410

CHAMPIONSHIP

Nottingham Forest – 18,311
Southampton – 18,271
Norwich – 17,886
Ipswich – 17,878
Coventry – 17,222
Bolton – 17,110
Stoke – 17,029
Portsmouth – 16,985
Crystal Palace – 16,215
Blackburn – 16,094
Fulham – 16,065
Charlton – 15,377
Cardiff – 15,374
Burnley – 14,295
Huddersfield – 13,465
Bristol City – 13,440
QPR – 13,396
Preston – 13,347
Brighton – 12,191
Millwall – 12,191
Plymouth – 12,103
Hull – 11,972
Watford – 11,385
Blackpool – 10,941


LEAGUE ONE

Swansea – 10,854
Bradford – 10,590
Reading – 10,550
Luton – 10,514
Bristol Rovers – 9,693
Brentford – 9,470
Barnsley – 9,254
Swindon – 9,213
Oldham – 8,871
MK Dons – 8,218
Wigan – 8,157
Leyton Orient – 8,155
Grimsby – 7,742
Rotherham – 7,412
Bury – 7,319
Bournemouth – 7,278
Oxford – 7,249
Port Vale – 7,195
Doncaster – 7,168
AFC Wimbledon – 6,936
Southend – 6,849
Northampton – 6,667
Tranmere – 6,434
Carlisle – 6,408

LEAGUE TWO

Gillingham – 6,341
Peterborough – 6,240
Walsall – 6,110
Lincoln – 5,899
Mansfield – 5,532
Newport – 5,382
Shrewsbury – 5,337
Exeter – 5,239
Wycombe – 4,984
Scunthorpe – 4,923
Colchester – 4,615
Crewe – 4,576
Accrington – 4,189
Cambridge – 4,154
Rochdale – 3,716
Cheltenham – 3,611
Burton – 3,510
Fleetwood – 3,154
Salford – 3,102
Stevenage – 3,039
Crawley – 2,789
Forest Green – 2,736
Macclesfield – 2,294
Morecambe – 2,059

Genuine question, I'm easily confused  

How are each clubs league they are in worked out ?

Quoted from promotion plaice

Genuine question, I'm easily confused  

How are each clubs league they are in worked out ?

It's just the 'top 20 largest average' making up the prem and then the next 24 making up the championship etc!

Quoted from thefish

It's just the 'top 20 largest average' making up the prem and then the next 24 making up the championship etc!

Cheers...what a numpty, I can see it now  

I need to start going to bed earlier than 2 in the morning  

I remember looking at this table years ago and we sat something like 24th in the all time rankings.

Nearly two decades in league 2 and non league have taken their toll which is a shame, but hopefully we can look forward to a better future once we restart.

Mind you thinking about it, the table I saw could have been based on average league positions, not attendances.

Interesting

I assume Salford's all time average attendance is this season (ie the whole thing is PL/FL only?)

Obviously then, there would be a number of other clubs with higher averages not on this list.

Does time spent in the conference count, or is it just football league attendances?

Quoted from mimma

Does time spent in the conference count, or is it just football league attendances?

As son of cod said, it’s just football league otherwise Salford would be bottom

I am interested in seeing the data behind this.