L2 Average Away Attendance Update

Before we get into the tables, I did a bit of totting up of our total mileage/attendances after what was an incredibly hectic March for us:

Wed 1st March - Southampton (a) - 480 miles - approx 4200 Town fans
Sat 4th March - Carlisle (a) - 374 miles - 428 Town fans
Tue 14th March - Sutton (a) - 440 miles - 273 Town fans
Sun 19th March - Brighton (a) - 516 miles - approx 4600 Town fans
Wed 22nd March - Mansfield (a) - 144 miles - 1102 Town fans
Tue 28th March - Crawley (a) - 476 miles - 329 Town fans

Total: 2430 miles, approx 10,932 Town fans.
Mileage is based on roundtrips going off the most direct driving route on Google Maps from BP to the relevant grounds.

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I didn't compile the tables below, they were done by a Mansfield fan on TFF, so quotes are directly from him. Our average is down a bit since last time but hardly surprising given the cup run. It'll be creeping back up following our next two away matches though as they'll both be 2000+.

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Here is my latest average away attendances. I am not claiming they are totally accurate as I don't think anybody's list is but it is a good attempt.

1096   Bradford City
1068   Stockport County
928     Mansfield Town
752     Grimsby Town
719     Doncaster Rovers
707     Carlisle United
692     Swindon Town
642     Leyton Orient
599     Northampton Town
557     Gillingham
547     AFC Wimbledon
529     Tranmere Rovers
524     Walsall
411     Crewe Alexandra
394     Hartlepool United
358     Barrow
317     Rochdale
294     Stevenage
291     Colchester United
261     Newport County
232     Sutton United
229     Crawley Town
152     Salford City
137     Harrogate Town
518     Average

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However everyone knows clubs take higher numbers on afternoon games as against evening games as well as games which are close to the away side ( ie Derby matches).

I also thought that a mean average is not the correct way to do these but a better way is the median average. This reduces the effect of sell outs at derby games with small away capacities.

So I have done a proper willy waving table based on median average, distance travelled and if afternoon or night game.

So based on a travel distance of 150 miles on an afternoon or a night game distance of 100 miles here is the list.

I don't think there are any surprises.

1004   Carlisle United
890     Bradford City
753     Grimsby Town
675     Swindon Town
639     Stockport County
580     Mansfield Town
554     Leyton Orient
478     Doncaster Rovers
470     Gillingham
461     Northampton Town
450     Tranmere Rovers
402     Walsall
397     Hartlepool United
381     AFC Wimbledon
342     Barrow
283     Colchester United
249     Newport County
229     Crewe Alexandra
228     Rochdale
199     Stevenage
196     Crawley Town
161     Sutton United
122     Salford City
91     Harrogate Town

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And finally average away fans at home grounds...
Doncaster Rovers 828​
Stockport County 810​
Salford City 746​
AFC Wimbledon 694​
Leyton Orient 681​
Rochdale     671​
Bradford City 667​
Mansfield Town 572​
Walsall 545​
Crewe Alexandra 534​
Northampton Town 529​
Tranmere Rovers 510​
Crawley Town     446​
Colchester United 446​
Sutton United 440​
Stevenage 432​
Harrogate Town 430​
Swindon Town 392​
Grimsby Town 368​
Hartlepool United 368​
Gillingham 363​
Newport County 338​
Carlisle United 336​
Barrow 273​

Not a very popular trip are we but reflects accesibility. It’s a fair amount of cash difference though - Donny’s receipts from away fans will pay the wages of a couple of decent league 2 players

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

Not a very popular trip are we but reflects accesibility. It’s a fair amount of cash difference though - Donny’s receipts from away fans will pay the wages of a couple of decent league 2 players

Yeah, I'm surprised we're exactly the same as Hartlepool considering they only accommodate about half the amount of away fans that we do. Donny obviously reaping the rewards of a massive away end for that level. Their number there beefed up by 4000 Bradford fans and I think Mansfield took 2500+ iirc.

Carlisle have a train line that goes direct to London , it takes them about the same time as us , sometimes even less to get a train to London .
We’re the bottom tip of transport routes as well as everything else