Attendance next season

[bytholwyn]

Except what we know now, that we didn't know back in 2011, is that we can fill that stadium regularly - and did - when the team was doing well and attractive to watch. In the last 4 years we've been doing badly and been an awful watch. Worst possible combination if you want bums on seats.

In the unlikely event that next season we entrench ourselves in the top 4 early on and stay there (kinda like Sunderland did this season) you watch our crowds start getting near capacity.

Have we done that badly? We've averaged a mid table position, although the lack of real jeopardy or threatening the playoffs hasn't helped. Yes, the entertainment value hasn't been great, but has it been worse than quite a few of our peers? I doubt it.

Clubs that had lower average attendances than us in 2010/11:

Crystal Palace, Burnley, Bristol City, Watford, Millwall and Preston.

Millwall averaged under 12,800 and Preston under 11,800. Preston have had a dismal season just gone and yet still averaged 16,500.

We're bucking the trend of increasing attendances. We need to work out why. The good news is that there's no reason we should be an outlier. We just need to market the club properly.

 

[Derwydd]

What they do between now and August will also have a big call.

mm-hmm, especially when we sign one of De Bruyne, Messi or Neymar on a free

 

[JackFish]

We had crowds of 12k and 13k in our promotion season, even the home games against Hull & Ipswich in April only had just under 15k and 16k respectively.

Interesting how other clubs have grown their support a lot despite not having a lot of success, Preston and Watford in particular from that above list.

 

[JackFish]

Average attendances since we moved to the new stadium:

Season	Division	Position	Managers	Average Attendance
2005-06	League One	6th	Jackett	14,111
2006-07	League One	7th	Jackett / Martinez	12,720
2007-08	League One	1st - Promoted	Martinez	13,519
2008-09	Championship	8th	Martinez	15,183
2009-10	Championship	7th	Sousa	15,407
2010-11	Championship	3rd - Promoted	Rodgers	15,507
2011-12	Premier League	11th	Rodgers	19,932
2012-13	Premier League	9th	Laudrup	20,370
2013-14	Premier League	12th	Laudrup / Monk	20,406
2014-15	Premier League	8th	Monk	20,554
2015-16	Premier League	12th	Monk / Guidolin	20,708
2016-17	Premier League	15th	Guidolin / Bradley / Clement	20,624
2017-18	Premier League	18th - Relegated	Clement / Carvalhal	20,622
2018-19	Championship	10th	Potter	18,736
2019-20	Championship	6th	Cooper	16,151 (* Covid)
2020-21	Championship	4th	Cooper	0 (* Covid)
2021-22	Championship	15th	Martin	17,388
2022-23	Championship	10th	Martin	16,828
2023-24	Championship	14th	Duff / Williams	16,574
2024-25	Championship	11th	Williams / Sheehan	15,502

(2019-20 home games against Leeds, Bristol City, Sheffield Wed, Luton behind closed doors)

 

[Derwydd]

May I ask where you got that table of stats please.

 

[bytholwyn]

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It's amazing how clubs like Plymouth have grown their support by several thousand in comparable relegation seasons. The good news is, if other, similar, clubs can do it, there's clearly an opportunity for us. The aim has to be to fill the stadium and create scarcity. Then people will be desperate to get their hands on tickets. Ren gets it: