BBC have a news article about the average attendance figures for football clubs, we are slightly up on last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22541130
It just makes me think it would be nice to break that 30,000 barrier and I guess another year in the PL makes it all the more likely
A bit of bragging here: I was at the record all-time Bundesliga attendance (Dortmund vs Hoffenheim) on Saturday. Slightly ashamed that I was there and not at the Citeh game though...
The Manchester Evening news reported this story, Crowds at Old Trafford are much lower than the official attendance announced by United on matchdays, according to new police data. Figures from Greater Manchester Police revealed under the Freedom of Information Act show the club did not have a crowd over 70,000 for a Premier League match this season, until last week’s derby with City. But United regularly announce attendances in excess of 75,000. The police data shows the average Old Trafford attendance is 10,000 fewer than the figures announced. The FOI request was lodged with Greater Manchester Police by Reds Away, which runs a travel and news website and blog for United fans. Reds Away said that – in common with most other clubs – United under FA rules must publish an ‘official attendance’, which includes those who bought a ticket whether or not they actually went to the game. Greater Manchester Police, however, keeps a record of actual numbers who pass through the turnstiles. The figures reveal a startling number of ticket-holders who do not show up. The figures show that 66,005 fans watched the first Premier League home game against Fulham this season, but the club said the attendance was 75,352. United announced the attendance at January’s clash with Southampton as 75,600, but the police figures show the actual crowd was 59,766 – a difference of 15,834. Barring the recent derby, the largest actual crowd for a league game inside Old Trafford was 69,933 for the Liverpool game in January
Interesting that our figures remain 26k+ regardless of who the opposition are - whereas many clubs have 'glory-hunting' plastic fans who will turn out in droves for top opponents and then melt away for the more routine fixtures. Top effort yell'army
A drop of around 700 is probably to be expected for us. Obviously it is a negative stat against the club but I think the high prices and the past couple of seasons of uninspiring football has taken it's toll and naturally the 'casual fan' has attended a few less during the season. I think next season we will be hitting (and beating) the 20k mark on a far more regular basis as we are finally providing decent promotional offers and there is a genuine optimism that we will be at least competitive It would be interesting to see what the away attendances look like as I attend more 'away days' in a season and we always take a very impressive following with us.. and hopefully next season that will translate into the more 'bums on seats' and Portman Road
The Town attendances have held up well considering all the crap we have had to put up with and now we have MM they will go up again next season.
I believe our stated capacity is lower than what we can actually fit in, so work it out for us and there's every chance you'd get over 100% capacity!
Carrow Road was built in just 82 days during the summer of 1935. In the years before, Norwich played at a ground called “The Nest”, but it had limited capacity and suddenly failed to meet FA safety requirements. Norwich quickly found a new site though, and in the weeks before the new season built a new stadium. Carrow Road opened on the 31st of August 1935 with a league match between Norwich and West Ham (4-3). The stadium initially consisted of one covered seating stand and open terraces on earth banking on the other three sides. The ground could hold about 38,000 spectators. Few changes were made to the stadium until in the 1960s several smaller improvements were made that mainly consisted of increased cover. Carrow Road recorded its highest attendance in 1963 when 43,984 fans visited an FA Cup match between Norwich and Leicester City. In the early 1980s, two out of four stands were rebuilt, but due to safety measures and increased seating capacity the overall capacity of the stadium slowly got reduced to about 28,000. In the early 1990s, Carrow Road got converted into an all-seater, which involved the construction of new stand called The Barclay. About a decade later, in 2003, the South Stand got replaced by a new stand called the Jarrold Stand. This stand got further extended in 2005 by linking the stand to the Peterborough Stand. In recent years, Norwich City have tentatively considered further expanding Carrow Road, but have decided that an expansion will only be feasible after the club has played at least three seasons in the Premier League
Thanks for the update ILD. It will be an interesting time when the decision is made to increase capacity!!
I was the 43,984th spectator at that game. FA Cup quarter final, City 0 Leicester 2. Leicester went on to play and lose to Man Utd in the Final. Gordon Banks was in goal for Leicester and I remember thinking it was like the Lilliputians pinging darts at Gulliver; he just seemed to fill the goal. In those days the only glamour ties we ever had to dream about were in the Cup competitions; to get the same thrill of anticipation nowadays I guess you have to support a non-league or maybe a League 2 side -- or Wigan.
