How many unsold seats do other Clubs have?

[Lord Bracknell]

These figures show the average number of unsold seats at home league games so far this season.

Clubs are ranked in order (lowest figures first). The figures in brackets are the current positions in the relevant league.

The information comes from here and neighbouring pages.

Albion are the seventh best performers in the country. Maybe we should stop moaning.


1 Portsmouth (9) 148
2 Manchester United (4) 323
3 Newcastle United (12) 333
4 Tottenham Hotspur (13) 497
5 Charlton Athletic (10) 519
6 Chelsea (1) 546
7 Brighton & Hove Albion (20) 631
8 Arsenal (2) 691
9 Doncaster Rovers (12) 1209
10 Birmingham City (15) 1362
11 Norwich City (19) 1689
12 Northampton Town (10) 1867
13 Fulham (14) 1950
14 Bolton Wanderers (8) 2014
15 West Bromwich Albion (20) 2110
16 Hartlepool United (9) 2213
17 Wolverhampton Wndrs (17) 2425
18 Luton Town (1) 2450
19 Liverpool (7) 2531
20 Gillingham (23) 2571
21 Southampton (18) 2689
22 Blackpool (22) 2758
23 Crystal Palace (16) 2868
24 Torquay United (20) 2904
25 Chester City (19) 3043
26 Manchester City (11) 3059
27 Middlesbrough (5) 3079
28 Crewe Alexandra (15) 3144
29 AFC Bournemouth (5) 3427
30 Rotherham United (24) 3567
31 Queens Park Rangers (6) 3610
32 Boston United (14) 3643
33 Kidderminster Harriers (24) 3678
34 Rushden & Diamonds (21) 3742
35 Bristol Rovers (15) 3864
36 Swansea City (2) 3922
37 Cheltenham Town (11) 3952
38 Shrewsbury Town (22) 3967
39 Colchester United (13) 4032
40 Milton Keynes Dons (23) 4040
41 Yeovil Town (3) 4133
42 Chesterfield (8) 4162
43 Macclesfield Town (6) 4244
44 Scunthorpe United (1) 4362
45 Plymouth Argyle (12) 4467
46 Everton (3) 4493
47 Grimsby Town (17) 4963
48 Walsall (15) 5114
49 Wycombe Wanderers (12) 5177
50 Mansfield Town (16) 5227
51 Cambridge United (23) 6116
52 Stockport County (24) 6127
53 Aston Villa (6) 6344
54 Ipswich Town (1) 6369
55 Lincoln City (5) 6411
56 Brentford (11) 7238
57 Southend United (8) 7491
58 Rochdale (13) 7615
59 Tranmere Rovers (2) 7634
60 Nottingham Forest (22) 7794
61 Oxford United (20) 7820
62 Oldham Athletic (18) 7895
63 Preston North End (13) 8208
64 Watford (16) 8344
65 Reading (4) 8484
66 Millwall (14) 8538
67 Leyton Orient (4) 8633
68 West Ham United (5) 8671
69 Blackburn Rovers (17) 8873
70 Bury (7) 8886
71 Leicester City (8) 8892
72 Hull City (3) 9083
73 Coventry City (18) 9223
74 Bristol City (6) 9488
75 Derby County (10) 9611
76 Cardiff City (21) 9685
77 Swindon Town (10) 9812
78 Burnley (11) 10406
79 Wrexham (16) 10614
80 Peterborough United (21) 10743
81 Stoke City (9) 11048
82 Sheffield United (7) 11595
83 Leeds United (19) 11953
84 Port Vale (17) 12641
85 Huddersfield Town (14) 13093
86 Barnsley (19) 13229
87 Notts County (18) 15245
88 Wigan Athletic (2) 15352
89 Bradford City (4) 16557
90 Sheffield Wednesday (7) 17440
91 Darlington (9) 20922
92 Sunderland (3) 22214

 

[Beach Hut]

But what if we were at Falmer - we would be far lower down me thinks

 

[Little Piggy]

Thats a pretty cool stat. Obviously the old saying "Lies, lies and statistics" comes into play a little, (If there were ZERO people went to Brighton games we could not possibly drop below 56 in the list!) but cool nevertheless...

 

[Bozza]

Not quite as impressive if you look at empty seats as a %age of total capacity, though. And I imagine we've been better than this for each of the previous 3 or 4 seasons, haven't we?

When I looked at this the other day I was impressed at Newcastle and Charlton having crowds above their capacity...

 

[The Laughing Bluebird]

Does this mean it's easier to get a ticket to watch Arsenal than it is to get a ticket to watch Albion?

I wish I'd never posted that link.....

 

[The Laughing Bluebird]

When I looked at this the other day I was impressed at Newcastle and Charlton having crowds above their capacity...

Indeed. Villa too I notice.

Have a look at Bolton's figures. Their capacity is listed as 27,879, and their highest attendance this season is listed as 27,880.

How did the extra bloke manage to sneak in I wonder?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Not quite as impressive if you look at empty seats as a %age of total capacity, though. And I imagine we've been better than this for each of the previous 3 or 4 seasons, haven't we?

We're still high fliers.

Percentage of seats sold:-

1 Manchester United (4) 99.50%
2 Newcastle United (12) 99.30%
3 Portsmouth (9) 99.20%
4 Chelsea (1) 98.70%
5 Tottenham Hotspur (13) 98.60%
6 Arsenal (2) 98.20%
7 Charlton Athletic (10) 98.00%
8 Birmingham City (15) 95.40%
9 Liverpool (7) 94.40%
10 Manchester City (11) 93.60%
11 Norwich City (19) 93.30%
12 Bolton Wanderers (8) 92.70%
13 West Bromwich Albion (20) 92.40%
14 Wolverhampton Wndrs (17) 91.70%
15 Southampton (18) 91.70%
16 Middlesbrough (5) 91.20%
17 Fulham (14) 91.10%
18 Brighton & Hove Albion (20) 90.90%
19 Crystal Palace (16) 89.10%
20 Everton (3) 88.80%
21 Aston Villa (6) 85.10%
22 Doncaster Rovers (12) 84.40%
23 Queens Park Rangers (6) 81.10%
24 Ipswich Town (1) 78.90%
25 Plymouth Argyle (12) 78.60%
26 Gillingham (23) 75.70%
27 West Ham United (5) 75.60%
28 Northampton Town (10) 75.60%
29 Luton Town (1) 75.40%
30 Nottingham Forest (22) 74.50%
31 Leicester City (8) 72.60%
32 Blackburn Rovers (17) 71.70%
33 Derby County (10) 71.30%
34 Leeds United (19) 70.20%
35 Hartlepool United (9) 69.30%
36 Blackpool (22) 69.00%
37 Crewe Alexandra (15) 68.70%
38 Bristol Rovers (15) 67.70%
39 Swansea City (2) 66.50%
40 AFC Bournemouth (5) 65.60%
41 Reading (4) 64.90%
42 Hull City (3) 64.20%
43 Sheffield United (7) 62.50%
44 Rotherham United (24) 62.40%
45 Watford (16) 62.20%
46 Stoke City (9) 61.00%
47 Coventry City (18) 60.90%
48 Preston North End (13) 60.10%
49 Millwall (14) 57.60%
50 Yeovil Town (3) 57.00%
51 Sheffield Wednesday (7) 56.20%
52 Bristol City (6) 55.80%
53 Cardiff City (21) 54.80%
54 Walsall (15) 54.70%
55 Sunderland (3) 54.00%
56 Tranmere Rovers (2) 53.90%
57 Burnley (11) 53.80%
58 Torquay United (20) 53.70%
59 Chesterfield (8) 53.50%
60 Milton Keynes Dons (23) 53.10%
61 Scunthorpe United (1) 52.40%
62 Grimsby Town (17) 50.50%
63 Shrewsbury Town (22) 50.40%
64 Chester City (19) 49.20%
65 Wycombe Wanderers (12) 48.20%
66 Mansfield Town (16) 47.60%
67 Stockport County (24) 46.90%
68 Cheltenham Town (11) 46.60%
69 Colchester United (13) 46.60%
70 Huddersfield Town (14) 46.50%
71 Boston United (14) 45.10%
72 Rushden & Diamonds (21) 43.60%
73 Brentford (11) 43.20%
74 Barnsley (19) 42.90%
75 Oldham Athletic (18) 41.70%
76 Lincoln City (5) 41.20%
77 Kidderminster Harriers (24) 41.00%
78 Southend United (8) 39.50%
79 Wigan Athletic (2) 38.50%
80 Oxford United (20) 37.80%
81 Swindon Town (10) 37.60%
82 Cambridge United (23) 36.40%
83 Bradford City (4) 34.10%
84 Macclesfield Town (6) 33.00%
85 Wrexham (16) 31.50%
86 Leyton Orient (4) 31.30%
87 Peterborough United (21) 29.80%
88 Port Vale (17) 29.30%
89 Rochdale (13) 25.70%
90 Notts County (18) 24.90%
91 Bury (7) 23.80%
92 Darlington (9) 16.30%

 

[chips and gravy]

Darlington

Will they ever get a capacity crowd?

 

[The Large One]

Leyton Orient - less than a third full...

 

[Bozza]

Leyton Orient - less than a third full...

As much as it's good fun to take the piss out of the Os - they have been a little let down by ITV not taking into account their capacity is somewhere around 5000 now as a result of their 'redevelopment'.

Oh sod it. Carry on.

 

[Brovion]

Just to put an FA Cup angle to this thread .... There have been two schools of thought on the Spurs game. One arguement is that we'll get a big allocation (maybe more than the 15% we're entitled to) and there will be loads of spare tickets because Premiership fans won't pay top dollar to watch a third-rate team where the result is a foregone conclusion. The other arguement is that people are so desparate for tickets that they'll jump at the chance to go, even if it is only to see their side play against a third-rate team where the result is a foregone conclusion.

I see Spurs are 497 seats shy of capacity or 98.6% full. In both respects this is better than us! This would tend to support the view that tickets will be at a premium, however would we sell out Withdean if we were playing say Peterborough in the Cup?

 

[Gazwag]

I find it amazing that Wigan who at the moment look odds on to be one of the two automatic promoted teams to the premiership next season only fill 38½% of their ground

Assuming they do get promoted they will make a packet if they put the away supporters in the home end and vice versa next year

 

[Lammy]

I wonder if sunderland could just give us there spare seats? We could build a nice stadium with that lot!!

 

[Rangdo]

Darlington

Will they ever get a capacity crowd?

That's what I was thinking. What's their capacity?

 

[Lammy]

How and more importantly WHY did they get planning persmission for a ground that big?

The capacity of the new ground (opened in 2003) is 27,500

check out these stats!

Record & Average Attendance
At The New Stadium:
11,600 v Kidderminster Harriers
Division 3, August 16th 2003.

At Feethams:
21,023 v Bolton Wanderers,
League Cup 3rd Round, November 14th, 1960.

Average Attendance:
2003-2004: 5,023 (Division Three)
2002-2003: 3.312 (Division Three)
2001-2002: 4,107 (Division Three)


This means that they were given planning permission for a stadium 6,477 bigger than there record attendance. This was achieved over 40 years ago!!! I can only assume that they ground share with a rugby team?

If not then can we swap stadiums with them as they can't even fill Withdean!!!

 

[Lammy]

Just done some quick sums.

If we take their record attendance as a percentage of the new ground capacity it would be like us getting a 48960 which is about the size of the stadium of light!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

That's what I was thinking. What's their capacity?

Darlington's capacity is 25,000. Their average attendance is 4.078. But once this season they got 4,807.

It's the legacy of that megalomaniac who bought them.

 

[Ex Shelton Seagull]

George Reynolds dream was to make Darlington a force in the Premiership. He was going to make them as big as Middlesbrough and the new stadium was a major part of his dream.

He talked about getting "5,000 supporters off Sunderland and 5,000 off Middlesbrough" as if you could just buy up fans. So he moved Darlington from Feethams, which served them perfectly well and had just been re-developed, and placed them in the monstrosity that is their new ground.

Parts of the ground were built on the cheap because Reynolds ran out of money during its construction. Parts of it are already rusting away. Nearly a 1/3rd of the stadium is closed because of the lack of supporters. It's right outside of Darlington with little public transport links and a car-park that costs 5 quid a car to use.