Important note: We all know that attendance figures are not the exact science they should be. Plenty of clubs, perhaps understandably, count every season ticket holder whether they’re present or not (we’re not looking at north London – honestly).
Then there’s the fact that data can be skewed by all sorts of things. A closed stand does damage. A huge stadium means that while a club’s weekly attendance can be so-so, it shoots up to 80,000+ for marquee matches, pushing up the average above a club with a 40,000-capacity stadium which sells out every week.
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