Comments on: Just How Full Are Premier League Stadiums?

By: Jungly

Jungly — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:45:42 +0000

It would be interesting to know the percentage of away fans at each ground per game.

By: Pedantic

Pedantic — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:06:54 +0000

Since when has Stadiums been the plural of Stadium?

By: tanim

tanim — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:40:02 +0000

why epl stadiums are half the size of the nfl stadium…..
i m disappointed.

By: nige

nige — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:21:00 +0000

When you think how sky high the ticket prices are you have to stand back in awe at the stupidity of your average football fan. Thick or what?

By: diana

diana — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:09:25 +0000

‘With Premiership tickets costing a small fortune, that’s pretty impressive. But also a little scary. It’s probably this sort of data that leads to someone in the boardroom saying “let’s raise ticket prices again, they’ll still keep coming.”’

That is what worrying me as well, Daryl. But anyhow, quite an insight.

By: francis

francis — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:04:54 +0000

Amazing support. Thats why the premiership is the best.

By: ordeal_rules

ordeal_rules — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:58:44 +0000

wow 99 percent attendance! and in England where watching a game is just a little more boring than watching it on tv (not that the game is boring just the experience, you get what I mean)

I suppose this is just momentary, since the true fans are not actually aloud inside anymore to chear for their team and they are the ones that stick with them, right now maybe its just a fad

By: Lucas

Lucas — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:41:03 +0000

Sunderland has a mad fanbase and a big stadium. Their attendance last season was even more jarring: the pure numbers were down because they were in the LC, but compared with everyone else in the league they were head and shoulders above.

The percentage list is perhaps more telling, but can be just as misleading as the raw attendance list. To whit: Fulham ranks 12th for drawing 92% of capacity, but they have a tiny stadium, and can only pull 23,500 per? For a London Premiership club that’s got to be a disappointment.

By: Inara

Inara — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:28:16 +0000

I have a lot of issues with the Premier League, but I really admire the fanbase clubs have over there. There are so many fans as opposed to spectators, and it's for this reason that there is so much money floating around in England. If you look at the numbers from France, you'll cringe. Attendance is terrible. Only two clubs fill 90% of their stadiums, Lyon and Nancy, except Nancy's stadium holds 18,000 people. Just terrible. How sad is it that Sunderland in 16th place has a higher filling rate than Marseille (France's most popular club), in 3rd place?

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:28:13 +0000

BTW: Are there any rules on how many tickets a club has to reserve for the away supporters of the visiting team?