We are 126th in England

...in average attendance this season. Any surprises?

Team                        Attendance Tier League Position
Manchester United 75,340 1 Premier League 2
Arsenal 60,028 1 Premier League 4
Manchester City 53,975 1 Premier League 3
Newcastle United 48,598 1 Premier League 17
Liverpool 44,061 1 Premier League 9
Sunderland 42,207 1 Premier League 18
Chelsea 41,542 1 Premier League 15
Everton 38,439 1 Premier League 7
Aston Villa 36,198 1 Premier League 20
Tottenham Hotspur 35,897 1 Premier League 5
West Ham United 34,915 1 Premier League 6
Leicester City 31,962 1 Premier League 1
Southampton 30,723 1 Premier League 8
Derby County 29,205 2 Championship 4
Stoke City 27,487 1 Premier League 11
Norwich City 26,984 1 Premier League 16
Crystal Palace 24,873 1 Premier League 10
West Bromwich Albion 24,148 1 Premier League 12
Brighton & Hove Albion 23,920 2 Championship 2
Leeds United 23,047 2 Championship 16
Middlesbrough 22,192 2 Championship 3
Sheffield Wednesday 21,258 2 Championship 8
Swansea City 20,716 1 Premier League 14
Watford 20,304 1 Premier League 13
Nottingham Forest 20,109 2 Championship 18
Wolverhampton Wanderers 20,010 2 Championship 14
Sheffield United 19,581 3 League One 12
Ipswich Town 18,904 2 Championship 10
Bradford City 18,011 3 League One 6
Birmingham City 17,817 2 Championship 6
Reading 17,756 2 Championship 7
Fulham 17,472 2 Championship 12
Hull City 17,271 2 Championship 1
Portsmouth 15,871 4 League Two 4
Charlton Athletic 15,829 2 Championship 20
Burnley 15,643 2 Championship 5
Bolton Wanderers 15,279 2 Championship 24
Queens Park Rangers 15,202 2 Championship 15
Bristol City 15,007 2 Championship 19
Cardiff City 14,472 2 Championship 9
Blackburn Rovers 14,096 2 Championship 13
Franchise 13,361 2 Championship 22
Preston North End 13,337 2 Championship 17
Coventry City 12,284 3 League One 1
Huddersfield Town 12,016 2 Championship 21
AFC Bournemouth 11,209 1 Premier League 19
Brentford 10,367 2 Championship 11
Rotherham United 9,545 2 Championship 23
Millwall 9,003 3 League One 11
Barnsley 8,729 3 League One 22
Plymouth Argyle 8,519 4 League Two 1
Wigan Athletic 8,391 3 League One 5
Luton Town 8,351 4 League Two 12
Swindon Town 7,426 3 League One 20
Bristol Rovers 7,132 4 League Two 13
Blackpool 6,723 3 League One 23
Oxford United 6,438 4 League Two 2
Chesterfield 6,415 3 League One 15
Doncaster Rovers 6,122 3 League One 16
Gillingham 6,071 3 League One 2
Southend United 5,985 3 League One 8
Peterborough United 5,496 3 League One 7
Walsall 5,487 3 League One 4
Cambridge United 5,485 4 League Two 17
Leyton Orient 5,368 4 League Two 6
Tranmere Rovers 5,365 5 National League 10
Notts County 5,296 4 League Two 14
Shrewsbury Town 5,216 3 League One 18
Wrexham 5,156 5 National League 6
Carlisle United 4,935 4 League Two 7
Port Vale 4,896 3 League One 10
Northampton Town 4,534 4 League Two 3
Bury 4,492 3 League One 9
Crewe Alexandra 4,474 3 League One 24
Grimsby Town 4,426 5 National League 18
Oldham Athletic 4,391 3 League One 21
AFC Wimbledon 3,963 4 League Two 11
Hartlepool United 3,862 4 League Two 19
Burton Albion 3,701 3 League One 3
Colchester United 3,672 3 League One 19
Rochdale 3,603 3 League One 14
Exeter City 3,603 4 League Two 10
Wycombe Wanderers 3,562 4 League Two 9
Scunthorpe United 3,543 3 League One 13
Yeovil Town 3,507 4 League Two 24
FC United of Manchester 3,401 6 National League North 20
Lincoln City 3,371 5 National League 5
Stevenage 3,351 4 League Two 20
Fleetwood Town 3,330 3 League One 17
York City 3,293 4 League Two 23
Mansfield Town 3,211 4 League Two 8
Stockport County 3,137 6 National League North 8
Cheltenham Town 2,762 5 National League 1
Newport County 2,626 4 League Two 21
Crawley Town 2,602 4 League Two 15
Kidderminster Harriers 2,253 5 National League 23
Barnet 2,191 4 League Two 18
Maidstone United 2,105 6 National League South 2
Chester 2,036 5 National League 13
Dagenham & Redbridge 1,956 4 League Two 22
Torquay United 1,809 5 National League 22
Aldershot Town 1,642 5 National League 15
Morecambe 1,627 4 League Two 16
Barrow 1,572 5 National League 16
Eastleigh 1,561 5 National League 7
Woking 1,526 5 National League 14
Forest Green Rovers 1,522 5 National League 12
Macclesfield Town 1,489 5 National League 9
Accrington Stanley 1,488 4 League Two 5
Altrincham 1,330 5 National League 17
Chorley 1,306 6 National League North 9
FC Halifax Town 1,295 5 National League 2
Southport 1,282 5 National League 21
Telford United 1,267 6 National League North 22
Bromley 1,255 5 National League 11
Dartford 1,234 6 National League South 14
Darlington 1,155 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Boston United 1,089 6 National League North 6
Dulwich Hamlet 1,082 7 Isthmian League Premier 1
Tamworth 1,045 6 National League North 7
Gateshead 1,015 5 National League 3
Ebbsfleet United 935 6 National League South 1
Dover Athletic 886 5 National League 4
Sutton United 883 6 National League South 6
Nuneaton Town 864 6 National League North 1
Margate 808 6 National League South 17
Gloucester City 749 6 National League North 17
Guiseley 718 5 National League 24
Corby Town 694 6 National League North 19
Bath City 686 6 National League South 10
Braintree Town 671 5 National League 8
Wealdstone 668 6 National League South 16
Eastbourne Borough 666 6 National League South 15
St Albans City 647 6 National League South 21
Hednesford Town 634 6 National League North 13
Chelmsford City 625 6 National League South 11
Havant & Waterlooville 604 6 National League South 19
Worcester City 599 6 National League North 14
Salford City 588 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Fylde 586 6 National League North 4
Welling United 585 5 National League 19
Workington 578 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Hemel Hempstead Town 568 6 National League South 12
Gainsborough Trinity 561 6 National League North 15
Lowestoft Town 560 6 National League North 18
Alfreton Town 547 6 National League North 12
Weymouth 544 7 Southern League Premier 5
Kettering Town 534 7 Southern League Premier 9
Blyth Spartans 515 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
King's Lynn Town 504 7 Southern League Premier 10
Basingstoke Town 503 6 National League South 22
Boreham Wood 492 5 National League 20
Truro City 475 6 National League South 7
Ilkeston 475 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Harrogate Town 464 6 National League North 5
Stalybridge Celtic 462 6 National League North 11
Tonbridge Angels 447 7 Isthmian League Premier 2
Maidenhead United 446 6 National League South 9
Stourbridge 445 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Leamington 444 7 Southern League Premier 2
Bishop's Stortford 443 6 National League South 13
Gosport Borough 443 6 National League South 5
Merthyr Town 441 7 Southern League Premier 16
Weston-super-Mare 426 6 National League South 20
Dorchester Town 418 7 Southern League Premier 11
Lewes 417 7 Isthmian League Premier 24
Solihull Moors 413 6 National League North 3
Burgess Hill Town 393 7 Isthmian League Premier 15
Bognor Regis Town 391 7 Isthmian League Premier 3
Concord Rangers 391 6 National League South 8
Poole Town 383 7 Southern League Premier 1
Hyde United 364 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Marine 360 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Enfield Town 359 7 Isthmian League Premier 17
Hampton & Richmond Borough 355 7 Isthmian League Premier 7
Halesowen Town 349 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Stamford 338 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Bradford Park Avenue 336 6 National League North 16
Chippenham Town 335 7 Southern League Premier 6
Matlock Town 319 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Hitchin Town 319 7 Southern League Premier 7
Canvey Island 307 7 Isthmian League Premier 9
St Neots Town 305 7 Southern League Premier 13
Kingstonian 303 7 Isthmian League Premier 4
North Ferriby United 303 6 National League North 2
Brackley Town 299 6 National League North 21
Buxton 296 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Leatherhead 288 7 Isthmian League Premier 16
Billericay Town 285 7 Isthmian League Premier 8
Nantwich Town 284 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Histon 281 7 Southern League Premier 20
Staines Town 278 7 Isthmian League Premier 18
Redditch United 277 7 Southern League Premier 3
Chesham United 275 7 Southern League Premier 19
Farnborough 273 7 Isthmian League Premier 22
Slough Town 263 7 Southern League Premier 12
Whitehawk 261 6 National League South 4
Needham Market 260 7 Isthmian League Premier 20
Whitby Town 250 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Curzon Ashton 242 6 National League North 10
Colwyn Bay 239 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Stratford Town 237 7 Southern League Premier 17
Oxford City 236 6 National League South 3
Frickley Athletic 235 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Skelmersdale United 235 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Mickleover Sports 224 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Frome Town 219 7 Southern League Premier 21
Ramsbottom United 215 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Grantham Town 208 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Grays Athletic 205 7 Isthmian League Premier 10
Rushall Olympic 202 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Cambridge City 201 7 Southern League Premier 14
Bideford 193 7 Southern League Premier 22
Merstham 191 7 Isthmian League Premier 13
Barwell 191 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Hayes & Yeading United 188 6 National League South 18
Bedworth United 182 7 Southern League Premier 24
Leiston 179 7 Isthmian League Premier 6
Hendon 177 7 Isthmian League Premier 19
Sutton Coldfield Town 177 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
Biggleswade Town 173 7 Southern League Premier 15
Paulton Rovers 171 7 Southern League Premier 23
Harrow Borough 166 7 Isthmian League Premier 12
Ashton United 161 7 Northern Premier League Premier ?
East Thurrock United 160 7 Isthmian League Premier 11
Wingate & Finchley 156 7 Isthmian League Premier 5
Hungerford Town 148 7 Southern League Premier 4
Dunstable Town 146 7 Southern League Premier 8
Cirencester Town 137 7 Southern League Premier 18
Metropolitan Police 129 7 Isthmian League Premier 14
Brentwood Town 111 7 Isthmian League Premier 21
VCD Athletic 101 7 Isthmian League Premier 23

Probably due to years of existence..

If you include teams below the 7th tier we drop 2 place I think.

Bristol Mike wrote:If you include teams below the 7th tier we drop 2 place I think.

Who's getting good crowds below the 7th tier Mike ?

Hereford 2620 9 midland league 1
Guernsey 735 8 isthmian 1sth 8

I'd expect Salisbury as well

It's interesting to see that the high flying Oxford City can only average a crowd of 236.

Getting back to us (and at the same time trying to pull together a few ideas from recent separate threads) I do think it'll be interesting to see come the end of April what our final average figure for the season will be.  With the Bid process trying to take the club forward I wonder what hope it has of succeeding if things continue on the pitch as has they have been since those far off heady days of August?  This week we've had the poor training facilities story from the manager to explain the recent run of bad form to add to his previous one we had about the players we've got being all we can afford. In the grand scheme of things Bath City is a small business and if it was, for example, a small petrol station, post office, corner shop, cinema etc it would probably have been closed down some time ago as being financially unviable. For me everything to do with a professional football club centres on what happens on the pitch.  If things are going well the crowd numbers (and the club's value) pick up and if they're not then they fall - simple.  

Turning to us, we've had a lifelong supporter everyone respects come on here this week to say that with the way things are on the pitch he'll be giving games a miss from now on and this is something that has happened whilst at the same time we've also got the 1000 crowd initiative trying to get itself up and running.  If the die-hards are giving up on the club what hope is there of attracting and then sustaining support from others currently outside the club? We've had other people commenting on the forum about how quiet the board has been recently and you do have to ask what they must make of the current situation.

Let's hope things improve tomorrow and the club starts to get some momentum back into its season.  But if not, what then?  We're are told that we get the manager for free and can't afford to pay anyone else who might need to be brought in to replace him.  If that's the case, I wonder if anyone from the current squad could step up to the mark and inject some fresh ideas into the team as surely there must be at least one of them who'd be up for it and I doubt it would make as much of a difference to the club's balance sheet as the decline in gate receipts will if the current situation is maintained and crowd support continues to dwindle away.

Sir Ged Roddy wrote:I'd expect Salisbury as well

Salisbury get less than us, ave 653

Twerton Parker wrote:It's interesting to see that the high flying Oxford City can only average a crowd of 236.

Getting back to us (and at the same time trying to pull together a few ideas from recent separate threads) I do think it'll be interesting to see come the end of April what our final average figure for the season will be.  With the Bid process trying to take the club forward I wonder what hope it has of succeeding if things continue on the pitch as has they have been since those far off heady days of August?  This week we've had the poor training facilities story from the manager to explain the recent run of bad form to add to his previous one we had about the players we've got being all we can afford.  In the grand scheme of things Bath City is a small business and if it was, for example, a small petrol station, post office, corner shop, cinema etc it would probably have been closed down some time ago as being financially unviable. For me everything to do with a professional football club centres on what happens on the pitch.  If things are going well the crowd numbers (and the club's value) pick up and if they're not then they fall - simple.  

Turning to us, we've had a lifelong supporter everyone respects come on here this week to say that with the way things are on the pitch he'll be giving games a miss from now on and this is something that has happened whilst at the same time we've also got the 1000 crowd initiative trying to get itself up and running.  If the die-hards are giving up on the club what hope is there of attracting and then sustaining support from others currently outside the club? We've had other people commenting on the forum about how quiet the board has been recently and you do have to ask what they must make of the current situation.

Let's hope things improve tomorrow and the club starts to get some momentum back into its season.  But if not, what then?  We're are told that we get the manager for free and can't afford to pay anyone else who might need to be brought in to replace him.  If that's the case, I wonder if anyone from the current squad could step up to the mark and inject some fresh ideas into the team as surely there must be at least one of them who'd be up for it and I doubt it would make as much of a difference to the club's balance sheet as the decline in gate receipts will if the current situation is maintained and crowd support continues to dwindle away.

A good posting TP. I just want to home in on your last point (highlighted). Many people have spoken about about our current team management costing the Club next to nothing, but whenever the gates fall below the level required to 'balance the books', as happens invariably when the Club has a bad run of results, this well worn statement is completely misleading. In this circumstance the team management is very expensive indeed! If we were to pay the 'going rate' for a manager who was capable of preventing these all too regular slides down the table, the Club would be financially better off. In addition, if he could introduce a more attractive, as well as successful, style of play, I venture to say that the crowd would increase to, and probably exceed, its former satisfactory level. And, before anyone asks the question, I do not imply any increase of the playing budget - just bringing some 'fresh blood' into these tired ol' Clubs veins.