The Championship gets better crowds than Serie A

[Nick Bateman]

Last season's figures showed The Championship gets bigger attendances than Serie A.  I didn't check the stats but accept the media reports.  Whether they were counting that The Championship has an extra 4 teams I don't know, but it does show at least, that despite being relegated Fulham are still in the "big time".

Only The Premier League, Bundeslege and Spanish League had larger attendances.

[Still believe]

 If that's true I'd expect it to have more to do with the new fan identity card system, trouble at games & current political/economic climate.  Let's not kid ourselves, games in the Championship are not as good as Serie A.

[cmg]

Ave. attendance 2013/4 Championship          17,765
Ave. attendance 2013/4 Serie A                   22,297

[Scrumpy]

Sadly, this is simply not true, as this link demonstrates.....

http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm

An average crowd of 16k+ is still decent, but is less than Italy, French and Dutch top divisions.

And Germany.

And Spain.

And the Premier League.

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[BigbadBillyMcKinley]

Average of the premiership will drop now the HAHAs are there.

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[cmg]

Sadly, this is simply not true, as this link demonstrates.....

http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm

An average crowd of 16k+ is still decent, but is less than Italy, French and Dutch top divisions.

And Germany.

And Spain.

And the Premier League.

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Of course it's not true. But if you don't "check the stats but accept the media reports" it doesn't really matter, does it!   :Happy New Year 2:

[JBH]

Of course its not true the thread was started by Nick Bateman

THIS POST WAS EDITED DUE TO OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE

[cmg]

The weather forecast I listened to this morning promised dry weather all day. Naturally I didn't see the need to check this by looking out of the window. I was halfway to work when I realised I was soaking wet. Can anyone explain this phenomenon?

[JBH]

The weather forecast I listened to this morning promised dry weather all day. Naturally I didn't see the need to check this by looking out of the window. I was halfway to work when I realised I was soaking wet. Can anyone explain this phenomenon?

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[HatterDon]

I'm always surprised to see attendance statistics for SerieA. Every time I see highlights, 75% of the seats are empty. I'm wondering if attendance is based on tickets purchased rather than people through the turnstiles.

[King_Crud]

I'm always surprised to see attendance statistics for SerieA. Every time I see highlights, 75% of the seats are empty. I'm wondering if attendance is based on tickets purchased rather than people through the turnstiles.

includes the riot police

[Nick Bateman]

Here are the details which I had no time to research.  http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2010/05/english-championship-crowds-above-serie-a-and-ligue-1/.  You may find other sources.

Appears to be overall attendances rather than mean average.  As for JBH's abuse, it has been reported and I hope you get 'sorted' out by the mods!!