Monday 7 February 2011

LEAGUE ATTENDANCE STATISTICS - 2010/11 SEASON SO FAR

Ryman Division One (North) 
                            Low  High  Avg  Avg 09/10  
1 AFC Sudbury               230   512  296  200 *                   
2 Grays Athletic            188   427  248  689 #       
3 Harlow Town                74   311  226  158        
4 Enfield Town              152   309  218  213        
5 Needham Market            169   266  205  200 +        
6 Cheshunt                  102   199  143  162        
7 East Thurrock United       92   193  134  132        
8 Heybridge Swifts           96   183  134  125        
9 Brentwood Town             65   223  111   86        
10 Wingate & Finchley        56   166  106   91        
11 Romford                   65   174  105  101        
12 Tilbury                   50   450  105   75        
13 Ware                      57   178   99  123        
14 Redbridge                 30   211   95   61        
15 Great Wakering Rovers     62   149   94  104        
16 Maldon & Tiptree          41   167   87   82        
17 Potters Bar Town          41   161   81   67        
18 Waltham Abbey             31   147   78  144 $
19 Ilford                    41   138   67   64        
20 Leyton                    22   148   64   53        
21 Thamesmead Town           32    92   57   61        
22 Waltham Forest            35    91   57   52        

* denotes Zamaretto Midlands Division 
# denotes Blue Square Premier
+ denotes Eastern Counties League 
$ denotes Ryman Premier Division 

The above are attendance figures for the Ryman North Season so far. Despite most of the crowd figures still being on the low side it's encouraging to see 15 of the 22 clubs average attendances increasing. Naturally Grays Athletic have suffered the biggest decrease as they have come down from the Blue Square Premier with Waltham Abbey going from an average of 144 in the Premier Division to just 78 in Division One (North). The figures from Capershotts underline how important promotion to the Premier Division is for club's finances in a league that has many clubs who take very little away support with them.

Town's figure of 218 is better than last season's average total of 213 but still down on the crowds that attended Goldsdown Road a few seasons ago. Two of Town's local rivals averages have decreased - Ware last year averaged 123 but this year are down 99 and Cheshunt are down from 162 to 143.

Ten of the 22 clubs* have averages in double figures with Thamesmead Town and Waltham Forest not getting three figure crowds at home as of yet.
* inc Leyton

Enfield Town are one of the five club's who average over 200 which is positive as only Town and champions Lowestoft averaged over 200 last season. The season prior (2008/09)  it was only Enfield Town who posted over a 200 average with a figure of 216.

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