WAS NON-LEAGUE DAY A SUCCESS FOR THE RYMAN PREMIER?

Were the crowds up or down on Non-League Day for the clubs in the Ryman Premier? The below will tell us...

CLUB	LAST SAT CROWD	NON-LEAGUE DAY	+/-
AFC HORNCHURCH	210	328	118
BILLERICAY TOWN	261	409	148
BURY TOWN	356	737	381
CANVEY ISLAND	368	461	93
CRAY WANDERERS	147	201	54
HAMPTON & RICHMOND	345	769	424
HARROW BOROUGH	452*	313	-139
KINGSTONIAN	261	394	133
LEWES	532	798	266
LOWESTOFT TOWN	532	585	53
MARGATE	303	491	188
THAMESMEAD TOWN	94*	64	-30
TOTAL	-	-	1,689

A total of 1,689 more people attended with only Harrow Borough and Thamesmead Town posting lower crowds than there last Saturday home games. In Harrow's case they dropped 139 as their last game was the local derby versus Wealdstone who brought a large following which distorts the figures somewhat. If you take the 211 they got versus Billericay on the opening Saturday of the season they gained 102 people.

Wingate's genius flag on display at Bayliss Avenue on Saturday.
Photo courtesy of Steve Alison

Thamesmead's 94 gate was against Margate so the 64 they posted versus Wingate and Finchley was always to be expected as the two clubs are unfortunately ones who don't seem to attract many spectators. The usual small band of loyal Wingate fans were present as you can see from the picture.

To get over 1,500 more people through Ryman League turnstiles is brilliant and shows how much of a success the Non-League Day is for clubs outside of the football league. Let's hope some of them return later on in the season.