League attendances reach 50-year high

LEAGUE: Attendances in the Football League reached a 50-year high last season of more than 17 million fans through the turnstiles.

The Championship kept its place as the league with the fourth-highest attendance in Europe with more than 9.9 million fans, up 0.3% to an average of 17,949 fans per match.

Only Germany’s Bundesliga (13.1 million), the Premier League (12.9 million) and Spain’s La Liga (11 million) have higher attendances, and the Championship still outstrips Italy’s Serie A (9.1 million) and France’s Ligue 1 (7.6 million).