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).

Football League chairman Greg Clarke said: “Attracting more than 17 million fans into their grounds is an outstanding achievement by Football League clubs, particularly in the current economic climate.

“Our clubs are focused on attracting a new, family audience to football and those efforts are clearly working.”