PL attendances hit 250 million
The landmark has been hailed by the league’s chief executive, Richard Scudamore, with attendances swelling more than 50% compared to 1992-93, first season of the revamped league.
Scudamore also said crowds were now more diverse and family-friendly.
He said: “Having 250 million fans come into Premier League grounds is a terrific landmark. The Premier League is now the most watched and supported football league in the world and what people see is great football played in fantastic stadia packed full of vibrant, passionate fans.
“We have grown from nine million supporters in the 92/93 season through to 13 million-plus in each of the last four seasons, and this campaign our grounds are currently 95% full.
“The audience for Premier League football has never been more diverse: 23% of attending fans are female, 11% are black or ethnic minority and 13% of season-ticket holders are children.”
Average attendances in 1992-23 were 21,131, and for this season so far are 35,767, only slightly below the record season of 2007-08. Ahead of last night’s two games, 249,949,825 fans witnessed 3,215 players in 7,975 games, scoring a total of 20,955 goals.
Manchester United account for nearly 10% of the total fans (24.4m) ahead of Arsenal (17.1m) Liverpool (16.5m), Newcastle (15.9m) and Chelsea (13.7m).
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