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Your support makes all the difference.The FA Carling Premiership continues to attract more spectators, with figures released yesterday showing a 13.5 per cent increase on last season, while the average match attendances rose from 24,271 to 27,550.
This represents an increase of almost 30 per cent on the first year of the Premiership: 1992/93. The average attendance at 17 clubs showed an increase, with only Manchester United (due to building works), Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday showing a slight fall.
The Football League is predicting that the total attendance in their three divisions this season will rise to beyond the 11.2 million mark after this weekend's play-offs.
Five million more watched football in the four divisions last season than 10 years ago.
Premier League attendances
Club Total Average Average Difference
1995/96 1995/96 1994/95 (%)
Arsenal 713,797 37,568 35,330 +6.3
Aston Villa 619,660 32,614 29,756 +9.6
Blackburn 526,564 27,714 25,272 +9.7
Bolton 357,625 18,822 13,029 +44.5
Chelsea 483,854 25,466 21,057 +20.9
Coventry 351,637 18,507 15,980 +15.5
Everton 673,261 35,435 31,291 +13.2
Leeds 619,024 32,580 32,925 -1.0
Liverpool 751,501 39,553 34,176 +15.7
Man City 529,502 27,869 22,725 +22.6
Man Utd 792,291 41,700 43,681 -4.5
Middlesbrough 556,379 29,283 18,807 +55.7
Newcastle 693,625 36,307 34,690 +5.2
Nottm Forest 469,485 26,083 23,633 +10.4
QPR 320,885 16,044 14,613 +9.8
Sheffield Wed 472,665 24,877 26,572 -6.4
Southampton 281,568 14,819 14,685 +8.9
Tottenham 579,684 30,510 27,259 +11.9
West Ham 424,469 22,340 20,118 +11.0
Wimbledon 251,669 13,246 10,230 +29.5
27,550 24,271 +13.51
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