Some attendance stats for the season

[nickpom]

Cambridge United attendance stats for 2014/15:

Home League average 5,108
Total home League attendance 117,474
Highest home League attendance 7,109 v Burton Albion, May 2nd
Lowest home League attendance 3,152 v Morecambe, August 23rd
Average number of visitors 623
Highest number of visitors 2,003 v Luton Tn, September 20th
Lowest number of visitors 59 v Accrington Stanley, April 11th

Cambridge ranked 8th in terms of home attendances, just behind Tranmere R - 5,140 - and well in front of ninth ranked Northampton Tn - 4,599.
Top ranked were Portsmouth - 17,558, and bottom were Accrington - 1,478. The average attendance in the division was 4,677 and total attendance 2,581,521, up 343 and 189,312 respectively on League 2 2013/14.

This was Cambridge United's highest ever average attendance in the bottom division, beating the 5,045 recorded in 1970/71.

Our average travelling following for League games was 504, with the largest following being the 1,624 at Stevenage on December 28th and the smallest being the 105 at Exeter City on Tuesday 10th February.

Our largest home attendance of the season in any competition was the 7,987 v Manchester United for the FA Cup 4th Round on January 23rd, and our lowest home attendance in any competition the 2,870 v Fleetwood in the First Round.

[nickurfe]

Accoring to ESPN, the club with the lowest average league attendance was not Morecambe, but Accrington with 1,478.

I thought it had to be Accrington, and I think that club deserves a lot of praise for surviving in League Two for as long as they have on their gates.

[nickpom]

Aargh!! You are right - I had typed in the attendance at their last game as 13351 instead of 1351!
All corrected now...

[Denton]

Accrington were bottom with 1478 which puts them level with Vanarama side Halifax

[Russ Greaves]

If these figures are correct (the ones in the link, not Nick's), we achieved a higher average attendance than 10 League One clubs: www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-league-one-2014-2015/1/

[Jerry1971]

Thanks Nick, very interesting read as always and one of the highlights of this season has been the support, without a doubt.

They key now, is to build on it. Unless we are winning, I can see a drop coming.

[fatboyron]

Any ideas what attendance we budgeted for this season? Like Jerry I suspect that first season bounce is over - if I'd forked out for a 12 game ticket for the Man Utd game I'd be less than happy with the dross I'd been served the second half of the season

[Jerry1971]

I seem to recall something in the region of 3,800 to 4,000 being discussed at the start of the season, and definitely recall Dickie getting very moody after an early game with a very poor crowd (Morecambe I think) stating that he was very disappointed with the attendance.

[bitesthedust]

May 4, 2015 12:23:58 GMT Jerry1971 said:

I seem to recall something in the region of 3,800 to 4,000 being discussed at the start of the season, and definitely recall Dickie getting very moody after an early game with a very poor crowd (Morecambe I think) stating that he was very disappointed with the attendance.

I'd have to check which one it was exactly, but in one of his programme notes shortly after Morecambe he directly asked why the supporters were not attending, and claimed we should be averaging 5,000 in this league. Words to that effect.

[charliecufc]

I seem to recall our average being 4,800ish before the Man U game, so perhaps the final figure isn't as inflated as some people make out. Impressive stuff.

[nickpom]

May 4, 2015 12:56:52 GMT charliecufc said:

I seem to recall our average being 4,800ish before the Man U game, so perhaps the final figure isn't as inflated as some people make out. Impressive stuff.

Our average home attendance for home fans (so not including visitors) was 4,159 for the 11 matches before Newport game, and 4,782 for the twelve matches after the Man U game, an increase of 623.

Our home attendances really ticked up for the Northampton and Shrewsbury games - before them we were averaging 3,675 (excluding the 1,000 Hartlepool freebies) and those two matches averaged 4,780. I have no idea why people suddenly became interested at that point...

[Matt Phillips]

How do all these compare to last season?

[nickpom]

Up hugely - we averaged 3,085 supporters (2,815 home, 270 visitors) last season.

That's up 2,023 (up 1,370 home fans and 353 visitors), so our home gate is up nearly 50% and visiting supporters have more than doubled.

We are actually (just) a top third team in League Two in terms of fans; hopefully that pulls through into the playing budget as well for next season.

[Russ Greaves]

Stole that stat, Nick, and the club have now shared it with the world:

[fatboyron]

May 4, 2015 12:23:58 GMT Jerry1971 said:

I seem to recall something in the region of 3,800 to 4,000 being discussed at the start of the season, and definitely recall Dickie getting very moody after an early game with a very poor crowd (Morecambe I think) stating that he was very disappointed with the attendance.

Cracking stuff - I noted the "heated debate" on the infrastructure / playing budget issue after the Man Utd game. Hopefully we can use the attendance money to underwrite the sustainable development of the club.