" 4,000 FANS TO READING IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE "

to Reading fans as you may think.

Well actually of course it is, however , if you look at the Football League stats for last season , the Majeski catered for the highest number of away fans per match in the Championship last season, coming in at 1,750 compared to 774 at Cardiff.


I guess this table actually illistrates how good our home support is, outstripping Forest and the like who are percieved bigger clubs.



- - Football League Average 741
- - Championship Average 1,234
- - League 1 Average 630
- - League 2 Average 360
Rank Div Rank Club Division Season 2010/11
1 1 Reading Championship 1,750
2 2 Nottingham Forest Championship 1 ,697
3 3 Crystal Palace Championship 1 ,641
4 4 Sheffield United Championship 1 ,628
5 5 Coventry City Championship 1 ,590
6 6 Queens Park Rangers Championship 1 ,565
7 7 Leeds United Championship 1 ,497
8 8 Barnsley Championship 1 ,442
9 9 Derby County Championship 1 ,387
10 10 Preston North End Championship 1 ,357
11 11 Watford Championship 1 ,331
12 12 Leicester City Championship 1 ,269
13 13 Portsmouth Championship 1 ,263
14 14 Scunthorpe United Championship 1 ,216
15 15 Doncaster Rovers Championship 1 ,200
16 16 Bristol City Championship 1 ,091
17 17 Millwall Championship 1 ,084
18 18 Hull City Championship 1 ,009
19 1 Charlton Athletic League 1 9 57
20 2 Notts County League 1 9 20
21 19 Burnley Championship 9 14
22 3 Milton Keynes Dons League 1 8 80
23 4 Sheffield Wednesday League 1 8 67
24 5 Leyton Orient League 1 8 15
25 6 Southampton League 1 8 15
26 20 Norwich City Championship 8 11
27 21 Cardiff City Championship 7 74
28 7 Rochdale League 1 7 60
29 8 Brentford League 1 7 38
30 22 Swansea City Championship 7 34
31 9 Walsall League 1 7 30
32 23 Ipswich Town Championship 6 90
33 10 AFC Bournemouth League 1 6 83
34 24 Middlesbrough Championship 6 82
35 11 Yeovil Town League 1 6 78
36 12 Swindon Town League 1 6 64
37 13 Dagenham & Redbridge League 1 6 57
38 14 Peterborough United League 1 6 42
39 1 Chesterfield League 2 6 01
40 15 Huddersfield Town League 1 5 97
Source: http://www.football-league.co.uk
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This table shows the highest individual travelling support

FOOTBALL LEAGUE ATTENDANCE REPORT - SEASON 2010/11
HIGHEST NUMBER OF TRAVELLING FANS
- - Division - Season 2010/11
- - Football League Average 6 ,763
- - Championship Average 6 ,763
- - League 1 Average 4,160
- - League 2 Average 2,364
Rank Div Rank Club Division Season 2010/11
1 1 Leeds United Championship 6 ,763
2 2 Burnley Championship 5 ,497
3 3 Millwall Championship 4 ,895
4 4 Derby County Championship 4 ,282
5 5 Nottingham Forest Championship 4 ,196
6 1 Sheffield Wednesday League 1 4 ,160
7 2 Huddersfield Town League 1 4 ,152
8 6 Portsmouth Championship 4 ,027
9 7 Leicester City Championship 3 ,818
10 8 Hull City Championship 3 ,431
11 3 Southampton League 1 3 ,380
12 4 Brighton & Hove Albion League 1 3 ,379
13 9 Cardiff City Championship 3 ,344
14 10 Queens Park Rangers Championship 3 ,342
15 5 AFC Bournemouth League 1 3 ,161
16 11 Norwich City Championship 3 ,131
17 6 Oldham Athletic League 1 3 ,117
18 12 Crystal Palace Championship 2 ,974
19 13 Reading Championship 2 ,803
20 14 Barnsley Championship 2 ,624
21 15 Doncaster Rovers Championship 2 ,543
22 16 Middlesbrough Championship 2 ,541
23 17 Ipswich Town Championship 2 ,501
24 1 Port Vale League 2 2 ,364
25 18 Sheffield United Championship 2 ,361
26 7 Carlisle United League 1 2 ,287
27 2 Oxford United League 2 2 ,253
28 19 Bristol City Championship 2 ,209
29 20 Swansea City Championship 2 ,199
30 8 Exeter City League 1 2 ,152
31 3 Rotherham United League 2 2 ,063
32 4 Bury League 2 1 ,919
33 9 Rochdale League 1 1 ,913
34 5 Wycombe Wanderers League 2 1 ,813
35 21 Watford Championship 1 ,798
36 10 Bristol Rovers League 1 1 ,727
37 22 Coventry City Championship 1 ,721
38 6 Stockport County League 2 1 ,687
39 11 Peterborough United League 1 1 ,664
40 12 Walsall League 1 1 ,660
Source: wwwIi

This last table is very interesting and shows the average away support, club-by-club and we come out 7th, which is pretty good considering our Geographical location and restrictions.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE ATTENDANCE REPORT - SEASON 2010/11
AVERAGE NUMBER OF TRAVELLING FANS
- - Division - Season 2010/11
- - Football League Average 7 41
- - Championship Average 1 ,234
- - League 1 Average 6 30
- - League 2 Average 3 60
Rank Div Rank Club Division Season 2010/11
1 1 Leeds United Championship 3 ,484
2 2 Nottingham Forest Championship 2 ,035
3 3 Norwich City Championship 1 ,926
4 4 Leicester City Championship 1 ,876
5 1 Sheffield Wednesday League 1 1 ,722
6 5 Queens Park Rangers Championship 1 ,510
7 6 Cardiff City Championship 1 ,501
8 2 Southampton League 1 1 ,487
9 3 Brighton & Hove Albion League 1 1 ,396
10 4 Huddersfield Town League 1 1 ,310
11 7 Burnley Championship 1 ,293
12 8 Hull City Championship 1 ,264
13 9 Derby County Championship 1 ,256
14 10 Millwall Championship 1 ,201
15 11 Portsmouth Championship 1 ,165
16 12 Crystal Palace Championship 1 ,157
17 13 Ipswich Town Championship 1 ,084
18 14 Middlesbrough Championship 1 ,064
19 15 Sheffield United Championship 9 78
20 16 Swansea City Championship 9 23
21 17 Doncaster Rovers Championship 9 20
22 1 Port Vale League 2 8 86
23 18 Reading Championship 8 49
24 19 Barnsley Championship 8 13
25 20 Coventry City Championship 8 09
26 21 Watford Championship 8 06
27 5 AFC Bournemouth League 1 7 65
28 22 Bristol City Championship 6 82
29 2 Oxford United League 2 6 79
30 6 Charlton Athletic League 1 6 77
31 7 Peterborough United League 1 6 53
32 8 Exeter City League 1 6 40
33 9 Plymouth Argyle League 1 6 37
34 3 Chesterfield League 2 6 31
35 10 Bristol Rovers League 1 6 15
36 11 Oldham Athletic League 1 5 70
37 23 Preston North End Championship 5 49
38 12 Swindon Town League 1 5 08
39 4 Shrewsbury Town League 2 5 01
40 5 Bury League 2 4 86
Source: http://www.football-league.co.uk

Joff,this to me already looks like an interesting post.



Well actually of course it is, however , if you look at the Football League stats for last season , the Majeski catered for the highest number of away fans per match in the Championship last season, coming in at 1,750 compared to 774 at Cardiff.

Very interesting!

Although a Reading fan, I don't think it's a sign of how well we actually cater for the away fan - although I'd guess not bad - but more to do with the excellent geographical position that we find ourselves, and the fantastic train connections there are: to London, to south coast, to south-west, Wales and to Birmingham.

I'm much more concerned with our own away travel - pretty modest to be honest, and even Port Vale in Leahue 2 take more fans away than we do! I can't really understand it, because we're supposedly in an affluent area of the country too.
We've treated this theme on "Royals Rendezvous", with more stats, but we haven't come up with obvious answers!

http://royalsrendezvous.co.uk/topic/9183526/1

Not bad for us as an away support either, when you take into account of all the restrictions and the lack of 3pm saturday kick offs!

Very interesting!

Although a Reading fan, I don't think it's a sign of how well we actually cater for the away fan - although I'd guess not bad - but more to do with the excellent geographical position that we find ourselves, and the fantastic train connections there are: to London, to south coast, to south-west, Wales and to Birmingham.

I'm much more concerned with our own away travel - pretty modest to be honest, and even Port Vale in Leahue 2 take more fans away than we do! I can't really understand it, because we're supposedly in an affluent area of the country too.
We've treated this theme on "Royals Rendezvous", with more stats, but we haven't come up with obvious answers!

http://royalsrendezvous.co.uk/topic/9183526/1

Look at it this way, Reading supporters don't like putting cash into the pockets of rival Championship clubs

I remember the days when we'd take 4,000 to Edgar St in Div 4!

Those are only the Dafydds come lately, in the olden days, well we know. If all the boys in jail or banned could attend, be a few more..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSl0w5Cqj-Y

Any banks in Reading

I remember the days when we'd take 4,000 to Edgar St in Div 4!

This is exactly what I was saying the other day, 4000, wow! No great shakes at all.
Must be the new breeds getting weirdly excited, you never know there might even be one of those atmosphere thingy's....mad eh??

4,000 to Hereford? I have been there many times and I cant remember us taking 4 k in division 4 ?

Granted we look large support, but I dont think we ever took as much as 4,000.

I remember taking 8000 to brentford in div 4 on boxing day we couldn't al fit in the ground outnumbered home fans 2 to 1. That's impressive!

double vision glasses are about i think. 2000 to hereford, 5 or 6 to brentford. still back then that was about half our home crowds so it was good. we dont take 10,000 places now do we? could we even?

i'm surprised with some of the clubs stats regarding away support. didn't think there support was that good. hard to believe when most clubs bring only a few hundred to our place.
i think our away support could be slightly better at times number wise but when you've been in this division for so long not many people want to dot he same away trips year in year out. we still make good noise when we go away. cant think of many teams that are louder than us tbh.

apparantly WHU are taking 6,200 to Coventry tomorrow .... and no Im not Daya in disguise

4,000 to Hereford? I have been there many times and I cant remember us taking 4 k in division 4 ?

Granted we look large support, but I dont think we ever took as much as 4,000.

We had a massive support at Hereford in February 92 - We had the whole end behind the the goal and best part of that little terrace running along the side of the pitch as weel as the seats above.....at least 4000 there in my opinion though the gates were stormed which led to the Hereford fans running across the pitch to the end opposite the goal!

We took 3000 to York the following season and over 4000 to Wrexham not forgetting 5000+ that travelled to Scunthorpe now that is impressive in Dungeon standards.

I'm plain jealous!
Reading's average away support per game last season was just 849 ...

4,000 to Hereford? I have been there many times and I cant remember us taking 4 k in division 4 ?

Granted we look large support, but I dont think we ever took as much as 4,000.

We had a massive support at Hereford in February 92 - We had the whole end behind the the goal and best part of that little terrace running along the side of the pitch as weel as the seats above.....at least 4000 there in my opinion though the gates were stormed which led to the Hereford fans running across the pitch to the end opposite the goal!

We took 3000 to York the following season and over 4000 to Wrexham not forgetting 5000+ that travelled to Scunthorpe now that is impressive in Dungeon standards.

That game at Hereford in 92 was the match i was referring too. Eddie Newton played for us that day. 2all draw i think.