A little comparison -
The average attendance in the Irish League this season is 1,659
Lingfield - 3684
Glentoran - 2,545
Coleraine - 2,529
Larne - 1,988
Cliftonville - 1,913
Crusaders - 1,580
Ballymena - 1,398
Glenavon - 1,083
Newry - 926
Loughall - 792
Dungannon - 714
Carrick Rangers - 690
The average attendance across the National League in England is about 2,700 - although this is distorted by 3 clubs - Chesterfield with 7,683, Oldham with 6,897 and Southend with 6,323. Lowest - Oxford City 970
The average attendance in League 2 is 6,100 - with about half above and have below - highest is Bradford with about 16,000 and the clubs in the 3,000-6,000 range include (lower to higher) Colchester - Newport - Crewe - Grimsby - Gillingham - Tranmere.
Average attendance across League 1 is 9,500 - with the highest at Derby (26,500) and the lowest at Burton Albion (3,300) and Fleetwood (3,500)
Lowest attendance in the Championship is Rotherham (10,700) - and in the PL both Bournemouth and Luton at 11,000
In the Scottish PL the average is 16,000 - but only 5 clubs get above this - Celtic Rangers, Hibs, Hearts and Aberdeen - the average of the remaining 7 clubs is 5,350 - and all of these clubs get attendances boosted by playing Celtic and Rangers. Lowest is Livingston at 3,500
The average in the Scottish Championship is 3,400 - Dundee 8,000 - Queens Park 1,660
1,100 in SL1
and 570 in SL2
There are big variations across highest average to lowest across the premier leagues in most European countries
Austria - highest - Rapid Wien 16,700 - lowest - WGS Tirol 2000
Belgium - Club Brugge 21,000 - KAS Eupen 3,150
Croatia - Hajduk Split 22,000 - Slaven Belupo 1,100 (a majority of the Croatian clubs get less that 3,000)
Czech Rep - Slavia Prague 17,600 - Jablonek 2,600
Denmark - Copenhagen 26,600 - Hvidovre 4,100
Greece - AEK 24,400 - Kifisias 546 (Morgan Schneiderlin, formerly of Southampton, Man U and Everton, plays for Kifisias)
Holland - Ajax 48,000 - Almere 4,100 (Excelsior get a fraction higher)
Hungary - Ferencvaros 9,800 - Puskas 1,850
Poland - Legia Warsaw 24,500 - Puszcza Niepo?omice 2,800
Portugal - Benefica 58,000 - Arouca 1,860 (12 of the 18 teams in the Portuguese PL get less than 5,000)
Romania - FCSB 14,500 - Voluntari 1,100
Slovakia - average attendance across the league is 2,400 and only one club get over 5,000 (DAC 5,465)
Slovenia - Maribor 3,200 - Radomije 380
Switzerland - Young Boys 28,000 - Lausanne-Ouchy 2,500
Turkey - Galatasary 41,000 - Fatih Karagümrük 810 (six teams get less than 3,000)
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