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English Premier League Attendance Up 1.5% Through Feb. 22
EPL clubs are averaging 34,616 fans per game through Feb. 22, up 1.5% from the same period a year ago. A portion of the gains can be attributed to the strong numbers for Newcastle, which returned to the EPL one year after being relegated to the lower level Championship League. Manchester United continues to lead all clubs with 75,008 fans per game at Old Trafford, flat compared to the same point last year. Fulham is seeing the best year-over-year gains, up 4.3%. Currently facing the prospect of relegation, West Ham United (-15.8%) and Wigan Athletic (-9.6%) are seeing the sharpest drop among EPL clubs. Listed below is club-by-club attendance for the EPL through Feb. 22, with comparisons to the same period a year ago (THE DAILY).
EPL ATTENDANCE THROUGH FEB. 22CLUB GMSTOTALAVG.% CAP.PREV.% +/-'09-10
GMSManchester United 141,050,11275,00899.0%74,8000.3%13Arsenal 13780,11760,00999.4%59,8790.2%14Newcastle* 13610,40246,95489.7%n/an/a13Manchester City 13602,06946,31397.1%45,2922.3%13Liverpool 14587,87441,99192.2%43,367-3.2%13Chelsea 12497,05241,42197.6%41,4380.0%13Sunderland 14550,91439,35180.3%39,912-1.4%12Aston Villa 13482,50837,11686.7%38,182-2.8%14Everton 12430,21235,85189.3%36,774-2.5%14Tottenham Hotspur 13465,38735,79998.8%35,7790.1%13West Ham United 13366,36628,18279.8%33,452-15.8%13Wolverhampton 13353,76927,21392.9%28,191-3.5%14Stoke City 13348,19226,78497.4%27,036-0.9%13Fulham 14349,84624,98998.1%23,9684.3%14Birmingham 14348,68424,90682.8%24,8450.2%13West Bromwich* 14340,15824,29791.7%n/an/a12Blackburn 14336,98024,07077.3%25,047-3.9%14Bolton 14310,38022,17078.9%21,8891.3%13Wigan Athletic 14227,19216,22864.6%17,948-9.6%13Blackpool* 13204,19115,70797.6%n/an/a13TOTALS 2679,242,40534,61689.6%34,1091.5%264NOTES: '09-10 attendance includes clubs Hull City, Burnley and Portsmouth, who were relegated after last season. * = Played in lower level Championship League last year.
