EPL Attendance Up 4% To Date; Everton Leads Gains With 11% Increase At Home

EPL clubs are averaging 35,713 fans per game through Feb. 26, up 4% compared to the same point last season. Everton, which currently sits sixth in the standings, is seeing the league's biggest jump at the gate (+11%). Wigan Athletic, Queens Park Rangers and Sunderland are also seeing strong gains this season to date. Despite Wigan's gains, the club is the only EPL club with home capacity under 75%. Aston Villa, which is currently facing relegation next season, is seeing the sharpest drop among EPL clubs (-2%). Listed below is club-by-club attendance for the EPL to date, with comparisons to the same period last season (THE DAILY).

EPL ATTENDANCE THROUGH FEB. 26
CLUB	GMS	TOTAL	AVG.	% CAP.	PREV.	% +/-	'11-12 GMS
ManU	13	981,708	75,516	99.7%	75,348	0.2%	13
Arsenal	14	841,078	60,077	99.5%	59,945	0.2%	12
Newcastle	14	700,210	50,015	95.4%	48,924	2.2%	12
Manchester City	13	610,805	46,985	99.1%	47,043	-0.1%	12
Liverpool	14	625,660	44,690	98.7%	44,811	-0.3%	12
Chelsea	13	537,940	41,380	99.0%	41,641	-0.6%	12
Sunderland	13	523,913	40,301	82.7%	38,461	4.8%	13
Everton	13	476,099	36,623	92.6%	33,101	10.6%	13
Tottenham Hotspur	13	467,818	35,986	99.2%	36,072	-0.2%	13
West Ham United*	14	485,534	34,681	99.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Aston Villa	13	435,760	33,520	78.3%	34,273	-2.2%	13
Southampton*	13	395,551	30,427	93.1%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Stoke City	13	349,193	26,861	96.8%	27,233	-1.4%	12
Norwich City	14	373,464	26,676	98.0%	26,434	0.9%	12
Fulham	14	356,944	25,496	99.2%	25,237	1.0%	13
West Bromwich	14	352,996	25,214	95.3%	24,558	2.7%	12
Reading*	14	334,782	23,913	98.8%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Swansea City	13	264,277	20,329	98.0%	19,930	2.0%	13
Wigan Athletic	13	243,061	18,697	74.4%	17,582	6.3%	12
Queens Park Rangers	14	250,124	17,866	96.9%	16,967	5.3%	12
TOTALS	269	9,606,917	35,713	94.7%	34,318	4.1%	267

NOTES: EPL average for last season includes Blackburn, Bolton and Wolverhampton, who were relegated. * = Played in lower level Championship League last year.