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EPL Clubs See Home Attendance Up 4% In '12-13, While SPL Gate Drops 28%

Premier League attendances for '12-13 "have shown an increase of nearly 4% on the previous season," according to the BBC. The average attendance for a game in England's top flight was 35,975, up from 34,601 in '11-12. The official figures "show crowds have fluctuated across Europe, with Barcelona's average gate down by more than 9,000, an 11% drop." Attendances at Inter Milan have fallen by more than 3,000, but new German champions Bayern Munich have seen an average increase of around 2,000. The Scottish Premier League's average attendance fell by 28%, from 13,855 to 10,020, although that figure "was skewed by the liquidation of Rangers, which reformed in the Scottish Third Division." Celtic was one of six SPL clubs whose attendance fell last season, with average crowds dropping from 50,904 to 46,917 (BBC, 5/20).

'12-13 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE ATTENDANCE
HOME TEAM
GMS
TOTAL
AVG.
% CAP.
PREV.
% +/-
GMS ('11-12)
Manchester United
19
1,435,063
75,530
99.7%
75,387
0.2%
19
Arsenal
19
1,141,507
60,079
99.5%
60,000
0.1%
19
Newcastle
19
959,826
50,517
96.4%
49,936
1.2%
19
Manchester City
19
892,506
46,974
99.1%
47,045
-0.2%
19
Liverpool
19
850,224
44,749
98.8%
44,253
1.1%
19
Chelsea
19
787,786
41,462
99.2%
41,478
0.0%
19
Sunderland
19
770,344
40,544
83.2%
39,095
3.7%
19
Everton
19
690,763
36,356
91.9%
33,228
9.4%
19
Tottenham Hotspur
19
685,266
36,067
99.4%
36,026
0.1%
19
Aston Villa
19
666,135
35,060
81.9%
33,873
3.5%
19
West Ham United*
19
659,677
34,720
99.2%
n/a
n/a
n/a
Southampton*
19
586,602
30,874
94.4%
n/a
n/a
n/a
Stoke City
19
511,337
26,912
97.0%
27,226
-1.2%
19
Norwich City
19
506,762
26,672
98.0%
26,606
0.2%
19
Fulham
19
482,492
25,394
98.8%
25,293
0.4%
19
West Bromwich
19
481,838
25,360
95.9%
24,798
2.3%
19
Reading*
19
453,378
23,862
98.6%
n/a
n/a
n/a
Swansea City
19
387,037
20,370
98.2%
19,946
2.1%
19
Wigan Athletic
19
367,827
19,359
77.0%
18,634
3.9%
19
Queens Park Rangers
19
337,808
17,779
96.4%
17,295
2.8%
19
EPL TOTALS
380
13,654,178
35,932
95.1%
34,601
3.8%
380
 

NOTES: * = Played in lower level Football League Championship last season, so no comparison made. Clubs that were relegated following the '11-12 season were Blackburn, Bolton and Wolverhampton, whose statistics are included in the '11-12 EPL figures. QPR, Reading and Wigan Athletic will be relegated for the '13-14 season.

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