Attendance for the "three fixtures of the holiday period" for the Premier League averaged more than 95% of stadium capacity for the matches Dec. 26, 28-29 and Jan. 1. Of a "total of 1,147,696 available seats in stadia, just 30,802 seats were unfilled," according to Paul Nicholson of INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL. Of the "so-called big clubs" Arsenal, ManU and Man City, all "filled over 99% of their capacity." Chelsea, Liverpool, Fulham, Newcastle, Norwich and Tottenham Hotspur also filled more than 98% of capacity at their stadiums. Of the three rounds of fixtures, Boxing Day was the "most difficult day on which to buy a ticket for a Premier League match." For most Premier League clubs, "there was no room at the Inn over the Christmas period" (INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL, 1/2).
Attendance At Premier League Matches During Holiday Period
|
| CLUB |
CAPACITY
|
12/26
ATTENDANCE
|
12/28 AND 12/29
ATTENDANCE
|
1/1
ATTENDANCE
|
| Cardiff |
28,000 |
27,929 |
27,247 |
0 |
| Man City |
47,726 |
47,351 |
47,107 |
0 |
| Norwich City |
27,260 |
26,811 |
26,851 |
0 |
| Newcastle |
52,387 |
51,665 |
52,161 |
0 |
Hull City
|
25,586 |
24,829 |
23,925 |
0 |
| Tottenham |
36,310 |
35,545 |
36,072 |
0 |
| Chelsea |
42,055 |
41,111 |
41,614 |
0 |
| Everton |
40,158 |
39,193 |
39,092 |
0 |
| West Ham |
35,303 |
34,077 |
34,946 |
0 |
| Aston Villa |
42,788 |
37,752 |
37,028 |
0 |
Arsenal
|
60,335 |
0 |
0 |
60,004 |
| Crystal Palace |
26,309 |
0 |
0 |
25,189 |
Fulham
|
25,700 |
0 |
0 |
25,335 |
Liverpool
|
45,522 |
0 |
0 |
44,627 |
| ManU |
75,957 |
0 |
0 |
75,265
|
Southampton
|
32,689 |
0 |
0 |
31,271 |
| Stoke City |
28,383 |
0 |
0 |
25,832 |
| Sunderland |
49,000 |
0
|
0
|
39,757 |
| Swansea |
20,632 |
0 |
0 |
20,498 |
West Bromwich
|
28,003 |
0 |
0 |
26,430 |
