Thursday 27 September 2018

UK League One Attendances : 2016-18 (By Club)

Any RL follower will tell you that the competitions in the UK change like the wind. Earlier data I presented here showed just the regular season but not the playoffs. This year the season went for longer, so I went back and added the Super 8's, Shield matches matches to add a more even number of fixtures for each year. Therefore there is a difference with the data here and that from before that I have provided but that is the reason.

Teams come and go with promotion / relegation so attendance figures can vary. There is also variances with the number of teams at times too. 2019 looks like it may see a reduction it that area. So what about the past three years?

Toulouse (France) was the highest attended club in 2015 but they were then promoted. Toronto (Canada) arrived in 2017 and were miles ahead of the rest, giving the average a real boost. They were in turn promoted and in came Bradford and they helped 2018 along. They are going up so 2019 should see a slump in averages. They also provide a sizable travelling support for away games too.

In terms of progress, York had 600 in 2016, 1,100 for 2017 and 1,625 this season. They too will be promoted, however. It's nice to see a club moving up with sustained growth. Total averages have gone 549, 936 and 864. South Wales moved and became West Wales in 2018.

LEAGUE ONE

2018 2017 2016
1 Bradford 3,574 Toronto 6,960 Toulouse 1,476
2 York 1,624 York 1,092 Barrow 952
3 Newcastle 991 Newcastle 900 Newcastle 847
4 Doncaster 830 Barrow 889 Doncaster 614
5 Workington 782 Keighley 808 Keighley 592
6 Keighley 781 Whitehaven 673 York 592
7 Whitehaven 752 Workington 654 Rochdale 518
8 Hunslet 616 Doncaster 562 Coventry 466
9 Oldham 505 London Skol 453 Hunslet 451
10 Coventry 387 Hunslet 413 London Skol 431
11 London Skol 381 Coventry 366 North Wales 430
12 North Wales 374 North Wales 342 South Wales 294
13 West Wales 318 South Wales 229 Hemel 180
14 Hemel 177 Gloucester 212 Oxford 163
15
Oxford 136 Gloucester 134
16
Hemel 118

Matches 182 Matches 176 Matches 154
Total 157,191 Total 164,662 Total 84,581
Avg 864 Avg 936 Avg 549


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