Best Attended UK Clubs : 1981 - 2024 (5th & 6th Bradford & Warrington)

The series "Best Attended UK Clubs : 1981 - 2024" looks at which clubs have the highest attendances but also the evolution that has occurred over the period. A club must have been in the top flight for at least half of the seasons and featured in each decade to be considered. We continue with the Bradford Bulls from Yorkshire and the Warrington Wolves from Lancashire.

5) Bradford Bulls. Average 8,789.

Crowd numbers were poor back in the Bradford Northern days of the early 80's. They were renamed the Bulls for the Super league era, which due to the clubs immediate success and popularity was called Bullmania.  The post-Super League era has seen numbers up 122%! Unfortunately the club got into financial difficulty and is no longer playing in the top flight.

6) Warrington Wolves. Average 7,416.

Also known by the nickname The Wire due to the wire drawing industy the town was associated with. Like Bradford, attendees back in the 80's was much lower than now. The club has been in the elite division for all of the past 40 years without filling the trophy cabinet. Still, the numbers has consistently grown but took a dip in 2022 due to performing poorly. The SL-era has realised an 87% increase.

In the chart, Bradford has missed the last seasons due to being in a lower division. That doesn't affect the average as only years that the team was in the top flight competition count. The green column is annual averages and the blue column is the average over each decade. Covid didn't allow the years 2020 and 2021 to be included.

Others in the series can be seen by clicking on the following rankings:

1st & 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 7th & 8th, 9th & 10th, 11th & 12th, Summary.