Full Capacity?
Monday, 05 January 09, 02:54 PM · Comments(0)
Joe Walton
After becoming Newcastle manager for the second time in January 2008, Kevin Keegan remarked that for the people of the North, going to the football is just “like the people down South going to a theatre.”
The implication is that the North East is the true hotbed of English football.
However, this view has been challenged by statistics which show the average percentage of seats sold at Premier League grounds.
Newcastle top the North East clubs with 90.8% of the capacity of St. James’ sold for an average home game, this though, is less than all of the London clubs. Sunderland and Middlesbrough both sell just over 80% of their seats on average.
Although Liverpool sell an impressive 95% of Anfield, this is the least out of the so-called ‘Big Four’ with Arsenal and Manchester UTD regularly filling the Emirates and Old Trafford to 99% of capacity.
It is no great surprise that Wigan and Blackburn sit bottom of the pile, struggling as they do with competition from the other successful clubs from the North West. Both clubs sell just over 70% of tickets despite them offering some of the lowest prices in the league.
Blackburn have struggled to fill Ewood Park
The full table is:ARSENALCapacity: 60,335 Averages:59,994 Percentages: 99.4%
ASTON VILLA
Capacity: 42,593 Averages: 38,755 Percentages: 90.9%
BLACKBURN ROVERS
Capacity: 31,367 Averages:22,840 Percentages: 72.8%
BOLTON WANDERERS
Capacity: 27,879 Averages: 22,389 Percentages: 80.3%
CHELSEA
Capacity: 42,449 Averages: 41,852 Percentages: 98.5%
EVERTON
Capacity: 40,170 Averages:35,161 Percentages: 87.5%
FULHAM
Capacity: 26,000 Averages:24,357 Percentages: 93.6%
Hull
Capacity:25,404 Averages: 24,791 Percentages: 97.5%
LIVERPOOL
Capacity: 45,362 Averages: 43,413 Percentages: 95.7%
MANCHESTER CITY
Capacity: 48,000 Averages: 43,674 Percentages: 90.9%
MANCHESTER UNITED
Capacity: 76,000 Averages: 75,413 Percentages: 99.2%
MIDDLESBROUGH
Capacity: 35,049 Averages: 28,083 Percentages: 80.1%
NEWCASTLE
Capacity: 52,193 Averages: 47,434 Percentages: 90.8%
PORTSMOUTH
Capacity: 20,200 Averages:19,508 Percentages: 96.5%
STOKE
Capacity:27,500 Averages: 27,025 Percentages: 98.2%
SUNDERLAND
Capacity: 48,300 Averages: 39,876 Percentages: 82.5%
T*ttenham HOTSPUR
Capacity: 36,236 Averages: 35,909 Percentages: 99%
WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Capactiy28,003 Averages: 25,806 Percentages: 92.1%
WEST HAM UNITED
Capacity: 35,056 Averages: 33,532 Percentages: 95.6%
WIGAN ATHLETIC
Capacity: 25,000 Averages: 18,097 Percentages: 72.3%
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