Completed league season · 1997/98

1997/98 Division Three Attendances

Recorded league attendance averages for Division Three in 1997/98. Ranked within this competition by average home crowd.

Highest average6,192Peterborough United →
Average across clubs shown3,20124 recorded clubs · unweighted
Lowest average1,715Doncaster Rovers →
The crowd leaders

Highest-supported clubs

1997/98 · Average home league attendance
  1. 01Peterborough United6,192
  2. 02Notts County5,711
  3. 03Hull City4,684
  4. 04Leyton Orient4,374
  5. 05Exeter City3,988
  6. 06Lincoln City3,968
  7. 07Rotherham United3,648
  8. 08Cardiff City3,610
Season-by-season records

Division Three attendance table

24 clubs with published averages
League rank*ClubAverageNational rankVs previous season
1Peterborough United 6,192#53+16.9%
2Notts County 5,711#55+34.7%
3Hull City 4,684#66+37.2%
4Leyton Orient 4,374#67+0.9%
5Exeter City 3,988#71+32.3%
6Lincoln City 3,968#72+25.5%
7Rotherham United 3,648#75+28.3%
8Cardiff City 3,610#76+0.4%
9Swansea City 3,443#77-10.6%
10Colchester United 3,137#78-3.3%
11Scunthorpe United 3,006#79+15.3%
12Macclesfield 2,913#80+107.2%
13Cambridge United 2,898#81-13.8%
14Mansfield Town 2,720#82+19.2%
15Torquay United 2,679#83+12.6%
16Scarborough Athletic 2,489#84+1.4%
17Shrewsbury Town 2,403#85-24.4%
18Brighton & Hove Albion 2,329#86-60.1%
19Darlington 2,314#87-17.2%
20Hartlepool United 2,258#88+7.2%
21Chester 2,255#89-0.4%
22Barnet 2,254#90+5.3%
23Rochdale 1,847#91+1.0%
24Doncaster Rovers 1,715#92-18.0%

*Attendance rank among the clubs shown; some historic competition rosters are incomplete. National rank is shown only where recorded. Change compares the same club’s published average in the immediately preceding season; missing years remain blank. Summary averages give each recorded club equal weight and are not match-weighted. No individual match attendances are used.