Completed league season · 2009/10

2009/10 Championship Attendances

Recorded league attendance averages for Championship in 2009/10. Ranked within this competition by average home crowd.

Highest average43,388Newcastle United →
Average across clubs shown17,94924 recorded clubs · unweighted
Lowest average6,464Scunthorpe United →
The crowd leaders

Highest-supported clubs

2009/10 · Average home league attendance
  1. 01Newcastle United43,388
  2. 02Derby County29,230
  3. 03Sheffield United25,120
  4. 04Leicester City23,943
  5. 05Nottingham Forest23,831
  6. 06Sheffield Wednesday23,179
  7. 07West Bromwich Albion22,199
  8. 08Ipswich Town20,841
Season-by-season records

Championship attendance table

24 clubs with published averages
League rank*ClubAverageNational rankVs previous season
1Newcastle United 43,388#4-11.0%
2Derby County 29,230#12-0.7%
3Sheffield United 25,120#17-3.5%
4Leicester City 23,943#21+18.2%
5Nottingham Forest 23,831#23+6.9%
6Sheffield Wednesday 23,179#24+7.6%
7West Bromwich Albion 22,199#25-14.1%
8Ipswich Town 20,841#28-0.6%
9Cardiff City 20,717#29+14.8%
10Middlesbrough 19,948#31-29.8%
11Reading 17,408#34-12.7%
12Coventry City 17,305#36-0.6%
13Swansea City 15,407#37+1.4%
14Crystal Palace 14,771#38-3.0%
15Bristol City 14,601#39-13.2%
16Watford 14,345#41-3.5%
17Queens Park Rangers 13,349#42-5.3%
18Barnsley 12,964#43-1.7%
19Preston North End 12,935#44-3.7%
20Doncaster Rovers 10,992#46-8.1%
21Plymouth Argyle 10,316#48-9.7%
22Peterborough United 8,913#50+17.3%
23Blackpool 8,611#51+9.8%
24Scunthorpe United 6,464#57+28.7%

*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.