Completed league season · 2011/12

2011/12 Championship Attendances

Recorded league attendance averages for Championship in 2011/12. Ranked within this competition by average home crowd.

Highest average30,923West Ham United →
Average across clubs shown17,73924 recorded clubs · unweighted
Lowest average9,111Peterborough United →
The crowd leaders

Highest-supported clubs

2011/12 · Average home league attendance
  1. 01West Ham United30,923
  2. 02Southampton26,420
  3. 03Derby County26,020
  4. 04Leeds United23,283
  5. 05Leicester City23,037
  6. 06Cardiff City22,100
  7. 07Nottingham Forest21,970
  8. 08Brighton & Hove Albion20,028
Season-by-season records

Championship attendance table

24 clubs with published averages
League rank*ClubAverageNational rankVs previous season
1West Ham United 30,923#11-7.7%
2Southampton 26,420#14+19.2%
3Derby County 26,020#15-0.0%
4Leeds United 23,283#20-14.7%
5Leicester City 23,037#21-2.7%
6Cardiff City 22,100#23-4.7%
7Nottingham Forest 21,970#24-5.6%
8Brighton & Hove Albion 20,028#26+172.4%
9Reading 19,219#28+8.7%
10Birmingham City 19,127#29-24.9%
11Hull City 18,790#30-11.2%
12Ipswich Town 18,267#33-6.9%
13Middlesbrough 17,558#34+7.9%
14Crystal Palace 15,219#37-0.9%
15Coventry City 15,119#38-7.3%
16Portsmouth 15,016#39-4.4%
17Burnley 14,048#41-5.9%
18Bristol City 13,846#42-5.2%
19Blackpool 12,764#43-19.1%
20Watford 12,704#44-3.4%
21Millwall 11,484#46-7.7%
22Barnsley 10,332#48-12.9%
23Doncaster Rovers 9,341#49-8.9%
24Peterborough United 9,111#50+41.3%

*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.