Away followings

[Clyde1998]

Don't know what Blackpools official following was but guessing it was around 1800 or so

It was apparently 1,752. So you’re pretty spot on.

[Clyde1998]

Might as well put this up. I'm not bothering with average attendances by club at this stage as one or two games doesn't really tell us anything.

2024-25 Reading away followings (allocation in brackets; midweek evening matches in italics)

1. Birmingham - ~1,650 (2,200)
2. Colchester (LC) - 639 (988)
3. Wrexham - 1,259 (1,284)
4. Bolton - ON SALE (1,430)

Away followings at the Madejski Stadium
Midweek matches in italics

1. Wigan - 453
2. West Ham U21s (LT) - 245

[RG30]

I see Charlton took the full allocation for this weekend initially but not seen anything to suggest they have sold that out.

[Clyde1998]

I see Charlton took the full allocation for this weekend initially but not seen anything to suggest they have sold that out.

Based on their forum, they've sold around 2,300 by last night.

[Royal_jimmy]

2684 Addicks fans yesterday. Good effort that so fair play to them

[Clyde1998]

First average for the entire division for the season. Always worth noting these can change quite rapidly once sides have a more representative batch of away games, kick-off times, etc.

2024-25 League One average followings


2024-25 League One average followings adjusting for outliers


2024-25 Reading away followings (allocation in brackets; midweek evening matches in italics)

1. Birmingham - ~1,650 (2,200)
2. Colchester (LC) - 639 (988)
3. Wrexham - 1,259 (1,284)
4. Bolton - 585 (1,430)
5. Rotherham - 708 (1,915)
6. Cheltenham (LT) - ON SALE (473)
7. Exeter - ON SALE (1,165)
8. Stockport - ON SALE (844)

2024-25 away followings at the Madejski Stadium (midweek evening matches in italics)

1. Wigan - 453
2. West Ham U21s (LT) - 245
3. Charlton - 2,684
4. Leyton Orient - 941
5. Huddersfield - 729
6. Burton - 130

[Clyde1998]

With the international break this week, it's time for a full update.

2024-25 League One average followings


2024-25 League One average followings adjusting for outliers


2024-25 Reading away followings (allocation in brackets; midweek evening matches in italics)

1. Birmingham - ~1,650 (2,200)
2. Colchester (LC) - 639 (988)
3. Wrexham - 1,259 (1,284)
4. Bolton - 585 (1,430)
5. Rotherham - 708 (1,915)
6. Cheltenham (LT) - 399 (473)
7. Exeter - 713 (1,165)
8. Stockport - 860 (844)
9. Stevenage - 1,363 (1,363)
10. Peterborough - ON SALE (1,016)
11. Barnsley - ON SALE (768)
12. Wycombe - ON SALE (1,848)

2024-25 away followings at the Madejski Stadium (midweek evening matches in italics)

1. Wigan - 453
2. West Ham U21s (LT) - 245
3. Charlton - 2,684
4. Leyton Orient - 941
5. Huddersfield - 729
6. Burton - 130
7. Crawley - 602
8. Bristol Rovers - 1,608
9. Fleetwood (FA) - 93
10. Newport (LT) - 177

[Clyde1998]

Incidentally, I found the figure for Charlton's away following for the EFL Trophy game against them last season - 249. So the final away following at the Madejski Stadium last season was:

Away followings at the Madejski Stadium
Midweek matches in italics

1. Charlton - 2,963
2. Portsmouth - 2,891
3. Oxford - 2,768
4. Bristol Rovers - 2,735
5. Ipswich (LC) - 2,214
6. Leyton Orient - ~2,000
7. Blackpool - 1,752
8. Bolton - 1,670
9. Wycombe - 1,652
10. Derby - 1,634
11. Peterborough - 1,564
12. Lincoln - 1,475
13. Swindon (LT) - 1,435
14. Exeter - 1,246
15. Northampton - 1,112
16. Cambridge - 984
17. Port Vale (abandoned) - 828
18. Shrewsbury - 783
19. Milton Keynes (FA) - 635
20. Cheltenham - 584
21. Stevenage - 578
22. Barnsley - 569
23. Carlisle - 556
24. Arsenal U21 (LT) - 498
25. Wigan - 405
26. Charlton (LT) - 249
27. Port Vale - 222
28. Burton - 176
29. Fleetwood - 111

[Dirk Gently]

Incidentally, I found the figure for Charlton's away following for the EFL Trophy game against them last season - 249.

You have waaaay too much spare time on your hands ...

[Clyde1998]

Incidentally, I found the figure for Charlton's away following for the EFL Trophy game against them last season - 249.

You have waaaay too much spare time on your hands ...

Clearly!

I have an appointment today, so needed to do something to fill the time before it. Although it didn't take me too long to find out - James Earnshaw tweeted it at the time, but I missed it. All I had to do was search for his tweets on that day.

[Clyde1998]

Full update following the Wycombe game.

2024-25 League One average followings


2024-25 League One average followings adjusting for outliers


2024-25 Reading away followings (allocation in brackets; midweek evening matches in italics)

1. Birmingham - ~1,650 (2,200)
2. Colchester (LC) - 639 (988)
3. Wrexham - 1,259 (1,284)
4. Bolton - 585 (1,430)
5. Rotherham - 708 (1,915)
6. Cheltenham (LT) - 399 (473)
7. Exeter - 713 (1,165)
8. Stockport - 860 (844)
9. Stevenage - 1,363 (1,363)
10. Peterborough - 1,204 (1,016 -> 1,431)
11. Barnsley - 242 (768)
12. Wycombe - 1,843 (1,848)
13. Walsall (LT) - ON SALE (1,064)
14. Lincoln - ON SALE (954)
15. Cambridge - ON SALE (1,036)
16. Charlton - TO GO ON SALE (2,510)

2024-25 away followings at the Madejski Stadium (midweek evening matches in italics)

1. Wigan - 453
2. West Ham U21s (LT) - 245
3. Charlton - 2,684
4. Leyton Orient - 941
5. Huddersfield - 729
6. Burton - 130
7. Crawley - 602
8. Bristol Rovers - 1,608
9. Fleetwood (FA) - 93
10. Newport (LT) - 177
11. Harborough (FA) - 2,866
12. Cambridge - 258

[stealthpapes]

Down a bit on last season, guess the novelty of, say, Bolton or Exeter is faded.

[katweslowski]

Down a bit on last season, guess the novelty of, say, Bolton or Exeter is faded.

The novelty of Reading is also fading

[Hendo]

Down a bit on last season, guess the novelty of, say, Bolton or Exeter is faded.

Weren't the Bolton game on Easter weekend and prices super cheap last year? Plus we got a dipping up there last year.

Exeter Tuesday night game this year v Saturday afternoon in August last year.

Guess things like that will also come into play.

[stealthpapes]

Down a bit on last season, guess the novelty of, say, Bolton or Exeter is faded.

Weren't the Bolton game on Easter weekend and prices super cheap last year? Plus we got a dipping up there last year.

Exeter Tuesday night game this year v Saturday afternoon in August last year.

Guess things like that will also come into play.

yeah, fair. You'd assume that they'd kinda balance out over the season?

[Hendo]

Down a bit on last season, guess the novelty of, say, Bolton or Exeter is faded.

Weren't the Bolton game on Easter weekend and prices super cheap last year? Plus we got a dipping up there last year.

Exeter Tuesday night game this year v Saturday afternoon in August last year.

Guess things like that will also come into play.

yeah, fair. You'd assume that they'd kinda balance out over the season?

Probably will when the season finishes

[stealthpapes]

True.

Still expect us to be down by a hundred or so.

[Snowflake Royal]

I don't think I would expect it to even out over a season.

There's only 23 away games. And relatively few of those have big away sections and are relatively easily accessible, so if a couple of our typically highest attendance ones get bad slots to go to, it's not going to be cancelled out by a couple of the small awkward ones getting prime slots.

[stealthpapes]

Not disagreeing (well, I am, maybe, but i'm trying to hide it)

How many games is enough?

Take last season. After 3 games, our average was 1181 away fans. After 23 games, it was 1220. A 3% change, likely insignificant.
Just as a back of an envelope bit of maths, the differences between values (hundreds) are typically smaller than the values (thousands), so an outlier will likely average out over 10 games, let alone 23. The biggest single swing would be maybe 1500 fans, which boils down to 65 in the average over a season.

Just as supporting evidence, this is the summary from last year - most games in that 3rd category or close to either side.
Over 2000 - 1
Between 1500 and 1999 - 4
Between 1000 and 1499 - 10
Up to 999 - 8

[Snowflake Royal]

Not disagreeing (well, I am, maybe, but i'm trying to hide it)

How many games is enough?

Take last season. After 3 games, our average was 1181 away fans. After 23 games, it was 1220. A 3% change, likely insignificant.
Just as a back of an envelope bit of maths, the differences between values (hundreds) are typically smaller than the values (thousands), so an outlier will likely average out over 10 games, let alone 23. The biggest single swing would be maybe 1500 fans, which boils down to 65 in the average over a season.

Just as supporting evidence, this is the summary from last year - most games in that 3rd category or close to either side.
Over 2000 - 1
Between 1500 and 1999 - 4
Between 1000 and 1499 - 10
Up to 999 - 8

Well if you're going to being actual data analysis into it, then I've got nothing, as you well know.