What % of fans would disappear if we went down the divisions

[Hendo]

Talking about disappearing CV, you had better head over to AE sharpish as r4e is about to put up missing posters and offering a reward if you're not found

[Cureton's Volley]

Talking about disappearing CV, you had better head over to AE sharpish as r4e is about to put up missing posters and offering a reward if you're not found

I saw that but didn't feel it warranted a response. Someone having better things to do than 'nob at the weekend shocker

[Hendo]

Talking about disappearing CV, you had better head over to AE sharpish as r4e is about to put up missing posters and offering a reward if you're not found

I saw that but didn't feel it warranted a response. Someone having better things to do than 'nob at the weekend shocker

Such a thing doesn't exist shirley!!

[Cureton's Volley]

Talking about disappearing CV, you had better head over to AE sharpish as r4e is about to put up missing posters and offering a reward if you're not found

I saw that but didn't feel it warranted a response. Someone having better things to do than 'nob at the weekend shocker

Such a thing doesn't exist shirley!!

No, you're right. I was just a stopout whose phone ran out of battery

[Gus the teenage cow]

looks like the data has proven me right yet again

Takeaways: We have about 10 - 12 k hardcore
We will add 3 - 5k to that if we get into the championship
We will add 8 - 10k to that if we get back to PL

Cohort of hardcore and fairweather fannies is similar in size which is a massive worry and speaks to the the fickle provincial nature that pervades culturally in the town to such an extent that it permeates our very mindsets. I would suggest, for example, that we probably have the highest number per capita of underpaid middle-managers in the country. The town's motto should be "we tolerate begrudgingly" and we need to acknowledge and face up to this.

Recent Seasons (Post-Premier League Era)

Season Division Position Avg. Attendance
2024/25 League 1 12.5k
2023/24 League 1 13k
2022/23 Championship 22nd (Relegated) ~12,000* (Struggles + fan protests)
2021/22 Championship 21st ~13,000* (COVID restrictions lifted)
2020/21 Championship 7th ~5,000* (COVID-hit, restricted crowds)
2019/20 Championship 14th ~13,500
2018/19 Championship 20th ~14,200
2017/18 Championship 20th ~15,800
2016/17 Championship 3rd (Lost playoff final) ~17,300
2015/16 Championship 17th ~17,000
Premier League & Late 2000s

Season Division Position Avg. Attendance
2014/15 Championship 19th ~18,000
2013/14 Championship 7th ~20,500
2012/13 Premier League 19th (Relegated) 24,000 (Stadium capacity)
2011/12 Championship 1st (Promoted) ~21,000
2010/11 Championship 5th (Playoffs) ~18,500
2009/10 Championship 9th ~17,800
2008/09 Championship 4th (Playoffs) ~18,200

[rabidbee]

I wouldn’t put it down purely to fickleness. I’ve lived away from the area for almost 30 years, so it’s a long time since I could reasonably expect to do even most of the home games. But I had a ST during the seasons in the PL, because otherwise I expected to struggle to get tickets for any game.

[Brogue]

Have to add the Dai factor into it also

[Double C]

On the contrary I am coming back

Stopped going when Dai came, gave up the ST I had since 1996

Moved to near Brighton for family reasons

Said I would refuse to go until Dai had gone

I am now a fan again

[BarryWhiteRFC]

I wouldn’t put it down purely to fickleness. I’ve lived away from the area for almost 30 years, so it’s a long time since I could reasonably expect to do even most of the home games. But I had a ST during the seasons in the PL, because otherwise I expected to struggle to get tickets for any game.

I would also add this, I live in the North West, but I support the club through thick and thin. I go to North West away games and normally, if life allows, one home game a season. Nothing to do with my loyalty, all to do with my location. As I suspect is the same for more than you would realise. I know of 3 more Reading fans just in the sleepy North West coastal town I live in, so who knows how many live in cities like Manchester or Liverpool for example.

[stealthpapes]

Recent Seasons (Post-Premier League Era)

Season Division Position Avg. Attendance
2024/25 League 1 12,500
2023/24 League 1 13,000
2022/23 Championship 22nd (Relegated) ~12,000
2021/22 Championship 21st ~13,000
2020/21 Championship 7th ~5,000* (COVID-hit, restricted crowds)
2019/20 Championship 14th ~13,500 (partially COVID hit?)
2018/19 Championship 20th ~14,200
2017/18 Championship 20th ~15,800
2016/17 Championship 3rd (Lost playoff final) ~17,300
2015/16 Championship 17th ~17,000
2014/15 Championship 19th ~18,000
2013/14 Championship 7th ~20,500
2012/13 Premier League 19th (Relegated) 24,000 (Stadium capacity)
2011/12 Championship 1st (Promoted) ~21,000
2010/11 Championship 5th (Playoffs) ~18,500
2009/10 Championship 9th ~17,800
2008/09 Championship 4th (Playoffs) ~18,200

Assuming the data is correct - I've honestly not checked, it seems to me that the biggest drop in attendances occurs from 2016 to 2020, the directionless years. Or we've hit our floor, for the time being ...

IIRC our away attendances are listed elsewhere on the board and they actually went up upon relegation.

[stealthpapes]

This is the post of a cnut that has no friends and it's sat at home having a conversation with himself, imagining there is a reasoned debate going on amongst a number of in the know types.

Yeah, we kind of worked that out when he resurrected a 5 and a half year old thread.

also this.

[tmesis]

This is the post of a cnut that has no friends and it's sat at home having a conversation with himself, imagining there is a reasoned debate going on amongst a number of in the know types.

Yeah, we kind of worked that out when he resurrected a 5 and a half year old thread.

also this.

It seem Reading get higher crowds in the premier league than in League One.

It also seems that a slide in fortunes that's lasted over a decade has coincided with our crowds not growing at all.


I don't know about you, but I'm shocked by these revelations.