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    05/6/2022 7:56 AM  #1

    Matchman
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    Last seasons best supported Clubs

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    Last season's best supported Clubs in the NPL  
       
                                                                       Average 
                                                                    Attendance

    South Shields              (NPL Prem)                2131
    FC United                    (NPL Prem)                1795
    Scarborough Athletic   (NPL Prem)                1145
    Marine                         (NPL West)                 1124
    Ilkeston Town               (NPL Mid)                     998
    Halesowen                   (NPL Mid)                     968
    Workington                   (NPL West)                  738
    Buxton                          (NPL Prem)                  737
    Matlock                        (NPL Prem)                   705
    Stockton                       (NPL East)                    633


    Last season's best supported clubs in the Southern League 

    Bromsgrove Sporting  (Prem Central)               798
    Banbury                        (Prem Central)              795  
    Taunton                         (Prem South )               751  
    Stourbridge                   (Prem Central)              690  
    Weston Super Mare      (Prem South)                682
    Tamworth                      (Prem Central)              576
    Gosport                         (Prem South)                550
    Frome                            (Div1 South)                 547
    Bedford Town                 (Div1 Central )             539
    Hednesford                    (Prem Central)             536
    AFC Totton                     (Div1 South)                533      


     

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    15/6/2022 8:50 PM  #2

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    Re: Last seasons best supported Clubs

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    These are the teams in next seasons Southern League Premier Central and their average home attendances last season.

    Ilkeston are the biggest team in this league and have a good chance of achieving a second consecutive promotion due to their massive support compared to most other teams. Their huge sponsorship deal with Microlise adds weight to this.

      1  Ilkeston Town             998
      2  Bromsgrove               798
      3  Stourbridge                690
      4  Tamworth                   576
      5  Bedford                      539
      6  Hednesford                536
      7  Nuneaton Borough     517
      8  Hitchin                        504
      9  Coalville                      479
    10  Redditch                      432
    11  Rushden & Diam         424
    12  Mickleover                   392
    13  Stratford                       380
    14  Rushall                         371
    15  Royston                        360
    16  Basford                         345
    17  Barwell                          334
    18  Kings Langley               270
    19  Alvechurch                    262
    20  Needham Market          255
    21  St Ives                           255
    22  Leiston                           236  





     

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    17/6/2022 9:14 AM  #3

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    Re: Last seasons best supported Clubs

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    I’ve just been looking at the Premier League fixtures just published and it’s dawned on me that Non League clubs could pick up extra fans in the period after 12th November until Christmas when there are no Premier League games. 

    This is another reason why I’m convinced that think Ilkeston’s gates will be better than last season when we averaged just under 1000 per game (boosted by three free entry games). 

    Our away support is the envy of many clubs and I'm expecting even more supporters to travel to away games. Why not travel with the Supporters Group? It's the stress free way to watch Ilkeston away.

    This is a special time of optimism for our supporters. We can go to every game home and away with real hopes of winning. With Dave and Andy at the helm we are only going in one direction.  


     

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    19/6/2022 3:47 PM  #4

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    Re: Last seasons best supported Clubs

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    Last season's average NMG attendance was 998

    That included two free admission games against Chasetown (1797) and Stamford (1661)

    If those two matches are excluded then Ilkeston's average attendance was 911

    Last season we also had big attendances against Belper 2063, Halesowen 2428 and Shepshed 2008. This coming season we’re not going to get those kind of booster gates. Not many teams are likely to bring significant travelling support and we won’t have a  Bank Holiday match like the Belper one because Mickleover and Basford don’t have much away support.

    I’ve heard that we need to have average gates of over 700. To achieve that we will need to achieve 700ish as a minimum throughout the season. The biggest gates should be against Tamworth, Coalville, Hednesford, Stourbridge and Bromsgrove. 

    If results are good and we're in a playoff position we can do it and I'm sure we will



     

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    19/6/2022 6:29 PM  #5

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    Re: Last seasons best supported Clubs

    Went derby go bust and forest keep on losing in the premiership. The floating fans will come to us because we are going to win this league easy

     

     

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