When looking at overall attendances (both home and away fans): so far the sides we've played away from home have an average attendance of 7,718. Those same sides have averaged 8,454 in matches against us - an increase of 736. That is to say, 736 more people turn up when sides play us than for their average game.
That's the third highest increase in the division, behind Derby (1,455) and Bolton (907) and ahead of Portsmouth (631). In percentage terms, sides playing us see their average attendance increase by 8.7% (Derby 14.3%; Bolton 9.9%; Portsmouth 6.9%)
When looking purely at home supporters (without the away following), the figures are 6,809 and 7,237 respectively - seeing a 428 (or 5.9%) increase in home supporters when sides play us. This represents the biggest increase in the division.
Overall attendance (ordered by percentage increase)
- Derby: +1,455 (+14.3%)
- Bolton: +907 (+9.9%)
- Reading: +736 (+8.7%)
- Portsmouth: +631 (+6.9%)
- Blackpool: +452 (+4.8%)
- Wigan: +358 (+3.5%)
- Leyton Orient: +292 (+3.1%)
- Barnsley: +232 (+2.2%)
- Oxford: +169 (+1.8%)
- Carlisle: +123 (+1.3%)
- Cambridge: +95 (+1.1%)
- Peterborough: -19 (-0.2%)
- Bristol Rovers: -41 (-0.4%)
- Charlton: -34 (-0.4%)
- Port Vale: -61 (-0.7%)
- Stevenage: -404 (-4.7%)
- Lincoln: -442 (-4.8%)
- Northampton: -523 (-5.0%)
- Wycombe: -482 (-5.1%)
- Exeter: -542 (-5.3%)
- Burton: -584 (-5.7%)
- Shrewsbury: -487 (-7.3%)
- Cheltenham: -935 (-8.7%)
- Fleetwood: -948 (-9.6%)
- Reading: +428 (+5.9%)
- Derby: +313 (+3.9%)
- Cambridge: +256 (+3.2%)
- Leyton Orient: +248 (+3.0%)
- Bolton: +224 (+3.0%)
- Blackpool: +207 (+2.5%)
- Barnsley: +161 (+1.7%)
- Wigan: +105 (+1.1%)
- Burton: +93 (+0.9%)
- Portsmouth: +48 (+0.6%)
- Peterborough: +51 (+0.5%)
- Oxford: -6 (-0.1%)
- Stevenage: -26 (-0.3%)
- Wycombe: -107 (-1.2%)
- Charlton: -100 (-1.3%)
- Port Vale: -118 (-1.5%)
- Bristol Rovers: -190 (-1.9%)
- Shrewsbury: -120 (-1.9%)
- Fleetwood: -196 (-2.0%)
- Exeter: -213 (-2.2%)
- Carlisle: -204 (-2.4%)
- Cheltenham: -284 (-2.7%)
- Northampton: -287 (-3.0%)
- Lincoln: -273 (-3.2%)
The question becomes whether we're a particularly big draw or whether it's down to us not having played most of these sides for a prolonged period as to why we cause the biggest increase in home supporters so far. Any thoughts on this?