CROWDS at matches in the Coca-Cola Football League have topped the sixteen million mark for the fifth consecutive season.
More than 16.35m supporters attended the 1,656 matches played during 2008/09, an increase of 1% on last season.
Watford's highest attendance this year was the FA Cup fifth round match against Chelsea on 14/09 with a gate of 16.851 fans.
The Carling Cup clash with Tottenham was the second highest attendance at 16, 501 and the highest League gate was the 2-3 thriller against Wolves in October where Vic Road hosted 16, 386 fans.
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More supporters are continuing to attend Football League matches. Gates are currently at their highest levels for nearly 50 years and have more than doubled since the mid-eighties (7.5m in 1985/86).
The Coca-Cola Championship is set to retain its place as the 4th most watched League in Europe with a total audience of 9.9m fans. This is likely to be bettered only by the Premiership, Germany's Bundesliga and Spain's La Liga.
In welcoming these figures Football League Chairman Lord Mawhinney said:
"Attracting more than sixteen million fans to matches for the fifth consecutive season is further proof that Football League clubs provide an outstanding experience for supporters.
"I am particularly encouraged that more and more families are going to watch their local League club.
"Given the prevailing financial climate maintaining this progress will be a significant challenge for clubs. A number of clubs are already using innovative pricing policies to enable them to continue making live football accessible to everyone in their local community."
2007/08 Football League Attendance Figures (2006/07 figures in brackets)
Coca-Cola Football League:
Total: 16,352,920 (16,204,795)
Average: 9,875 (9,786)
% Change: +0.9%
Coca-Cola Championship:
Total: 9,875,902 (9,396,316)
Average: 17,891 (17,022)
% Change: +5.1%
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