The Football League has previously released topline attendance data for Season 2011/12 that revealed crowds at matches in the npower Football League topped the 16m mark for the eighth consecutive season, with the npower Championship being the fourth best in attended division in Europe.

We've now analysed the data further and for the second season can reveal some more statistics about attendances last season. As well as the highest average attendances, the stats on this page confirm the best attended match, the club with the most season ticket holders, the average number of away fans per club and the most popular away grounds for fans to visit.

For provisional average attendance statistics during the season visit our Stats Centre.

Summary Statistics:

Attendances

- Highest average attendance was West Ham United, followed by Southampton and Derby County

- Highest in npower League 1 was Sheffield Wednesday, followed by Sheffield United and Charlton Athletic

- Highest average in npower League 2 was Bradford City, followed by Swindon Town and Oxford United

- Nine clubs averaged over 20,000 attendees per match

- Six clubs achieved at least one match attendance higher than 30,000 last season - Derby County, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton and West Ham United)

- The highest attendance for a single League match last season was 38,082 (Sheffield Wednesday v. Wycombe Wanderers on the 16th May 2012 in npower League 1)

- The biggest growth in attendances was seen at Brighton & Hove Albion (+186%) following their move to their new stadium. Hartlepool United (+68%) saw the second biggest growth after their season ticket promotion, with Peterborough United (+41%) third

- Brighton & Hove Albion had the highest occupancy rate (97%). AFC Bournemouth (70%) had the highest in npower League 1, and AFC Wimbledon (83%) in npower League 2

Season Ticket Holders

- The average number of season ticket holders per club rose last season, with 12,076 in the Championship, 4,329 in League 1 and 2,292 in League 2

- Most number of season ticket holders was 19,308 at West Ham United

- Hartlepool United had the biggest growth in season ticket holders (+302%), followed by Brighton (+246%) and Chesterfield (+57%)

- The average crowd proportion of season ticket holders was 63%. Hartlepool United had the highest proportion, followed by Cardiff City

Away Fans

- The average number of away fans at games was 817, a 10% increase

- Average away fans at npower Championship games was 1,332, in npower League 1 it was 698 and in npower League 2, 421

- The biggest average away following at games was for Leeds United (2,896), followed by West Ham United (2,792). Sheffield Wednesday (2,436) had the highest average following in npower League 1 and Swindon Town (893) in npower League 2

- Sheffield United (+140%) saw the biggest increase in travelling fans, followed by Swindon Town (+76%), Torquay United (+74%) and Cheltenham Town (+72%)

- Bury had the biggest away following as a proportion of fans that attend home games (17.9%). The highest in the npower Championship was Peterborough United (15.3%) and in npower League 2 it was Torquay United (16.8%)

- Highest recorded number of away fans at an individual match was 6,254 (Coventry City v. West Ham United, 1st December 2011)

- Peterborough United's London Road was the most popular ground for npower Championship fans to visit (1,971 visiting fans on average), Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough was most visited in npower League 1 (average of 1,062 visitors per match) and Macclesfield Town's Moss Rose was the most popular away trip in npower League 2 (an average of 548 visiting fans)

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Average Attendance
Highest Match Attendance
Average Travelling Fans
Travelling Fans (as Percentage of Home Fans)
Highest Travelling Fans
Visiting Fans