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August 13, 2024

2024-25 Premier League – Location-map, with 3 charts (Average attendance; Seasons-in-1st-Division; English titles list)./+ The 3 promoted clubs (Leicester City, Ipswich Town, Southampton).

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2024-25 Premier League – Location-map, with 3 charts (Average attendance; Seasons-in-1st-Division; English titles list)



By Bill Turianski, on the 13th of August 2024; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-2024-25 Premier League (en.wikipedia.org).
-Table, fixtures, results, stats, attendances, etc…Summary – Premier League [2024-25] (soccerway.com).

2024-25 Premier League – Location-map, with 3 charts (Attendance; Seasons-in-1st-Division; English titles list).
The map is a basic location-map, with an inset map of Greater London. Also shown are small labels which point out both the three promoted clubs (Leicester City, Ipswich Town, Southampton), and the three relegated clubs (Luton Town, Burnley, Sheffield United). And there are three charts…

The Attendance chart, at top-centre of the map page, shows 4 things for each of the 20 current Premier League clubs…A) 2023-24 finish (with promotions noted). B) 2023-24 average attendance [from home league matches]. C) Stadium capacity [2023-24]. D) Percent-capacity [2023-24].

At the right-hand side of the map page are two more charts. The chart at the top-right shows Seasons-in-1st-Division for the 20 current Premier League clubs. Also shown are consecutive top-flight-seasons, and first season of current spell. (Counting 2024-25, there have been 126 seasons of English 1st division football; the English 1st division was established in 1888-89, with seasons played from 1888-89 to 1914-15; from 1919-20 to 1938-39; and from 1946-47 to 2024-25.)

Everton have played the most seasons in the top flight – 122 – and Everton have been in the top tier without relegation since 1954-55 (71 straight seasons). There are four other clubs that have played over 100 seasons in the English top flight: Aston Villa (111 seasons), Liverpool (110 seasons), Arsenal (108 seasons), and Manchester United (100 seasons). Arsenal are the club with the longest spell in the top tier – 99 seasons (since 1919-20). Of the three newly-promoted sides, both Leicester City and Southampton return back to the top flight after one year. And Ipswich Town returns back to the Premier League after a 22 year absence.

The final chart, at the right-hand foot of the map-page, shows the all-time English Title Winners list (1889 to 2024 / 125 titles). Manchester United has won the most English titles, with 20 (last in 2013); Liverpool has won the second-most titles, with 19 (last in 2020). Arsenal have won the third-most titles, with 13 (last in 2004). Reigning champions Manchester City have won the fourth-most titles – 10. Man City have now won 6 of the last 7 titles. Twenty four clubs have won the English title. The most recent club to win their first title was Leicester City, in 2016.




Top 10 clubs that filled their stadium the best in 2023-24. (Clubs with best Percent-Capacity figures.)…
1. Arsenal, at 99.7%-capacity (the Gunners drew 60.2-K-per-game in their 60.3-K-capacity Emirates’ Stadium).
2. Brentford, at 99.0%-capacity (the Bees drew 17.0-K-per-game in their 17.2-K-capacity Brentford Community Stadium).
3. Newcastle United, at 98.8%-capacity (the Magpies drew 52.1-K-per-game in their 52.7-K-capacity St James’ Park).
4. Brighton & Hove Albion, at 98.7%-capacity (the Seagulls drew 31.4-K-per-game in their 31.8-K-capacity Falmer Stadium [the Amex]).
5. Aston Villa, at 97.8%-capacity (Villa drew 41.8-K-per-game in their 42.7-K-capacity Villa Park).
6. Tottenham Hotspur, at 97.7%-capacity (Spurs drew 61.4-K-per-game in their 62.8-K-capacity Tottenham Hotspur Stadium).
7. West Ham United, at 97.0%-capacity (the Hammers drew 62.5-K-per-game in the 64.4-K-capacity London Stadium).
8. Manchester City, at 96.8%-capacity (City drew 53.3-K-per-game in their 55.0-K-capacity Etihad Stadium).
9. Manchester United, at 96.4%-capacity (the Red Devils drew 73.5-K-per-game in their 74.0-K-capacity Old Trafford).
10. Everton, at 96.2%-capacity (the Toffees drew 39.0-K-per-game in their 40.5-K-capacity Goodison Park).

Links to other recent posts…
-Here is a chart I made which shows the best Percent-capacity figures last season (in the Premier League & the EFL)…England: Best Percent Capacity figures in 2023-24 – all clubs that drew above 80%-capacity (41 clubs).
-Here is a map I posted earlier this summer…England (including Wales) – Map of all clubs drawing above 1,000 per game (2023-24 attendance figures): 152 clubs, including 60 non-League clubs.

    The 3 promoted clubs…

2024: Leicester City, promoted back to the Premier League after 1 year…
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Photo credits above – Leicester City 2024-25 jersey, from shop.lcfc.com. King Power Stadium, photo from lcfc.com.

2024: Ipswich Town, back in the Premier League after 22 years, following back-to-back promotions, from the 3rd division to the 1st division…
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Photo credits above – Ipswich Town 2024-25 jersey, from shop.itfc.co.uk. Portman Road, aerial photo by John Fielding at flickr.com/photos/john_fielding.

2024: Southampton, promoted back to the Premier League after 1 year…
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Photo credits above – Southampton 2024-25 jersey, from southamptonfc.com/en/news. St Mary’s Stadium, photo from dailyecho.co.uk/news.

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Thanks to all at the following links…
-Blank map of English Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties, by Nilfanion, at File:English metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties 2010.svg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater London, by Nilfanion (using UK Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater London UK relief location map.jpg (en.wikipedia.org).
-2023-24 attendance figures, and venue-capacities from: soccerway.com.
-Seasons in Football League by Club: Club League Divisional History Summary 1888-89 to 2023-24 (myfootballfacts.com); fchd.info (Football Club History Database); England – First Level All-Time Tables 1888/89-2018/19 (rsssf.com).
-Distances: mapdevelopers.com/distance_from_to.php (mapdevelopers.com).

August 1, 2024

England: Best Percent Capacity figures in 2023-24 – all clubs that drew above 80%-capacity (41 clubs).

Filed under: >2024-25 English football — admin @ 11:19 am

By Bill Turianski, on the 1st of August 2024; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-2024-25 Premier League (en.wikipedia.org).
-Table, fixtures, results, stats, attendances, etc…Summary – Premier League [2024-25] (soccerway.com).

The chart is for English football clubs
(all divisions). It shows the clubs that filled their stadium the best in 2023-24. Listed on the chart are all clubs that drew above 80 Percent-Capacity (41 clubs). At the foot of the chart there is a short article. (Click on image below for a full-screen view.)
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Chart by billsportsmaps. Attendance data from soccerway.com.



Generally, Premier League clubs can be expected to draw above 90%-capacity, and last season, only Wolves drew less (and only just, at 89.6%-capacity). Arsenal filled their stadium best, drawing 60.2-K-per-game at the Emirates Stadium, to 99.7%-capacity. So that means that in Arsenal’s 60-thousand-seat venue, there only were around 150 empty seats each game. Arsenal missed out on the title by 2 points.

Second-best at filling their stadium was 16th-place finishers Brentford, who have now played 4 seasons of Premier League football (and 9 seasons overall, of 1st division football). Brentford drew 17.0-K-per-game at their 17.2-K-capacity Brentford Community Stadium in West London, to 99.3%-capacity. (Brentford Community Stadium opened 4 year ago, in September 2020.) That means that in Brentford’s 17.2-thousand-seat venue, there only were around 170 empty seats each game. Going back a decade or so, the club eventually realized they would have to move out of their much-loved but inadequate and too small of a ground, the 12.3-K-capacity Griffin Park. So the question was, how much bigger to build their new ground? And now it looks like Brentford FC nailed it. They correctly estimated their potential ticket-paying fanbase, when they decided on their new ground’s seated capacity: about 5-thousand seats larger than Griffin Park.

Third-best at filling their stadium was 7th-place finisher Newcastle United, who drew 52.1-K-per-game at St James’ Park, to 99.0%-capacity. Fourth-best at filling their stadium was 11th-place finisher Brighton & Hove Albion, who drew 31.5-K-per-game at Falmer Stadium, to 98.8%-capacity. And fifth-best at filling their stadium was Birmingham’s Aston Villa, who drew 41.8-K-per-game at Villa Park, to 98.7%-capacity. Villa finished in 4th place, meaning in 2024-25 they will play in the Champions League Group Stage for the first time.

14 clubs in the EFL Championship drew above 80 Percent Capacity. Best at filling their stadium in the 2nd tier was East Anglian side Ipswich Town, who, en route to winning their second straight promotion, drew 28.8-K-per-game at Portman Road, to 95.1%-capacity. (Ipswich Town returns to the Premier League after an absence of 22 years.) Second-best at filling their stadium in the 2nd tier was another East Anglian side, the 6th-place finisher Norwich City, who drew 26.0-K at Carrow Road, to 94.4%-capacity. Third-best at filling their stadium in the 2nd tier was Queens Park Rangers. 18th-place finisher QPR drew 16.7-K-per-game, and played to 91%-capacity at their band-box of a ground in West London, Loftus Road. Also at 91%-capacity was the promoted Leicester City, while the promoted Southampton played to 89.8%-capacity. (Both Leicester and Southampton bounced right back up to the Premier League.) The other 9 clubs that drew above 80%-capacity in the 2nd division were: Leeds United, the relegated Rotherham United, Hull City, West Bromwich, Watford, Plymouth Argyle, Sunderland, Bristol City, and Millwall.

4 clubs in EFL League One drew above 80 Percent Capacity. Best at filling their stadium in the 3rd tier was Hampshire-based Portsmouth, who, en route to winning promotion, drew 18.9-K-per-game at Fratton Park, to 91.0%-capacity. Portsmouth returns to the 2nd division after an absence of 11 years. The other 3 clubs that drew above 80%-capacity in the 3rd division were: Northampton Town, Leyton Orient, and the promoted Derby County.

3 clubs in EFL League Two drew above 80 Percent Capacity. Best at filling their stadium in the 4th tier was Greater Manchester side Stockpot County, who, en route to winning promotion, drew 9.3-K-per-game at Edgeley Park, to 85.9%-capacity. Stockport County returns to the 3rd division after an absence of 15 years. The other 2 clubs that drew above 80%-capacity in the 4th division were: AFC Wimbledon, and the promoted Mansfield Town.

Club with the worst percent-capacity figure in the Football League? The absolute worst at filling their stadium in the League was, fittingly, Milton Keynes Dons (for the second straight season). Milton Keynes Dons, who stole Wimbledon’s place in the League in 2004, drew 6.8-K-per-game in their 30.5-K-capacity white elephant of a ground, Stadium MK, up in Buckinghamshire. So in 2023-24, Milton Keynes played to a paltry 22%-capacity. In other words, on average, Milton Keynes played to over 23,000 empty seats each game. No other football club in the League played to anywhere near that amount of vacancy (the closest was Port Vale, at 35%-capacity). And for the first time, Milton Keynes drew less than AFC Wimbledon…one-thousand-per-game less than AFC Wimbledon.

July 26, 2023

2023-24 Premier League – Location-map, with 3 charts (Average attendance; Seasons-in-1st-Division; English titles list).

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2023-24 Premier League – Location-map, with 3 charts (Average attendance; Seasons-in-1st-Division; English titles list)



By Bill Turianski, on 26 July 2023; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-2023-24 Premier League (en.wikipedia.org).
-Table, fixtures, results, stats, attendances, etc…Summary – Premier League [2023-24] (soccerway.com).

2023-24 Premier League – Location-map, with 3 charts (Attendance; Seasons-in-1st-Division; English titles list).
The map is a basic location-map, with an inset map of Greater London. Also shown are small labels which point out the three promoted clubs (Burnley, Luton Town, Sheffield United). And there are three charts…

The Attendance chart, at top-centre of the map page, shows 4 things for each of the 20 current Premier League clubs…A) 2022-23 finish (with promotions noted). B) 2022-23 average attendance [from home league matches]. C) Stadium capacity [2022-23]. D) Percent-capacity [2022-23].

At the right-hand side of the map page are two more charts. The chart at the top-right shows Seasons-in-1st-Division for the 20 current Premier League clubs. Also shown are consecutive top-flight-seasons, and first season of current spell. (Counting 2023-24, there have been 125 seasons of English 1st division football; the English 1st division was established in 1888-89, with seasons played from 1888-89 to 1914-15; from 1919-20 to 1938-39; and from 1946-47 to 2023-24.)

Everton have played the most seasons in the top flight – 121 – and Everton have been in the top tier without relegation since 1954-55 (70 straight seasons). There are three other clubs that have played over 100 seasons in the English top flight: Aston Villa (110 seasons), Liverpool (109 seasons), and Arsenal (107 seasons). Arsenal are the club with the longest spell in the top tier – 98 seasons (since 1919-20). Of the 3 newly-promoted sides, Burnley return back to the top flight after one year. Sheffield United return back after two years. And Luton Town are playing top flight football for the first time in 31 years. The last time previously that Luton Town had been in the top tier was in 1991-92, which was the last season the English top flight was called the First Division. (The following season of 1992-93 was, of course, when the Premier League was established.)

The final chart, at the right-hand foot of the map-page, shows the all-time English Title Winners list (1889 to 2023/ 124 titles). Manchester United has won the most English titles, with 20 (last in 2013); Liverpool has won the second-most titles, with 19 (last in 2020). Arsenal have won the third-most titles, with 13 (last in 2004). Reigning champions Manchester City, and Everton, have jointly won the fourth-most titles – 9. Everton won their last English title in 1987; Man City have now won 5 of the last 6 titles. Twenty four clubs have won the English title. The most recent club to win their first title was Leicester City, in 2016.




Below are illustrations for the 3 promoted clubs (Burnley, Luton Town, Sheffield United)…

Burnley – promoted in 2023.
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Photo credits above – Burnley 2023-24 home jersey, photo from shop.burnleyfc.com. Aerial shot of Turf Moor by Richard McCarthy via www.imago-images.de via weltfussball.de/news.




Luton Town – promoted in 2023; promoted back to the 1st division after 31 years. Luton Town are the first club to go from non-League football to the Premier League.
{Kenilworth Road: The throwback Luton Town stadium hosting the Premier League, by Kris Holland at bbc.com/news.}
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Photo credits above – Luton Town 2023-24 home jersey, photo unattributed at footyheadlines.com. 2 photos by Carl Recine/Reuters {@twitter.com/carlrecine}: Aerial drone shot of Kenilworth Road. Aerial drone shot of the two Oak Stand entrances (built into the row of terraced houses along Oak Road; entrance to the stadium, from there, is via a back-yard staircase). 2 photos via @twitter.com/James_Dart.




Sheffield United – promoted in 2023.
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Photo credits above – Sheffield United 2023-24 home jersey (w/ no sponsor), photo unattributed at footballshirtculture.com. Aerial shot of Bramall Lane by Michael Regan/Getty Images via gettyimages.com.au/photos/bramall-lane-sheffield.

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Thanks to all at the following links…
-Blank map of English Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties, by Nilfanion, at File:English metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties 2010.svg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater London, by Nilfanion (using UK Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater London UK relief location map.jpg (en.wikipedia.org).
-2022-23 attendance figures, and venue-capacities from: soccerway.com.
-Seasons in Football League by Club: Club League Divisional History Summary 1888-89 to 2023-24 (myfootballfacts.com); fchd.info (Football Club History Database); England – First Level All-Time Tables 1888/89-2018/19 (rsssf.com).
-Distances: mapdevelopers.com/distance_from_to.php (mapdevelopers.com).

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