Attendances.
Monday 24th May 2010.
Stanley crowd up 40%
Accrington Stanley's average home league atendance rose by
40% last season to 1,980, an increase of 565 on last season.
Although the recently released figures show a 7% decline in attendances in League Two, our crowds have bucked the trend, increasing significantly after suffering something of a slump in the last two seasons. Our average home attendances in League Two since returning to the Football League are as follows:
2006/07 - 2,260
2007/08 - 1,633
2008/09 - 1,415
2009/10 - 1,980
Speaking about the news chief executive Robert Heys said "It is fantastic to have witnessed such a significant rise in the attendances this season, no doubt spured in some ways by our financial problems at the start of the season but backed up with some superb displays on the pitch and a lot of hard work behind the scenes in terms of promoting the matches and the efforts of our Football in the Community scheme.
"We are a small club compared to many of the sides in our division however with the backing of our supporters we have shown we can hold our own in League Two and indeed look to continue to progress."
It would be really nice to grow the crowds again by a similar amount next season and then we would have our biggest crowds in our recent FL times!!
