It's all about the Rangers

[pete 2,499]

Scottish Premiership crowd study shows attendances are up at SEVEN clubs

 

12:11, 15 Nov 2016

Updated 12:45, 15 Nov 2016

By Graeme Young , Darren Cooney

 

CELTIC and Rangers gates have increased on last season along with five other outfits to boost total figure in the top flight.

 

 

AS the Scotland national team continues its downward spiral, it’s heartening to learn one facet of our game is on the up.

 

Record Sport Online dusted off its calculator to find out what is happening with crowds in the Scottish Premiership.

 

Thankfully, our old Casio delivered some good news.

 

Comparing attendances between this stage of this season and last shows an improvement at seven of the 12 top-flight clubs.

 

Also, the total is larger – by nearly 1,000 – compared to mid-November in 2015.

Aberdeen’s crowds are up

 

Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Kilmarnock and St Johnstone’s crowds are bigger this season than last.

 

Only Hearts, Ross County, Motherwell, Partick Thistle and Hamilton have seen dips. Some of these decreases can be explained by having not welcomed either of the Glasgow giants to their home grounds.

 

Neither the Jags not Accies have played either of the big two at home this year – but they had at the same stage last season.

 

Dundee’s biggest crowd was against Rangers

 

Here are the figures...

CLUB-BY-CLUB 2016 (average attendance)

 

Celtic – 54,989. Highest = Rangers 58,348

 

Rangers – 48,553. Highest = Partick Thistle 49,680

 

Hearts – 16,311. Highest = Celtic 16,777

 

Aberdeen - 13,737. Highest = Rangers 19,263

 

Dundee - 6,854. Highest = Rangers 9,702

 

Kilmarnock - 5,362. Highest = Rangers 11,800

 

St Johnstone - 4,474. Highest = Celtic 6,823

 

Ross County - 4,355. Highest = Rangers 6,590

 

Inverness – 4,149. Highest = Rangers 7,012

 

Motherwell - 4,045. Highest = Hearts 4,666

 

Partick Thistle - 3,509. Highest = Hearts 4,919

 

Hamilton – 1,887. Highest = Kilmarnock 2,228

 

Total Premiership attendance so far: 980,409

 

Average Premiership attendance: 12,900

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Dundee was the opposition for Celtic’s biggest crowd last season

CLUB-BY-CLUB 2015 (average attendance)

 

Rangers - 45,689. Highest = Hibs 49,220

 

Celtic - 45,166. Highest = Dundee 48,558

 

Hearts - 16,454. Highest = Aberdeen 16,657

 

Aberdeen - 13,682. Highest = Celtic 19,003

 

Dundee - 5,640. Highest = Hearts 8,222

 

Ross County - 4,699. Highest = Celtic 6,042

 

Partick Thistle - 4,306. Highest = Celtic 7,088

 

Motherwell - 4,252. Highest = Aberdeen 5,437

 

Kilmarnock - 4,077. Highest = Celtic 6,090

 

Inverness - 3,776. Highest = Aberdeen 6,410

 

St Johnstone - 3,365. Highest = Dundee United 4,634

 

Hamilton - 3,300. Highest = Celtic 4,910

 

Total Premiership attendance so far: 973,283

 

Average Premiership attendance: 11,187

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/scottish-premiership-crowd-study-shows-9261053

Edited November 15, 2016 by pete

[MacK1950 2,278]

If you look up stats for biggest clubs ground attendances pre and post SPFL you will see that the majority have a record home crowd v us.