SWFC's Ticket Allocation

In that same season (1934) Man City averaged 30,058, they average nearly double that now.
http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/manc.htm

 

What's Rochdale's average crowd now? 2, 500 ish?. Have a look at Burnley too, or Blackburn and see how many fans they drew 'back in day'.
The fact is that we now have 'small grounds' in comparison, with lots having the ability to hold 50, 60% of what they used to.

 

21 league clubs have their highest ever attendance in a league game.
This ranges from Bury in 1924 to Crystal Palace in 1979.
None of these 21 league clubs grounds hold any where near what they used to.

2018 premier league average: 35,809
1949: 38,792.

2018 championship: 20,048
1949: 24,528.

2018 league1: 7,923
1949: 15,148.

2018 league2: 4,752
1949: 10,803.

 

So in conclusion we had bigger crowds in that year (1949) if the records and technology used to count crowds back then is reliable but the grounds aren't half empty these days?

Looking at the full stats, only the period of the 40's was bigger than they are now for the top two divisions. I'd imagine that won't be the case in the next few years once the new grounds and capacity increases have completed.
http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/nav/attnengleague.htm

Cracking debate though, imagine the crowds now if it was equivalent price to get in.

 

In 1950 the crowd average was significantly higher than last season over all leagues.
1958 higher too and i can't be bothered to add all the other years up.

This is not even taking into consideration the huge crowds cup matches drew in then across all leagues compared to the pathetic efforts of today.
It is evident though that the lower 3 divisions then (especially the bottom two) drew significantly higher averages than now. This arguably is a consequence of high ticket prices across the board.

 

I agree with this.

£36 in your death-trap which killed 96 people?

Then it's £36 in our stand which never killed anybody.

Looking at it from that point of view, it's a bargain.

 

Done it for you, the 10 largest attendances for each division.