Leicester are currently experiencing on average their highest attendance's in the last five seasons. This is on the back of their promotion surge from League One last season, and now the Blue Army are back in force.
The highest attendance this season so far has been against Derby County with 28,875 turning out to one of the most boring matches of all time. The lowest attendance is currently against Bristol City where just under 20,000 spectators turned out, however that was on the back of a thumping away at Nottingham Forest.
Surprisingly the lowest attendances Leicester have experienced in The Walkers stadium were last season during their successful promotion campaign. However the biggest crowd of that season did come on the last home game, where 30,542 fans turned out to see the boys lift the League One trophy.
As good as the support has been this year, it is still nothing when compared to the support given when the ground first opened. In that first season there was an average of just under 30,000 fans turning out for every single home game. Better still, in the 2003/04 season and our last year in the top flight, the average was almost 31,000 every match just 1,500 short of full capacity.
Leicester currently have the fourth highest home attendance in the Championship, which is very good, but we do have the joint fifth biggest stadium in the league as well. The stadium that has exactly the same capacity as The Walkers is the Ricoh Arena, home of Coventry City, which is a carbon copy of The Walkers.
If as many people turn out as they did from 2002-04 then Leicester will have the second highest attendance in the league, only behind Newcastle United. Perhaps that is what the boys will need if they are to ever return back to the dizzy heights or Premierleague football.
The highest attendance this season so far has been against Derby County with 28,875 turning out to one of the most boring matches of all time. The lowest attendance is currently against Bristol City where just under 20,000 spectators turned out, however that was on the back of a thumping away at Nottingham Forest.
Surprisingly the lowest attendances Leicester have experienced in The Walkers stadium were last season during their successful promotion campaign. However the biggest crowd of that season did come on the last home game, where 30,542 fans turned out to see the boys lift the League One trophy.
As good as the support has been this year, it is still nothing when compared to the support given when the ground first opened. In that first season there was an average of just under 30,000 fans turning out for every single home game. Better still, in the 2003/04 season and our last year in the top flight, the average was almost 31,000 every match just 1,500 short of full capacity.
Leicester currently have the fourth highest home attendance in the Championship, which is very good, but we do have the joint fifth biggest stadium in the league as well. The stadium that has exactly the same capacity as The Walkers is the Ricoh Arena, home of Coventry City, which is a carbon copy of The Walkers.
If as many people turn out as they did from 2002-04 then Leicester will have the second highest attendance in the league, only behind Newcastle United. Perhaps that is what the boys will need if they are to ever return back to the dizzy heights or Premierleague football.
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