Attendance at Edgar Street

Attendances at Edgar Street are down this season so far. Below is a list of the Hereford United gates which includes the total gate, the away support and the net home support. (League fixtures only)

Sat 15th Aug Cheltenham Town 3280... 577... 2703
Tue 18th Aug Bury 2,321... 217... 2104
Sat 29th Aug Port Vale 2,434... 445... 1989
Sat 19th Sep Accrington Stanley 2,013... 85... 1928
Tue 29th Sep Bournemouth 2,104... 431... 1673
Sat 3rd Oct Dagenham & Redbridge 2,253... 71... 2182
Sat 17th Oct Chesterfield 2,574... 364... 2210
Sat 31st Oct Darlington 2,238... 98... 2140

Total gate: 19217 after 8 games... (Last season after 7 games - 22845)
Average Gate: 2402... (Last season ditto - 3264)
Total home support: 16929... (19284)
Average home support: 2116 or 88.1%... (2756 or 84.4%)
Total opponents support: 2288... (3561)
Average opponents support: 286 or 11.9%... (508 or 15.6%)

What about Hereford United's away games? Here's a similar list. It does include the Bradford gate which makes the following for the Bulls lower than it might be later on in the season.

Sat 8th Aug Morecambe 2,119...355
Sat 22nd Aug Crewe Alexandra 3,731...300E (BN estimate)
Sat 5th Sep Aldershot Town 3,094...229
Sat 12th Sep Grimsby Town 3,173...94
Sat 26th Sep Rochdale 2,620...159
Sat 10th Oct Rotherham United 3,452...177
Sat 24th Oct Bradford City 11,107...176

Total Opponents Gates: 29296
Average Opponents Gate: 4185
Total Opponents Support: 27806
Average Opponents Support: 3972 or 95%
Total Hereford Support: 1490 (Last season to date - 3412)
Average Hereford Support: 213 or 5% (Last season - 487)

Overall the figures show that the average gate so far this season at Edgar Street is down by 862 or 26%. The home support is down by 640 and the opponents support by 222. The implication is that gate receipts are down by around £11,000 per home game - this figure also reflects that the cost of admission to Edgar Street is £1 less than twelve months ago.

And just for the record the number of travelling Hereford United supporters is well down on last season. However it is only fair to mention that it was the Bulls first few away games in League One with several 'new' grounds to visit.

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