Every Attendance of the Weekend – 22nd August 2021

This was the top attendance for the Premier League of the weekend…

1) Liverpool v Burnley – 52,591

 

The rest of the weekend’s Premier League attendances…

2) Manchester City v Norwich City – 51,437
3) Aston Villa v Newcastle United – 41,964
4) Leeds United v Everton – 36,293
5) Wolves v Tottenham Hotspur – 30,368
6) Brighton & Hove Albion v Watford – 29,485
7) Crystal Palace v Brentford – 23,091
-) Arsenal v Chelsea – TBC
-) Southampton v Manchester United – TBC

 

Malcolm Clarke, the chair of the Football Supporters’ Association, told the PA news agency: “August attendances are quite often a little down on the average for a season as a whole because of holidays, so if clubs are getting increases of 1,000 or 2,000 it suggests there’s a certain amount of enthusiasm for returning which is obviously a good thing.

“In general terms, fans that we’re aware of are very pleased to be back but there is a recognition that public health – not just of football fans but the people they might mix with – has got to be the most important factor.”

Clarke says the FSA membership has a broad range of opinions on whether vaccine passports is something that should get the green light, but adds the most important thing is a clear, rational approach.

“Speaking to the leagues, I get the impression they are a little bit frustrated that there hasn’t been central guidance on this on what measures are appropriate,” he said.

“The result of that is that local safety advisory groups, advised by their local directors of public health, seem to be taking some different views in different areas.

Where that’s justified by higher infection rates, that’s fully understandable and you might expect the measures taken are a bit more stringent.

“If fans feel that a decision to do a particular procedure at a ground that isn’t being done at a different ground can’t be explained by infection rates then they’re likely to get a bit annoyed and frustrated by it.

“The key message from us is for all the Cs – clear communication and consultation about how it works in practice.

If clubs do that I think fans will understand. It’s a problem for all of us, and we’re all on the same page.”

Take a look at the Championship attendances on the next page….
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