Weekend’s National League sees 15.5% rise in home attendances – see those numbers

Weekend’s National League sees 15.5% rise in home attendances due to coronavirus suspending the Premier League and EFL football season.

Notts County enjoyed the biggest rise from all of the home sides on Saturday with just six games of the highest tier of non league football going ahead.

The total attendance figure for Saturday’s six hosts – Dover Athletic, Notts County, Sutton United, Fylde, Maidenhead United and FC Halifax Town – in their previous home fixtures was 11,910. However, the latest set has seen that figure climb to 13,766.

LAST WEEK
Dover Athletic v Yeovil – 1,180
Notts County v Aldershot – 4,287
Sutton United v Torquay – 1,842
AFC Fylde v Solihull Moors – 1,310
Maidenhead v Boreham Wood – 1,296
FC Halifax Town v Woking – 1,995
Total: 11,910

THIS WEEKEND
Dover Athletic v Chesterfield – 1,214
Notts County v Eastleigh – 4,942
Sutton United v Hartlepool – 2,126
AFC Fylde v Aldershot Town – 1,668
Maidenhead v Stockport – 1,662
FC Halifax Town v Ebbsfleet United – 2,154
Total: 13,766

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Take a look at the other non league attendances from Saturday fixtures below…

NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH
AFC Telford United v Kettering Town – 1,206
Alfreton Town v Brackley Town – 583
Bradford Park Avenue v Curzon Ashton – 685
Darlington v Farsley Celtic – TBC
King’s Lynn v Guiseley – 1,432
Spennymoor Town v Hereford – 1,259

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NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH
Braintree Town v St Albans City – 545
Chippenham Town v Wealdstone – 1,062
Concord Rangers v Tonbridge Angels – TBC
Dartford v Chelmsford City – 1,486
Dorking Wanderers v Havant & Waterlooville – 1,022
Dulwich Hamlet v Hemel Hempstead Town – 2,376
Eastbourne Borough v Maidstone United – 817
Hampton & Richmond Borough v Oxford City – 892
Hungerford Town v Bath City – 619
Welling United v Billericay Town – 925
Weymouth v Slough Town – 1,578

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NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION
Basford United v Scarborough Athletic – 501
Lancaster City v Witton Albion – 398
Radcliffe v Whitby Town – 480
South Shields v FC United of Manchester – 3,274

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE SOUTH EAST DIVISION
Carlton Town v Glossop North End – 126
Chasetown v Worksop Town – 348
Frickley Athletic v Kidsgrove Athletic – 254
Lincoln United v Leek Town – 210
Loughborough Dynamo v Ilkeston – 288
Newcastle Town v Belper Town – 240
Stamford v Spalding United – 513
Stocksbridge Park Steels v Cleethorpes Town – 398
Wisbech Town v Market Drayton Town – 235

?Big crowd at Stamford today 513,
We would also like to thank @StamfordAFC1896 for their fantastic hospitality today – great club destined for big things – all the best for the remainder of the season (if it happens) ?? pic.twitter.com/8ofi17nxaA

— Spalding United (@SpaldingUnited) March 14, 2020

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE NORTH WEST DIVISION
Droylsden v Clitheroe – 350
Marine v Ramsbottom United – 667
Prescot Cables v Mossley – 429
Runcorn Linnets v Marske United – 304
Tadcaster Albion v Workington AFC – 427
Widnes v Dunston – 102

It’s all happening at Marine v Ramsbottom.
# pic.twitter.com/pLnVFhYm2R

— Eric The Fish (@ericthefishking) March 14, 2020

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