As Cockerill appears to have got us off the bottom of the Bradley and Solomons induced trough and we have a season in the national stadium to savour the move to our new home on the back pitches at Murrayfield next season, thought we should log this season’s attendance stats so we can hopefully observe the progressive future growth of our fan base.
SEASON 2017/18
Average crowd at Myreside (6 games) - 3,569
Average crowd at BT Murrayfield exc. 1872 (7 games) - 4,399
Average crowd at 1872 (2 games) - 24,593
Biggest crowd (1872 Silver Saturday) - 25,353
Biggest non 1872 crowd (Cardiff CC QF) - 7,065
Smallest crowd (Krasney Yar) - 2,773
Total attendances for the season (15 games) - 101,395
Average attendance for season - 6,760
% of total attendance for season from 1872 games - 48.5%
Average attendance for season stripping out the 1872 games - 4,016
Note: for a like for like single 1872 home game season, the total attendance would have been 76,042 which is down on the previous season but the corresponding average attendance would be 5,432 which is up 5% on last season due to there being one fewer game than last season.
[EDIT: Added 3 prior seasons to initial post]
SEASON 2016/17
Average crowd at Myreside (6 games) - 4,228
Average crowd at BT Murrayfield exc. 1872 (8 games) - 3,899
Average crowd at 1872 game - 21,036
Biggest crowd (1872 game) - 21,036
Biggest non 1872 crowd (La Rochelle CC QF) - 5,489
Smallest crowd (Scarlets Season opener at Myreside) - 2,750
Total attendances for the season (15 games) - 77,594
Average attendance for season - 5,173
% of total attendance for season from 1872 game - 27.1%
Average attendance for season stripping out the 1872 games - 4,040
SEASON 2015/16
Average crowd at Meggetland (1 game) - 3,624
Average crowd at BT Murrayfield exc. 1872 (12 games) - 3,676
Crowd at 1872 game - 23,642
Biggest crowd (1872 game) - 23,642
Biggest non 1872 crowd (Munster at BTM) - 4,981
Smallest crowd (Ospreys at BTM) - 2,465
Total attendances for the season (15 games) - 71,377
Average attendance for season - 5,098
% of total attendance for season from 1872 game - 33.12
Average attendance for season stripping out the 1872 games - 3,672
SEASON 2014/15
Average crowd at BT Murrayfield exc. 1872 (12 games) - 4,946
Crowd at 1872 game - 15,810
Biggest crowd (1872 game) - 15,810
Biggest non 1872 crowd (Dragons CC Semi) - 8,231
Smallest crowd (Benetton) - 2,768
Total attendances for the season (15 games) - 74,192
Average attendance for season - 4,946
% of total attendance for season from 1872 game - 21.31%
Average attendance for season stripping out the 1872 games - 4,170