Leeds United are at the top of the Championship for attendance as well as football, with an average of 34,000 fans piling into Elland Road for every home game prior to the coronavirus pandemic bringing a halt to the 2019/20 season.
Matchdays help bring in a sizeable amount of revenue for the club, especially when hospitality packages and cup (and, last season, play-off) games are added to the regular league programme.
According to recently-released financial results for the year ended 30 June 2019, the club’s revenues grew to a level never before seen from a second-tier club not in receipt of parachute payments.
And the average attendances, up from 31,521 to 34,033 across the 2017/18 campaign, played their part as more fans flocked to the ground to watch Marcelo Bielsa’s team compared to the squads of his immediate predecessors.
Leeds brought in £12.6m in gate receipts in 2018/19, up 11.5% year-on-year, while merchandising, catering and other commercial revenues also rose according to the latest figures from Companies House.
Here what the club's revenues from gate receipts have looked like over the last five years, and how important they were to overall income.
2018/19
Gate receipts: £12.6m
Total revenues: £48.9m
Percentage of income stemming from gate receipt revenue: 25.7%
League finish: 3rd
Number of home matches: 26
2017/18
Gate receipts: £11.3m
Total revenues: £40.7m
Percentage of income stemming from gate receipt revenue: 27.7%
League finish: 13th
Number of home matches: 25
2016/17
Gate receipts: £10.2m
Total revenues: £34.1m
Percentage of income stemming from gate receipt revenue: 29.9%
League finish: 7th
Number of home matches: 25
2015/16
Gate receipts: £8.1m
Total revenues: £30.1m
Percentage of income stemming from gate receipt revenue: 26.9%
League finish: 13th
Number of home matches: 24
2014/15
Gate receipts: £8.7m
Total revenues: £24.4m
Percentage of income stemming from gate receipt revenue: 35.6%
League finish: 15th
Number of home matches: 24
Totals 2014-19
Gate receipts: £50.9m
Total revenues: £178.2
Percentage of income stemming from gate receipt revenue: 28.5%
Average number of home matches: 24.8
