Nottingham Forest are one of four Football League clubs whose average attendances are higher than some teams in the Premier League.
Thanks to some bumper crowds, an average of 27,782 people have attended Forest’s home league games so far this season, according to worldfootball.net.
That’s the 18th highest average in the top four divisions of English football.
It puts the Reds ahead of top-flight sides such as Norwich City (27,043), Crystal Palace (25,250) and Watford (20,613).
Joining Forest in the “Premier Attendance League” are fellow Football League sides Leeds (34,956), Sunderland (30,279) and Derby (26,979) who have the 11th, 16th and 20th highest average attendances in the country respectively.
Forest are also one of just four EFL sides who are filling their stadium to over 90 percent of capacity.
The 27,782 average at the City Ground this season works out as 90.8 percent of the stadium’s capacity.
Luton Town (97.1%), Leeds United (92.3%) and AFC Wimbledon (90.3) are the only other sides in the lower leagues filling their stadiums to a similar level.
Percentage of capacity
Club // Percentage
Arsenal // 99.9%
West Ham United // 99.9%
Norwich City // 99.3%
Manchester City // 98.7%
Leicester City // 98.4%
Brighton & Hove Albion // 98.0%
Wolverhampton Wanderers // 97.9%
Everton // 97.8%
Liverpool // 97.7%
Aston Villa // 97.3%
Luton Town // 97.1%
Chelsea // 97.1%
Manchester United // 97.0%
Tottenham Hotspur // 96.3%
Crystal Palace // 96.2%
Southampton // 94.7%
Watford // 93.3%
Sheffield United // 93.2%
Bournemouth // 92.3%
Leeds United // 92.3%
Burnley // 90.8%
AFC Wimbledon // 90.3%
Portsmouth // 89.9%
West Bromwich Albion // 89.7%
Newcastle United // 88.9%
Brentford // 88.8%
Huddersfield Town // 88.7%
Lincoln City // 85.9%
Bristol City // 81.7%
Derby County // 80.3%
Rotherham United // 80.2%
Top 20 highest average attendances
Rank // Club // Average
1 // Manchester United // 73,491
2 // Arsenal // 60,301
3 // West Ham United // 59,917
4 // Tottenham Hotspur // 59,777
5 // Manchester City // 54,399
6 // Liverpool // 52,846
7 // Newcastle United // 46,577
8 // Aston Villa // 41,619
9 // Chelsea // 40,628
10 // Everton // 39,254
11 // Leeds United // 34,956
12 // Leicester City // 31,981
13 // Wolverhampton Wanderers // 31,020
14 // Southampton // 30,963
15 // Sheffield United // 30,759
16 // Sunderland // 30,279
17 // Brighton & Hove Albion // 30,122
18 // Nottingham Forest // 27,782
19 // Norwich City // 27,043
20 // Derby County // 26,979
