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A lot can happen in ten years, but for some fanbases the idea of abandoning the club they love just doesn’t enter the equation.
There are plenty of clubs in the Championship that have been there for the best part of the last decade, while other teams have been up and down (and up and down again, in some cases).
The roster of teams comprising the 2025/26 Championship offers up some pretty tasty clashes, with the likes of Ipswich and Norwich meeting again, Wrexham joining the party, and Birmingham set to disrupt the status quo with their grand ambitions.
Times have been hard for some of those clubs in recent years, while others have seen a meteoric rise. But, as per new data based on average attendances over the last decade, some fans have stuck by their club through thick and thin, while others have abandoned ship.
Norwich and West Brom fanbases are almost exactly the same size, 10 years later
Thanks to Twitter account PNE Ben, we can see the differences between the average attendance for all 24 teams in the Championship from ten years ago, compared to today.
What’s really fascinating to us is that both Norwich and West Brom have almost exactly the same average attendances at the two points of reference. Norwich’s average dropped by just 27, while the Baggies dropped by only seven, suggesting the fanbases for both clubs are extremely loyal.
In the case of Norwich, the club were in the Championship in 2014/15 as well so the comparison does make a lot of sense. For West Brom, however, they were right in the middle of an eight-year stay in the Premier League ten years ago, which means their fans haven’t wavered despite relegation.
Credit should also go to the likes of Southampton (+213), Leicester (-205) and Derby County (-214). The three sides were all within just over 200 either way when comparing attendances from ten years ago to this season.
Coventry City top the list with an incredible increase of 18,484 over the decade; that figures, seeing as they were down in League One in 2014/15. Bristol City, Birmingham, Ipswich Town, and Wrexham have also enjoyed a huge rise; again, pretty predictable for the two Hollywood teams, there.
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Swansea and Stoke are bleeding fans
On the other end of the scale, it will be pretty concerning for Stoke City and Swansea City, who lead the way when it comes to losing their fans.
The Potters have seen average attendances drop by 4,277 in the last decade. Swansea’s figures are even worse, taking a 5,052 hit to become one of the smallest attendances in the division; only four teams have lower average attendances for last season, and one of them, Wrexham, are missing a stand.
The Swans were in the midst of a seven-year stay in the Premier League in 2014/15, but unlike West Brom, have not been able to preserve those attendance levels. Likewise, Stoke were going strong in their seventh year in the top flight at the time, before relegation three seasons later.