Deutche Welle talks attendance smack
2009-11-27 04:40:00
It's everywhere you go (via John Guppy):Last season, Bundesliga games attracted nearly 7,000 more fans per game on average than the Premiership. The Bundesliga has actually surpassed the Premier League in attendance for each of the past five seasons.
Even more shocking, especially to English soccer snobs who rate their league higher than any other, the Bundesliga is the best supported domestic league in the world, based on regular attendance.
The main point of the article is that the Bundesliga attracts huge crowds by offering massively discounted, or as some would say, reasonably priced, season ticket packages. But the best part is lines like "most of the top Bundesliga teams regularly play in front of sell-out crowds which help to create an electric atmosphere which some of the Premiership's clubs, with their soulless and cavernous stadiums, would die for."
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