By Rogero
December 28 2005

Cardiff City's average league crowd in relation to their rivals in the Premier and Football League as at Boxing Day 2005.................. The arguments and discussions continue to rumble on about Cardiff City's crowds and after the best attended match of the season on Boxing Day, here are the latest figures for the Premiership and Football League for all clubs who are averaging bigger crowds than the Bluebirds.

I have excluded Scotland as this provoked more arguments than debate the last time we looked at the figures however this time I have highlighted * those clubs who are playing in "new" grounds together with a note of the grounds capacity. ie They have moved within the last 10 years to a new home and how full is it week in / week out. The capacities are taken from this years Sky Sports Football Yearbook ( previously known as Rothmans )

Manchester United 67,838
Newcastle United 52,187
Liverpool 44,389
* Manchester City 43,113 * Capacity 48,000
Chelsea 41,909
Arsenal 38,111
Everton 36,183
Tottenham Hotspur 36,048
* Sunderland 34,176 * Capacity 49,000
Aston Villa 33,567
West Ham United 33,473
* Middlesbrough 28,504 * Capacity 35,120
Birmingham City 27,052
Charlton Athletic 26,151
Bolton Wanderers 25,484
Norwich City 25,119
West Bromwich Albion 24,905
Ipswich Town 24,186
Wolverhampton Wanderers 24,082
* Southampton 24,012 * Capacity 32,689
Sheffield Wednesday 23,777
Derby County 23,491* Capacity 33,597
Sheffield United 22,747
* Leicester City 21,829 * Capacity 32,500
Leeds United 20,881
* Wigan Athletic 20,734 * Capacity 25,000
Fulham 20,264
Coventry City 20,032* Capacity 23,633
Blackburn Rovers 19,905
Portsmouth 19,785
Nottingham Forest 19,462
* Hull City 19,353 * Capacity 25,400
Crystal Palace 19,174
* Reading 17,838 * Capacity 24,185
Watford 15,005
* Stoke City 14,931 * Capacity 28,212
* Swansea City 14,621 * Capacity 20,000
Preston North End 14,345
Queens Park Rangers 13,623
Plymouth Argyle 13,221
* Huddersfield Town 12,625 * Capacity 25,000
Burnley 12,447
Cardiff City 11,579

We remain the 43rd best supported team in England and Wales, and the 47th in the UK according to my research.