Wednesday’s average leagueattendance this season is officially the 24th best so far in England, which when you look at the rest of the teams in the country, 18 of that list are in the Premiership!
The Owls fans have been nothing short of magnificent during a torrid time for the club and deserve their accolades.
Their average home attendance is 22064, which is remarkable in itself because of how dire the team have been.
Away terraces have being packed all season long has given many home sides some of their best attendances of the season when Wednesday have come to town.
The only first division teams who come above The Owls are promotion chasers Ipswich, Sunderland, West Ham and West Brom as well as struggling Nottingham Forest, whose fans again deserve praise for their commitment despite a poor season.
Wednesday’s biggest rivals this season for second division crowds have been QPR, although they are a good 6000 down on that of The Owls, who are also above Premiership teams Fulham and Portsmouth as well as hopefuls Sheffield United, Norwich and Crystal Palace.
Although things are expected to change next season as many Owls fans will not be renewing their season tickets despite Dave Allen budgeting for crowds averaging 22000 – although if the team are doing well the crowds will hopefully still be there.
1) Manchester United 67643
2) Newcastle United 51401
3) Manchester City 46785
4) Liverpool 45362
5) Chelsea 41227
6) Everton 38762
7) Arsenal 38060
8) Leeds United 36537
9) Aston Villa 35921
10) Tottenham Hotspur 34830
11) Southampton 31672
12) West Ham United 31004
13) Leicester City 30952
14) Middlesbrough 30178
15) Birmingham City 29047
16) Wolverhampton Wndrs 28813
17) Sunderland 26823
18) Bolton Wanderers 26724
19) Charlton Athletic 26290
20) West Bromwich Albion 24671
21) Nottingham Forest 24550
22) Ipswich Town 24330
23) Blackburn Rovers 23968
24) Sheffield Wednesday 22064
25) Derby County 22024
26) Sheffield United 21530
27) Portsmouth 20107
28) Norwich City 18786
29) Crystal Palace 17155
30) Hull City 16587
31) Fulham 16245
32) Cardiff City 15580
33) Reading 14844
34) Watford 14714
35) Queens Park Rangers 14620
36) Coventry City 14481
37) Preston North End 14039
38) Stoke City 14009
39) Bristol City 12581
40) Plymouth Argyle 12318
41) Burnley 12255
42) Bradford City 11433
43) Millwall 10536
44) Huddersfield Town 10160
45) Barnsley 9563
46) Wigan Athletic 9001
47) Gillingham 8432
48) Walsall 7707
49) Swindon Town 7650
50) Crewe Alexandra 7646
51) Tranmere Rovers 7483
52) Bristol Rovers 7077
53) Rotherham United 7046
54) AFC Bournemouth 6885
55) Swansea City 6856
56) Doncaster Rovers 6813
57) Oldham Athletic 6493
58) Oxford United 63495
59) Luton Town 6302
60) Blackpool 6286
61) Brighton & Hove Albion 6231
62) Yeovil Town 6080
63) Notts County 5898
64) Port Vale 5765
65) Carlisle United 5440
66) Brentford 5363
67) Hartlepool United 5328
68) Wycombe Wanderers 5282
69) Northampton Town 5266
70) Stockport County 5257
71) Peterborough United 5223
72) Mansfield Town 5077
73) Darlington 5002
74) Lincoln City 4763
75) Wimbledon 4671
76) Grimsby Town 4634
77) Wrexham 4435
78) Rushden & Diamonds 4421
79) Southend United 4337
80) Chesterfield 4242
81) Leyton Orient 4097
82) Cheltenham Town 4039
83) York City 4007
84) Cambridge United 3892
85) Scunthorpe United 3796
86) Colchester United 3487
87) Torquay United 3367
88) Rochdale 3263
89) Kidderminster Harriers 2968
90) Boston United 2884
91) Bury 2861
92) Macclesfield Town 2368