With one game remaining in the Championship campaign of 2016/17, who had the best and biggest away following across the year.
With plenty of historic names in the Championship battle this year and their former successes in the world of football, there are a number of clubs who can involve themselves in the ‘biggest club’ debate but the Birmingham Mail have crunched the numbers to discover which club had the highest average away following this year.
A number of well known clubs find themselves battling it out in the top ten on that average but only three clubs break the 3000 mark and only two break the 2000 mark.
And here they are.
|
Pos
|
Club – Away 2016/17
|
Avg
|
|
1
|
Aston Villa
|
3413
|
|
2
|
Leeds United
|
3305
|
|
3
|
Newcastle United
|
3140
|
|
4
|
Sheffield Wednesday
|
2474
|
|
5
|
Huddersfield Town
|
2172
|
|
6
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers
|
1780
|
|
7
|
Derby County
|
1775
|
|
8
|
Birmingham City
|
1725
|
|
9
|
Nottingham Forest
|
1699
|
|
10
|
Norwich City
|
1661
|
|
11
|
Preston North End
|
1556
|
|
12
|
Brighton
|
1512
|
|
13
|
Barnsley
|
1459
|
|
14
|
Bristol City
|
1350
|
|
15
|
Reading
|
1159
|
|
16
|
Fulham
|
1107
|
|
17
|
Rotherham United
|
1022
|
|
18
|
Ipswich Town
|
979
|
|
19
|
Blackburn Rovers
|
964
|
|
20
|
Brentford
|
936
|
|
21
|
Queens Park Rangers
|
910
|
|
22
|
Cardiff City
|
849
|
|
23
|
Wigan Athletic
|
808
|
|
24
|
Burton Albion
|
796
|
