Average Arsenal WSL crowd bigger than 10 Premier League clubs،
Arsenal's victory over rivals Tottenham on Sunday at a sold-out Emirates Stadium means the Women's Super League (WSL) club's average attendance this season (34,997) is now higher than that of all 10 Premier League teams.
The north London club – who sit third in the WSL table, three points behind Manchester City and league leaders Chelsea – have attracted 279,974 fans to watch the team this season and sold out the Emirates three times.
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Beth Mead's 49th-minute goal secured all three points for Arsenal in front of 60,050 fans on Sunday, two weeks after beating Manchester United 3-1 in a match that set a new WSL attendance record (60,160 ).
“I was thinking of a quote from Dennis Bergkamp when he said that you don't support a team just for a player, or just for the history, or just for the trophies, you're going to support a team because that's where “You find an environment where you can feel like you belong,” Eidevall said at a news conference when asked about crowd capacity on Sunday.
“And that's what makes me extremely proud to be able to say that I think we've found a place where over 60,000 people feel like they belong. They feel like this is their home, this is where They want to come and support their football team.
“It's very special and it's something that we have to keep alive and continue to build. But it's a special feeling that we were able to create together.”
The average attendance of 34,997 that the club has attracted across eight matches this season represents an increase of 63% on the total ticket sales of the 11 WSL matches last season, and means that only 10 Premier clubs League can boast a higher average crowd.
United's men's team top the list thanks to their 74,310-capacity Old Trafford stadium, with the WSL club sitting between Premier League strugglers Everton and Sheffield United in the attendance rankings.
Arsenal, who compile their official attendance figures based on tickets sold rather than the number of fans entering the stadium on match day, have split their home matches between the Emirates and the 4,500-capacity Meadow Park in Borehamwood.
Arsenal have played five of their eight WSL home matches at the Emirates this season and have announced that their match against Leicester on April 20 or 21 will also be played at the ground.
“I'm so happy that they hosted one more game at the Emirates. It would have been really sad to stay here and say that this was the last time we went to the Emirates this season,” Eidevall said.
“We're looking forward to it and I hope our fans are too. There's plenty of time left for this game, so I hope tickets sell out quickly.”
