Crowd Pleasers! The Top Attendances From This Weekend

By Sam Elliott

It wasn’t all about title this weekend, it was about clubs smashing their average attendance figures, too.

Everywhere you looked on Saturday, gates were up on their regular figures reported by clubs as the turnstiles were clicking and its operators putting in the overtime.

Leyton Orient averaged 4,300 before the weekend but over 5,000 turned up against Wrexham, while FC Halifax’s crowd nearly doubled for the visit of Tranmere Rovers.

Aldershot welcome almost 3,000 against Barrow - over 500 more than usual, while play-off talk has Ebbsfleet United fans in the mood. They attract a home crowd of approaching 1,500 most weeks but 2,852 saw the game with Sutton United.

It wasn’t a surprise to Salford City put on nearly 1,000 more than usual as they went on to lift the National League North title.

Here’s the top 10 crowds from a cracking day across the divisions on Saturday.

Top ten crowds in across the National League:
1.Leyton Orient v Wrexham 5,166
2.Hartlepool United v Torquay 3,254
3.FC Halifax v Tranmere Rovers 3,113
4.Aldershot Town v Barrow 2,947
5.Ebbsfleet United v Sutton United 2,852
6.Salford City v Boston United 2,466
7.Eastleigh v Macclesfield 2,372
8.York City v Leamington 2,350
9.AFC Fylde v Solihull Moors 2,045
10.Chester v Maidstone United 1,728

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