HC Deb 05 May 1989 vol 152 cc269-71W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing the current maximum spectator capacity for each of the 92 Football League clubs.

Mr. Moynihan

The following figures are the most up to date available to the Football League, though I understand that they may not be precisely accurate in every case.

Division One
Numbers
Arsenal 57,000
Aston Villa 48,100
Charlton Athletic 38,366
Coventry City 29,800
Derby County 26,500
Everton 50,271
Liverpool 45,628
Luton Town 14,470
Manchester United 56,385
Middlesbrough 30,647
Millwall 25,850
Newcastle United 37,703
Norwich City 26,812
Nottingham Forest 35,367
Queen's Park Rangers 27,330
Sheffield Wednesday 54,324
Southampton 25,175
Tottenham Hotspur 34,258
West Ham United 35,556
Wimbledon 16,000

Division Two
Numbers
A.F.C. Bournemouth 12,038
Barnsley 36,987
Birmingham City 38,408
Blackburn Rovers 21,956
Bradford City 15,519
Brighton and Hove Albion 29,026
Chelsea 43,900
Crystal Palace 38,366
Hull City 19,797
Ipswich Town 37,345
Leeds United 39,133
Leicester City 31,057
Manchester City 51,993
Oldham Athletic 21,949
Oxford United 14,006
Plymouth Argyle 28,000
Portsmouth 29,664
Shrewsbury Town 16,000
Stoke City 35,812
Sunderland 37,775
Swindon Town 19,652
Walsall 16,018
Watford 26,956
West Bromwich Albion 35,000

Division Three
Numbers
Aldershot 12,000
Blackpool 11,500
Bolton Wanderers 29,000
Brentford 10,827
Bristol City 30,800
Bristol Rovers 5,100
Bury 15,770
Cardiff City 39,500
Chester City 8,200
Chesterfield 7,652

Numbers
Fulham 25,680
Gillingham 19,581
Huddersfield Town 31,000
Mansfield Town 10,468
Northampton Town 10,250
Notts County 24,045
Port Vale 16,800
Preston North End 20,000
Reading 17,100
Sheffield United 44,000
Southend United 10,753
Swansea City 21,860
Wigan Athletic 12,500
Wolverhampton Wanderers 28,051

Division Four
Numbers
Burnley 21,761
Cambridge United 10,000
Carlisle United 18,000
Colchester United 4,900
Crewe Alexandra 5,500
Darlington 13,551
Doncaster Rovers 7,500
Exeter City 9,230
Grimsby Town 20,865
Halifax Town 10,000
Hartlepool United 6,650
Hereford United 16,119
Leyton Orient 26,569
Lincoln City 13,189
Peterborough United 17,150
Rochdale 12,000
Rotherham United 17,913
Scarborough 10,000
Scunthorpe United 11,000
Stockport County 6,000
Torquay United 6,000
Tranmere Rovers 16,000
Wrexham 22,682
York City 14,109

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