All Seasons Average & highest home & away attendances

Attendances in the first few seasons, was either missing or just estimates. Often rounded or at best the income reported. At the end of each season, the club reported income from gates and the tax due.

In 1901/02 the FA Cup competition introduced a rule where 5% of the gate receipts had to be remitted to the FA. However, some county FAs had already introduced similar levies for their competitions. It is fair to assume that this must have required some form of recording of attendances and gate receipts?

An Entertainments Tax was introduced on 15 May 1916. The tax was levied on the price of admission for a wide range of entertainment including football. There were three methods to collect and pay over the tax.

In football’s case where a large number of spectators are admitted in a relatively short space of time then they did not have to issue a ticket to each spectator but could pay over the tax based on certified accounts or satisfactory security being given. This required turnstiles and all the details recorded in a gate book that could be subject to inspection and prosecution if everything was not in order. At this time the use of turnstiles was well established in football otherwise the Treasury would not have allowed football to self-certify the tax it was collecting.

Exeter had turnstiles by this time, and even in the first season at the Park, a sentry hut was used for the collection of the entry fee.

In many of the early reports the income is reported and not the gate number. In some reports in the press, it mentions the crowd before the start of the game, this is the figure that is reported in the books produced since then, however further reading of the reports will say such things as "and by half time the ground was nearly full" or " after the start of the game the crowd was close to 8000".

 

Season

Average  Attendance (Home)

Highest Attendance (Home)

Opponents

Highest attendance (Away)

Opponents

Notes

1901

1902

1902

1903

1903

1904

1904

1905

860

1500

112 Battery RA

1500

112 Battery RA

Based on 5 games

1905

1906

1433

2000

Plymouth Res

1500

Millbrook R

Based on 3 games

1906

1907

1367

3000

Plymouth Res

2000

Rifle Brigade

Based on 6 games

1907

1908

967

2000

Plymouth Res

500

Plymouth Res

Based on 3 games

1908

1909

5436

11500

Millwall

10000

Portsmouth

1909

1910

6381

13000

Plymouth

14000

Plymouth

1910

1911

4763

7500

Plymouth

20000

Crystal Palace

1911

1912

5105

8000

Plymouth

11000

Millwall

1912

1913

4052

12000

Plymouth

15000

Millwall

1913

1914

5105

11000

Plymouth

15000

Plymouth

1914

1915

3947

6000

Swindon

8000

West Ham United

1915

1916

No Competetion

1916

1917

No Competetion

1917

1918

No Competetion

1918

1919

No Competetion

1919

1920

5857

11000

Bristol Rovers

14000

Bristol Rovers

1920

1921

7050

14664

Plymouth

24000

Portsmouth

1921

1922

5810

16000

Plymouth

22000

Plymouth

1922

1923

5935

14000

Plymouth

16000

Plymouth

1923

1924

5680

13000

Plymouth

14500

Plymouth

1924

1925

6630

14000

Plymouth

25000

Swansea

1925

1926

6334

11000

Swindon

20000

Plymouth

1926

1927

7201

19221

Plymouth

17000

Bristol Rovers

1927

1928

6876

12500

Millwall

13000

Plymouth

1928

1929

5743

14000

Plymouth

18000

Fulham

1929

1930

6592

16000

Plymouth

18000

Fulham

1930

1931

4950

8000

Torquay United

14000

Fulham

1931

1932

6257

14000

Southend

20000

Reading

1932

1933

7665

15000

Norwich City

16000

Brentford

1933

1934

5916

10000

Bristol Rovers

15000

Coventry City

1934

1935

5009

9000

Watford

15000

Crystal Palace

1935

1936

5214

10000

Aldershot

12000

Swindon

1936

1937

5423

9000

Bristol City

20000

Crystal Palace

1937

1938

6245

12893

Crystal Palace

20000

Crystal Palace

1938

1939

6055

10000

Ipswich

25000

Cardiff City

1939

1940

7500

7500

Torquay United

Only one match at home,

1940

1941

City did not compete in Competetion

1941

1942

City did not compete in Competetion

1942

1943

City did not compete in Competetion

1943

1944

City did not compete in Competetion

1944

1945

City did not compete in Competetion

1945

1946

7597

10209

Crystal Palace

18000

Cardiff City

1946

1947

8888

13100

Bristol City

32000

Cardiff City

1947

1948

9900

16942

Notts County

24755

Norwich City

1948

1949

10143

14000

Notts County

37647

Notts County

1949

1950

10117

14833

Torquay United

32167

Notts County

1950

1951

9772

20000

Plymouth

25424

Plymouth

1951

1952

8321

19000

Plymouth

25494

Plymouth

1952

1953

10339

15720

Norwich City

23773

Bristol Rovers

1953

1954

9334

15518

Torquay United

24728

Norwich City

1954

1955

8045

12467

Crystal Palace

26230

Bristol City

1955

1956

8168

13991

Torquay United

20790

Coventry City

1956

1957

6765

10936

Torquay United

20100

Coventry City

1957

1958

7784

13598

Plymouth

23418

Plymouth

1958

1959

9374

13102

Torquay United

20979

Crystal Palace

1959

1960

7421

12947

Torquay United

15731

Crystal Palace

1960

1961

4961

9933

Carlisle United

28551

Crystal Palace

1961

1962

4344

6424

Doncaster

19666

Millwall

1962

1963

4414

9676

Torquay United

15790

Oldham

1963

1964

7291

16141

Torquay United

13655

Torquay United

1964

1965

6460

10218

Peterborough

12342

Bournemouth

1965

1966

5590

9132

Swansea

28055

Hull City

1966

1967

2889

7044

Newport County

8960

Stockport

1967

1968

3855

5046

Aldershot

12409

Luton

1968

1969

5371

12714

Southend

9935

Southend

1969

1970

4918

6700

Newport County

10110

Brentford

1970

1971

4687

6093

Notts County

18002

Notts County

1971

1972

3857

5144

Aldershot

22484

Grimsby Town

1972

1973

4966

11296

Torquay United

11302

Hereford

1973

1974

4193

6822

Reading

9641

Peterborough

Lowest attendance  693  Workington (Away)

1974

1975

3430

7271

Torquay United

8412

Mansfield

1975

1976

3265

8112

Torquay United

6341

Reading

1976

1977

4616

10751

Aldershot

7900

Torquay United

1977

1978

4880

8334

Plymouth

15317

Wrexham

1978

1979

4412

8022

Plymouth

14797

Watford

1979

1980

4579

11489

Plymouth

12617

Sheffield United

1980

1981

4555

8491

Plymouth

14792

Plymouth

1981

1982

3862

9144

Plymouth

10989

Portsmouth

1982

1983

3244

9168

Plymouth

10622

Portsmouth

1983

1984

3377

6970

Plymouth

10387

Plymouth

1984

1985

2351

3925

Torquay United

3663

Blackpool

1985

1986

1973

2868

Port Vale

3927

Colchester United

1986

1987

2657

4915

Wolves

6983

Tranmere

1987

1988

2465

6281

Torquay United

15588

Wolves

1988

1989

2677

4243

Torquay United

7889

Burnley

1989

1990

4859

8271

Southend

8461

Carlisle

1990

1991

4285

6145

Bournemouth

14225

Grimsby Town

1991

1992

3645

5830

West Bromwich Albion

13634

Stoke City

1992

1993

3268

6534

Plymouth Argyle

14676

West Bromwich Albion

1993

1994

3349

6601

Plymouth Argyle

12986

Plymouth Argyle

1994

1995

2482

5638

Torquay United

6808

Preston North End

1995

1996

3442

6185

Plymouth Argyle

18700

Preston North End

1996

1997

3014

4991

Torquay United

7892

Fulham

1997

1998

3990

8350

Torquay United

6623

Cardiff City

1998

1999

3154

6746

Plymouth Argyle

11936

Plymouth Argyle

1999

2000

3014

5263

Torquay United

10743

Swansea

2000

2001

3692

5145

Plymouth Argyle

9038

Cardiff City

2001

2002

3443

5756

Plymouth Argyle

16369

Plymouth Argyle

2002

2003

3763

9036

Southend*

13667

Hull City

* Police estimate was 13000

2003

2004

3665

5345

Accrington Stanley

4943

Hereford

2004

2005

3389

4529

Scarborough

6588

Carlisle

2005

2006

3790

6682

Grays Athletic

3754

Hereford

2006

2007

3627

6670

Southport

6083

Oxford United

2007

2008

3705

7839

Torquay United

6021

Torquay United

2008

2009

4939

8544

Morecambe

12683

Bradford City

2009

2010

5832

8549

Leeds United

30890

Southampton

2010

2011

5393

7869

Plymouth Argyle

24767

Charlton Athletic

2011

2012

4474

6045

Sheffield United

16995

Sheffield Wednesday

2012

2013

4142

6447

Plymouth Argyle

13251

Plymouth Argyle

2013

2014

3701

5700

Plymouth Argyle

16168

Portsmouth

2014

2015

3873

7400

Plymouth Argyle

14097

Portsmouth

2015

2016

4008

7177

Plymouth Argyle

15822

Portsmouth

2016

2017

4166

6774

Carlisle United

17195

Portsmouth

2017

2018

4037

4760

Notts County

9785

Lincoln City

2018

2019

4418

5974

Yeovil Town

9505

Notts County

2019

2020

4847

7924

Plymouth Argyle

14002

Bradford City

2020

2021

248*

1767*

Forest Green Rovers

2000*

Cheltenham Town

* Covid

2021

2022

5312

8147

Port Vale

15058

Bradford City

2022

2023

6846

8046

Plymouth Argyle

29334

Ipswich Town


  • Exeter City Football Club's recent average home attendance (2022/23) of 6846 is the  highest attendance since the 1963-64 season,

  • The club is currently operating at a certified capacity of 8,219 at St James Park. 

2023/24

Season

Average  Attendance (Home)

Highest Attendance (Home)

Opponents

Highest attendance (Away)

Opponents

Notes

2023

2024

6799

8322

Portsmouth

20 040

Derby County

2024/25

Season

Average  Attendance (Home)

Highest Attendance (Home)

Opponents

Highest attendance (Away)

Opponents

Notes

2024

2025

6512

8192

Bristol Rovers

25 930

Birmingham City

  • Stadium Capacity:
    St James Park has a certified capacity of 8,720, but the operational capacity is 8,219. 



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