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".
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Season |
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Average Attendance (Home) |
Highest Attendance (Home) |
Opponents |
Highest attendance (Away) |
Opponents |
Notes |
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1901 |
1902 |
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1902 |
1903 |
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1903 |
1904 |
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860 |
1500 |
112 Battery RA |
1500 |
112 Battery RA |
Based on 5 games |
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1433 |
2000 |
Plymouth Res |
1500 |
Millbrook R |
Based on 3 games |
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1367 |
3000 |
Plymouth Res |
2000 |
Rifle Brigade |
Based on 6 games |
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967 |
2000 |
Plymouth Res |
500 |
Plymouth Res |
Based on 3 games |
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5436 |
11500 |
Millwall |
10000 |
Portsmouth |
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6381 |
13000 |
Plymouth |
14000 |
Plymouth |
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4763 |
7500 |
Plymouth |
20000 |
Crystal Palace |
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5105 |
8000 |
Plymouth |
11000 |
Millwall |
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4052 |
12000 |
Plymouth |
15000 |
Millwall |
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5105 |
11000 |
Plymouth |
15000 |
Plymouth |
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3947 |
6000 |
Swindon |
8000 |
West Ham United |
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1915 |
1916 |
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No Competetion |
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1916 |
1917 |
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No Competetion |
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1917 |
1918 |
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No Competetion |
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1918 |
1919 |
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No Competetion |
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5857 |
11000 |
Bristol Rovers |
14000 |
Bristol Rovers |
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7050 |
14664 |
Plymouth |
24000 |
Portsmouth |
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5810 |
16000 |
Plymouth |
22000 |
Plymouth |
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5935 |
14000 |
Plymouth |
16000 |
Plymouth |
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5680 |
13000 |
Plymouth |
14500 |
Plymouth |
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6630 |
14000 |
Plymouth |
25000 |
Swansea |
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6334 |
11000 |
Swindon |
20000 |
Plymouth |
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7201 |
19221 |
Plymouth |
17000 |
Bristol Rovers |
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6876 |
12500 |
Millwall |
13000 |
Plymouth |
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5743 |
14000 |
Plymouth |
18000 |
Fulham |
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6592 |
16000 |
Plymouth |
18000 |
Fulham |
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4950 |
8000 |
Torquay United |
14000 |
Fulham |
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6257 |
14000 |
Southend |
20000 |
Reading |
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7665 |
15000 |
Norwich City |
16000 |
Brentford |
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5916 |
10000 |
Bristol Rovers |
15000 |
Coventry City |
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5009 |
9000 |
Watford |
15000 |
Crystal Palace |
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5214 |
10000 |
Aldershot |
12000 |
Swindon |
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5423 |
9000 |
Bristol City |
20000 |
Crystal Palace |
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6245 |
12893 |
Crystal Palace |
20000 |
Crystal Palace |
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6055 |
10000 |
Ipswich |
25000 |
Cardiff City |
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7500 |
7500 |
Torquay United |
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Only one match at home, |
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1940 |
1941 |
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City did not compete in Competetion |
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1941 |
1942 |
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City did not compete in Competetion |
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1942 |
1943 |
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City did not compete in Competetion |
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1943 |
1944 |
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City did not compete in Competetion |
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1944 |
1945 |
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City did not compete in Competetion |
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7597 |
10209 |
Crystal Palace |
18000 |
Cardiff City |
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8888 |
13100 |
Bristol City |
32000 |
Cardiff City |
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9900 |
16942 |
Notts County |
24755 |
Norwich City |
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10143 |
14000 |
Notts County |
37647 |
Notts County |
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10117 |
14833 |
Torquay United |
32167 |
Notts County |
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9772 |
20000 |
Plymouth |
25424 |
Plymouth |
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8321 |
19000 |
Plymouth |
25494 |
Plymouth |
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10339 |
15720 |
Norwich City |
23773 |
Bristol Rovers |
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9334 |
15518 |
Torquay United |
24728 |
Norwich City |
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8045 |
12467 |
Crystal Palace |
26230 |
Bristol City |
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8168 |
13991 |
Torquay United |
20790 |
Coventry City |
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6765 |
10936 |
Torquay United |
20100 |
Coventry City |
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7784 |
13598 |
Plymouth |
23418 |
Plymouth |
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9374 |
13102 |
Torquay United |
20979 |
Crystal Palace |
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7421 |
12947 |
Torquay United |
15731 |
Crystal Palace |
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4961 |
9933 |
Carlisle United |
28551 |
Crystal Palace |
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4344 |
6424 |
Doncaster |
19666 |
Millwall |
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4414 |
9676 |
Torquay United |
15790 |
Oldham |
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7291 |
16141 |
Torquay United |
13655 |
Torquay United |
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6460 |
10218 |
Peterborough |
12342 |
Bournemouth |
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5590 |
9132 |
Swansea |
28055 |
Hull City |
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2889 |
7044 |
Newport County |
8960 |
Stockport |
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3855 |
5046 |
Aldershot |
12409 |
Luton |
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5371 |
12714 |
Southend |
9935 |
Southend |
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4918 |
6700 |
Newport County |
10110 |
Brentford |
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4687 |
6093 |
Notts County |
18002 |
Notts County |
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3857 |
5144 |
Aldershot |
22484 |
Grimsby Town |
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4966 |
11296 |
Torquay United |
11302 |
Hereford |
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4193 |
6822 |
Reading |
9641 |
Peterborough |
Lowest attendance 693 Workington (Away) |
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3430 |
7271 |
Torquay United |
8412 |
Mansfield |
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3265 |
8112 |
Torquay United |
6341 |
Reading |
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4616 |
10751 |
Aldershot |
7900 |
Torquay United |
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4880 |
8334 |
Plymouth |
15317 |
Wrexham |
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4412 |
8022 |
Plymouth |
14797 |
Watford |
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4579 |
11489 |
Plymouth |
12617 |
Sheffield United |
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4555 |
8491 |
Plymouth |
14792 |
Plymouth |
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3862 |
9144 |
Plymouth |
10989 |
Portsmouth |
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3244 |
9168 |
Plymouth |
10622 |
Portsmouth |
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3377 |
6970 |
Plymouth |
10387 |
Plymouth |
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2351 |
3925 |
Torquay United |
3663 |
Blackpool |
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1973 |
2868 |
Port Vale |
3927 |
Colchester United |
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2657 |
4915 |
Wolves |
6983 |
Tranmere |
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2465 |
6281 |
Torquay United |
15588 |
Wolves |
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2677 |
4243 |
Torquay United |
7889 |
Burnley |
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4859 |
8271 |
Southend |
8461 |
Carlisle |
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4285 |
6145 |
Bournemouth |
14225 |
Grimsby Town |
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3645 |
5830 |
West Bromwich Albion |
13634 |
Stoke City |
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3268 |
6534 |
Plymouth Argyle |
14676 |
West Bromwich Albion |
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3349 |
6601 |
Plymouth Argyle |
12986 |
Plymouth Argyle |
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2482 |
5638 |
Torquay United |
6808 |
Preston North End |
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3442 |
6185 |
Plymouth Argyle |
18700 |
Preston North End |
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3014 |
4991 |
Torquay United |
7892 |
Fulham |
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3990 |
8350 |
Torquay United |
6623 |
Cardiff City |
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3154 |
6746 |
Plymouth Argyle |
11936 |
Plymouth Argyle |
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3014 |
5263 |
Torquay United |
10743 |
Swansea |
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3692 |
5145 |
Plymouth Argyle |
9038 |
Cardiff City |
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3443 |
5756 |
Plymouth Argyle |
16369 |
Plymouth Argyle |
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3763 |
9036 |
Southend* |
13667 |
Hull City |
* Police estimate was 13000 |
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3665 |
5345 |
Accrington Stanley |
4943 |
Hereford |
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3389 |
4529 |
Scarborough |
6588 |
Carlisle |
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3790 |
6682 |
Grays Athletic |
3754 |
Hereford |
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3627 |
6670 |
Southport |
6083 |
Oxford United |
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3705 |
7839 |
Torquay United |
6021 |
Torquay United |
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4939 |
8544 |
Morecambe |
12683 |
Bradford City |
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5832 |
8549 |
Leeds United |
30890 |
Southampton |
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5393 |
7869 |
Plymouth Argyle |
24767 |
Charlton Athletic |
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4474 |
6045 |
Sheffield United |
16995 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
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4142 |
6447 |
Plymouth Argyle |
13251 |
Plymouth Argyle |
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3701 |
5700 |
Plymouth Argyle |
16168 |
Portsmouth |
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3873 |
7400 |
Plymouth Argyle |
14097 |
Portsmouth |
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4008 |
7177 |
Plymouth Argyle |
15822 |
Portsmouth |
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4166 |
6774 |
Carlisle United |
17195 |
Portsmouth |
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4037 |
4760 |
Notts County |
9785 |
Lincoln City |
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4418 |
5974 |
Yeovil Town |
9505 |
Notts County |
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4847 |
7924 |
Plymouth Argyle |
14002 |
Bradford City |
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248* |
1767* |
Forest Green Rovers |
2000* |
Cheltenham Town |
* Covid |
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5312 |
8147 |
Port Vale |
15058 |
Bradford City |
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6846 |
8046 |
Plymouth Argyle |
29334 |
Ipswich Town |
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- 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
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Season |
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Average Attendance (Home) |
Highest Attendance (Home) |
Opponents |
Highest attendance (Away) |
Opponents |
Notes |
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2023 |
2024 |
6799 |
8322 |
Portsmouth |
20 040 |
Derby County |
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2024/25
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Season |
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Average Attendance (Home) |
Highest Attendance (Home) |
Opponents |
Highest attendance (Away) |
Opponents |
Notes |
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2024 |
2025 |
6512 |
8192 |
Bristol Rovers |
25 930 |
Birmingham City |
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Stadium Capacity:St James Park has a certified capacity of 8,720, but the operational capacity is 8,219.
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