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One thing that football fans place a good amount of pride in is the attendances of their club compared with those of their rivals.

The Championship is no exception, with a number of huge teams who traditionally have had some of the biggest and most dedicated fanbases in the land.

How many supporters that clubs can attract through the turnstiles on a Saturday can be skewed by the size of their stadiums and how many away fans travel to each game.

So here is another way of gauging attendances.

As adapted from an earlier article by the Bristol Post , here is a look at all 24 Championship teams, ranked in order of how well they filled their grounds throughout the 2017-18 season.

And there are some interesting and often unexpected results.

NOTE: In order to ensure that all teams are ranked based on the same number of matches, playoff games will not be included in these rankings.

1)Norwich City

94.7 per cent of capacity – Carrow Road

Norwich City fans will be wishing that this was the actual Championship table at the end of the season as with the numbers they are turning up to games in, it’s the least they deserved with this kind of support for their team.

Unfortunately, it failed to translate into success on the pitch, with the Canaries ending the campaign in 14th place.

2 ) Wolverhampton Wanderers

89.3 per cent of capacity – Molineux

Wolves looked a class above the league throughout the season as they surged to promotion with several games to spare.

New Chinese investors have helped with this resurgence of the Midlands club, bringing back that feel-good factor back to Wolverhampton as they secured the title by nine points.

It is no surprise, therefore, to see Wolves in second place in this table.

3) Brentford

83.2 per cent of capacity – Griffin Park

Brentford are not the typical club you’d expect to be up in the top seven but most of this is down to the size of their smaller ground in comparison to the others with Griffin Park.

It should be said that they were towards the bottom end of the table when it comes to average attendances, although there were not many empty seats to be found on most occasions.

4) Leeds United

83.2 per cent of capacity – Elland Road

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Leeds United have always had a wide fan base, dating all the way back to their glory years back in the 1960s and 70s.

This means it’s not at all surprising to see the club in fourth place in this table, despite another frustrating campaign that saw them again fail to hit their target of reaching the playoffs.

5) Sheffield United

82.1 per cent of capacity – Bramall Lane

The Blades arguably shocked many this season with the performances they put in, particularly in the opening half of the season, and crowds came flooding back to Bramall Lane as they impressed on their Championship return.

While their season fizzled out to a tenth place finish, the fans kept flocking back and that reflects their overall fifth place finish in this table.

6) Nottingham Forest

81.1 per cent of capacity – City Ground

Another historical heavyweight of English football, Nottingham Forest are another team trying to bring themselves back to the heights they used to play at with the quality of player brought in and the manager they have in Aitor Karanka.

This kind of power and importance that Forest have would explain why the City Ground is usually full, although a 17th place finish is far from what the fans were hoping for this season.

7) Derby County

80.9 per cent of capacity – Pride Park

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Derby County have enjoyed another strong season as they secured a playoff spot in their latest bid to reach the Premier League.

Fans seem happy with Gary Rowett, as is shown by the Rams' attendance figures, and that number will only continue to grow should the club finally reach the promised land.

8) Bristol City

77.6 per cent of capacity – Ashton Gate

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The Robins were the surprise package of the first half of this season and with the continued investment in their squad and club as a whole, attendances have been strong.

Fans felt like they were in dreamland for most of the campaign, with a Carabao Cup win over Manchester United the highlight of their season.

Even though Lee Johnson's side eventually tailed off to an 11th place finish, they rank highly in this table.

9) Fulham

77.4 per cent of capacity – Craven Cottage

Another another former Premier League side Fulham who are looking for a return to the top flight through the playoffs, Craven Cottage continued to pull in the punters throughout the season.

Many fans will be hoping for the best as the Cottagers look to return to the top flight after a four year absence.

10) Queens Park Rangers

75.5 per cent of capacity – Loftus Road

Another one of the London-based sides who may feel minor compared to their Premier League opponents, but their committed fan base filled Loftus Road most weeks and left them in the top half of this list.

11) Aston Villa

75 per cent of capacity – Villa Park

Aston Villa are arguably the biggest club in the Championship because they have the second biggest stadium and one of the biggest average attendances.

Relegation from the Premier League may have lowered the numbers slightly, which could explain why they are only mid-table on this particular league table, but that has not stopped large numbers flocking to Villa Park, with the playoffs now looming large.

12) Middlesbrough

73.5 per cent of capacity – Riverside Stadium

Many people would have expected Boro to be right at the top fighting for automatic promotion at the start of the season, but that failed to materialise as they ended in the playoffs after an inconsistent campaign.

That did not stop fans showing their support to the club and players, however, as the Riverside could normally be found three quarters full.

13) Birmingham City

70.1 per cent of capacity – St Andrew’s Stadium

Birmingham suffered a difficult season, having changed their manager twice during the campaign, and they only sealed survival on the final day.

Fans still turned up in loud voice in support of their side, though, with their Premier League standard stadium explaining their lower place on here.

14) Reading

68.9 per cent of capacity – Madejski Stadium

Reading beat Fulham in the play-offs last season but found themselves behind the London-based club this season both on the pitch and in this table.

After a slow start, they briefly rallied at the turn of the year but fell back into trouble, only securing their Championship status on the final day.

15) Burton Albion

67.2 per cent of capacity – Pirelli Stadium

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Burton shocked many with their extended stint in the Championship, with the club largely outmatched in comparison to some of the bigger clubs in the league, and their two year stay in the division came to an end on the final day.

With a stadium of only 6,912 capacity, this had helped in having attendance fill most of the ground, although the scale of the Brewers' achievement in both getting to the second tier and then staying there for more than one year cannot be underestimated.

16) Millwall

66.4 per cent of capacity – The Den

Everyone knows the first season in the Championship is difficult, but Millwall brought together a fiercely loyal fan base that is well-known across the country and rallied to a playoff push that ended in valiant failure.

But their average attendance still left them in the bottom three in terms of average attendance, consigning them to 16th place in this table.

17) Sheffield Wednesday

65.3 per cent of capacity – Hillsborough

Sheffield Wednesday have seen themselves upstaged by local rivals Sheffield United this year, but attendances have always attracted large crowds, as they are in the top five when it comes to average attendance.

Similarly to Birmingham, though, the enormous size of Hillsborough puts them down in 17th place.

18) Hull City

61.5 per cent of capacity – KCOM Stadium

The recently relegated side struggled throughout the first half of the season, and along with their apathy from supporters to the club's owners, it explains why the Tigers are in 18th place here.

Manager Nigel Adkins helped spark a mini-revival in fortunes at the KCOM Stadium, but it was not enough to lift them up this table.

19) Cardiff City

60.6 per cent of capacity – Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff City are a surprising anomaly on this list, having secured promotion on the final day of the season, and having had a big Welsh support for several years now, you would expect them to rank more highly.

Their large Cardiff City stadium does not help them though, and leaves them down in 19th place here.

20) Barnsley

59.6 per cent of capacity – Oakwell

Barnsley are another team that struggled both on the pitch, suffering a final day relegation, and to pull in the crowds, with Oakwell little more than half full on most occasions.

While the poor form on the pitch would explain their poor placing in this table in terms of net capacity and supporters turning up to games, it is unlikely to get much better for the Tykes in the third tier.

21) Preston North End

58.8 per cent of capacity – Deepdale

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Preston did well on the pitch so far this season, just failing to reach the playoffs, but on this list, it did not go so well as their average attendance left them in the bottom four.

Likewise, with other sides, the large size of Deepdale does not leave them any higher.

22) Sunderland

56.4 per cent of capacity – Stadium of Light Stadium

The less said about Sunderland's disastrous season, the better, as the club suffered back-to-back relegations.

In what has been a wretched few years for the Mackems, crowds have fallen off sharply at the Stadium of Light, and given its enormous capacity of 49,000, the Black Cats did not have much hope of ranking any higher.

23) Bolton Wanderers

55.3 per cent of capacity – Macron Stadium

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The once Premier League side suffered a poor season, with only a last gasp comeback in their final game securing their Championship status, and with many fans discouraged by their fall from Premier League to League One in previous years, crowds are no longer flocking to the Macron Stadium.

24) Ipswich Town

53.7 per cent of capacity – Portman Road

Ipswich Town are probably not the team you would expect to prop up this table, with a rich history and consistent results for many years, but fans grew increasingly frustrated with Mick McCarthy throughout the season, they have really struggled to fill Portman Road this season.