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Coventry City’s paltry attendance figures hit new lows last night as just 1,697 fans turned up to watch the win over rock-bottom Stevenage.

It may not have been the worst crowd this term but it was a turnout that ensured the history books were re-written once again in this disappointing season of no-shows.

Alarmingly, the ten lowest home league attendances EVER in the history of the club have all come in 2013/14 as supporters stay away from the Sky Blues temporary Sixfields home.

What’s even more shocking are the findings that reveal how local rivals Nuneaton Town are attracting almost as many fans to Liberty Way each week despite playing in the Conference - two leagues below Steven Pressley’s side.

The Boro are less than a thousand short of City’s average gate this season which currently stands at 2,222.

Regular four-figure turnouts for the play-off hopefuls has seen a rise in the numbers coming through the turnstile this season.

And before last night the unlikely probability that the two teams could be in the same division next term had started to become a more realistic prospect.

As it happened, the Sky Blues eased their relegation fears with a win that they desperately needed.

Sadly only 1,260 City fans where there to witness the success.

Since the turn of the year the amount of people through the gate for home games has dropped.

If you were to put every fan that has visited Sixfields for a Sky Blues game this year (10,658) in the Ricoh Arena then it would still only be a third full.

In total 42,218 tickets have been sold at 'home' this term - a meagre return given that in the days at the Ricoh or even Highfield Road it would take just three or four games to eclipse that total.

Last season the average attendance was 10,900 which shows the huge drop in spectators since the switch to Northampton.

Below are the ten lowest Coventry attendances ever...every one from this season:

1,603 v Carlisle, 2013-14

1,618 v Crewe, 2013-14

1,627 v Port Vale, 2013/14

1,637 v Walsall, 2013-14

1,697 v Stevenage, 2013-14

1,789 v Colchester, 2013-14

1,815 v Tranmere, 2013-14

1,961 v Rotherham, 2013-14

1,966 v Shrewsbury, 2013-14

2,046 v Gillingham, 2013-14