Newcastle United's status as one of the biggest clubs in England has been reiterated, despite their relegation from the Premier League last season.





According to a set of stats compiled by bookmaker ​​Coral, the Magpies are apparently the main attraction for clubs competing in the Championship this season.

Newcastle United have helped increased turnover at Championship grounds this season.



7 out of 10 have been highest attended matches. pic.twitter.com/6znXFBQyDs — Coral (@Coral) 6 December 2016

The graphic details the statistics around attendances when the Toon are in town and seven out of 10 teams highlighted (*) pulled in their highest crowd of the season so far for games against Rafael Benitez's men.





To further demonstrate the attraction of playing Newcastle, the attendance of all ten clubs against the Magpies was higher than their average for the rest of the season.





It is just another positive in a great season so far for the north east club, who are top of the Championship by one point ahead of Brighton, and six ahead off the play-off places.

​The stats prompted some modest responses on Twitter...​

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@Coral other teams fans just wanna see us play — Daniel Barfield (@_DanielBarfield) 6 December 2016

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@Coral got to help out the smaller clubs — aran guthrie (@AranGuthrie) 6 December 2016

Despite these somewhat ego-boosting stats, Newcastle will be looking to get back to winning ways on the pitch, after having endured a poor week which has yielded three straight defeats.





The Toon Army were knocked out of the EFL Cup quarter-final on penalties by Hull City - a disappointing result that was sandwiched by two league defeats by Blackburn Rovers and most recently, Nottingham Forest.

The fixture pile-up has taken the wind out of the sails slightly, but Newcastle will be poised to take on Birmingham City at home on Saturday to try and halt their unusual losing streak. ​​

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