FA Cup on the up with fans, even as Arsenal-Liverpool controversy looms
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By Brian Sears 27 January 2014 One in five regular home fans stayed away from third-round FA Cup games but the weekend's fourth-round games saw a marked rise in interest. Taking the total average league gates of all the home side into account, the third-round Cup matches were 19.1 per cent down on league games, or to put it another way, 574,730 fans paid to see Cup games when normally, for league games, you would expect 710,732.
FA Cup on the up with fans, even as Arsenal-Liverpool controversy looms
FA Cup on the up with fans, even as…
FA Cup on the up with fans, even as Arsenal-Liverpool controversy looms
By Brian Sears 27 January 2014 One in five regular home fans stayed away from third-round FA Cup games but the weekend's fourth-round games saw a marked rise in interest. Taking the total average league gates of all the home side into account, the third-round Cup matches were 19.1 per cent down on league games, or to put it another way, 574,730 fans paid to see Cup games when normally, for league games, you would expect 710,732.