2022-23 Barclays Women's Super League: an average of 6,000 spectators/day, +200% vs December 2021

"We are currently averaging almost 6,000 fans a week in the Barclays Women's Super League (2022-23) as we go into the final league fixtures of 2022 - which is up over 200% on this time last year," said Kelly Simmons, director of the women's professional game at The Football Association (The FA), on 09/12/2022.

"Since the season commenced, we have seen almost 300,000 spectators attend matches across the Barclays Women's Super League. This just highlights how much appetite there is for world-class women's league football," said Simmons, five months after the end of the Women's Euro 2022 tournament held in England and won by the hosts. The Barclays Women's Championship (2^nd division) has also benefit from this momentum with an 85% increase in average attendance.

The record attendance for a top flight match was set on 24/09/2022 with 47,367 spectators attending the Arsenal FC - Tottenham Hotspur FC (4-0) match at the Emirates Stadium (London, ENG). This resulted in 89,387 spectators attending games on Matchday 2 of the Barclays WSL, an increase of more than 20% compared to the previous…