A question about attendance progression

[sean_the_gaffer]

I play quite alot of football manager and usually do extremely well with QPR every year. This season I have got my QPR team winning every top competition within 9seasons despite the game being harder than previously.

One problem I have always had is attendances. I can never bring in enough fans to justify a stadium larger than about 30,000 in every year's game, yet I am a European superpower.

I am looking to begin a game which I will document as a story of FMbase using a League 2 team, bringing them to Europe. However to finance this I will need to grow my fanbase as I move through the leagues and I do not want a lack of revenue from attendances to be an issue.

what will I need to consider when selecting my club to take on. City? min and max attendences? (do they improve as the club grows?)

For example Wimbledon are in a town with a small population so would I not be able to grow their attendences as I move up the football league?

This is not a recommend me a team thread so I have not used the appropriate thread, however if you can identify any teams with decent potential for growth I would appreciate it.

 

[Muncie]

Attendance is limited by the size of the city you're in, I'm not sure if the population of the city can improve. Unlikely

 

[Muncie]

And the problem with QPR might be Chelsea. As they share town.

 

[sean_the_gaffer]

And the problem with QPR might be Chelsea. As they share town.

yes true and the numerous other London football league clubs.

in response to #2 so what I need to do is select a team in a big city?

 

[Muncie]

yes true and the numerous other London football league clubs.

in response to #2 so what I need to do is select a team in a big city?

Yes, improving a bad team in a high population area where there are no other teams will definitely work

 

[sean_the_gaffer]

Yes, improving a bad team in a high population area where there are no other teams will definitely work

can anybody reccomend a team like this? I know no teams who live in high population are with little to other no other teams

i need of help. I don't want to mess up my team selection by attendence as I will be investing alot of time in the save

 

[Muncie]

FC Metz in france is one atleast

 

[AngryPanda]

Plymouth, Portsmouth, Southampton, Bristol Rovers/Bristol City, Swansea/Cardiff would be good. Wrexham perhaps?

 

[Muncie]

Largest cities in Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[sean_the_gaffer]

FC Metz in france is one atleast

Plymouth, Portsmouth, Southampton, Bristol Rovers/Bristol City, Swansea/Cardiff would be good. Wrexham perhaps?

Largest cities in Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm looking more for an english team in league 2 or the Blue Square Prem

 

[TheBetterHalf]

I'm looking more for an english team in league 2 or the Blue Square Prem

I think the best way is to have realistic expectations as it will be really hard to find a team from those leagues that will have a 40k+ attendence once you get to the top. Perhaps settle for one that can reach 30, something I think most teams will be able to.

 

[sean_the_gaffer]

I think the best way is to have realistic expectations as it will be really hard to find a team from those leagues that will have a 40k+ attendence once you get to the top. Perhaps settle for one that can reach 30, something I think most teams will be able to.

yh I think you are right. Do you reckon I could find a league one team who could get up to 40k?

searching the editor for the teams with decent population city's now

would really appreciate it. I have been wanting to do a story on here for the last 3years but never got around to it. I think it would add more to the game and would entertain others which the story board is all about. I love reading them club transformations, it's unbelievalbe.

 

[Calz88]

Could fc Halifax have the potential, they have a population of 82,000 what realistically can they expect to get if in prem/Europe?

 

[gregmurdoch]

bradford? it's reasonably big and no other teams

 

[morimech]

Doesn't club reputation and player popularity play a role in attendance numbers? I remember reading on this forum awhile back by someone who claimed his game attendance exceeded the city's population. Do not remember details but he was getting like 30k fans in a small city.

 

[coxy1234]

Cambridge United? I live in East Anglia and the other other teams within a 1 hour drive is Norwich and Ipswich... the team also has a fairly good history compared to others in the league.

no bias oO)