The EFL enjoyed a remarkable opening weekend with an aggregate attendance of 449,870 across all three divisions.
That is the best in 13 years and was up a staggering 17 per cent on last year. Newly-promoted Sunderland got 40,851 fans at the Stadium of Light for their 1-1 draw with Coventry and already beats last year’s highest attendance in the Championship.
It means the Championship could be on course to be the third most watched league again in the whole of Europe. UEFA did a study in 2018 - the last year before attendances were impacted by the pandemic - that only the Premier League and Bundesliga enjoyed bigger crowds.
