Below is a list of the attendances at Edgar Street this season for 23 League Two matches. The figures separate away support.
Total Attendance: 58328 Average 2536
Total Home Support: 50377 Average 2190
Total Away Support: 7951 Average 346
Total Sat/Sun Attendance: 47185 Average 2776
Total Sat/Sun Home Support: 39827 Average 2343
Total Sat/Sun Away Support: 7358 Average 433
Toal Midweek Attendance: 11143 Average 1856
Tatal Midweek Home Support: 10550 Average 1758
Total Midweek Away Support: 593 Average 99
Full List of Attendances:
Aug 14 Gillingham 2915/410
Aug 28 Rotherham 2166/212
Sept 11 Oxford 2980/967
Sept 25 Southend 2104/204
Sept 28 Stevenage 1444/84 (Tuesday)
Oct 9 Port Vale 2651/804
Oct 23 Accrington 2434/74
Nov 2 Aldershot 2126/117 (Tuesday)
Nov 13 Cheltenham 3264/709
Jan 1 Torquay 2373/327
Jan 15 Stockport 3154/334
Jan 25 Morecambe 1831/30 (Tuesday)
Feb 5 Lincoln 2776/164
Feb 8 Macclesfield 1975/33 (Tuesday)
Feb 19 Burton 2773/308
Feb 22 Northampton 2125/151 (Tuesday)
Mar 5 Bury 2650/332
Mar 12 Barnet 2517/82
Mar 27 Crewe 2334/229
Apr 5 Wycombe 1633/178 (Tuesday)
Apr 9 Chesterfield 2942/629
Apr 23 Shrewsbury 3942/1319
Apr 30 Bradford 3219/254
The figures point out the financial problems with having to play some home matches during the week. Gates dropped from 2536 to 1856. Part of the drop can be explained by less away support in the week down from 346 to just 99, however home support dropped from 2190 to 1856.
Whilst traditionally mid-week matches have been played on Tuesday evenings at Edgar Street, it may be worth considering a Wednesday evening, at least as an experiment, when there isn't always quite as much live TV coverage of games.
One other point, it is difficult to be certain of the effect of price cutting, kids for a quid for example, on the figures. However it's probably safe to say that the gates would have been lower, perhaps by an average of 100, without these promotions.