This is a list of each season's highest and lowest home attendance, along with the team that visited The City Ground each year.
: The 2020-21 season saw no home support due to Covid issues and there are several seasons where we didn't play any home cup games. And for the seasons where we played only one cup game at home, that game is listed as the highest cup attendance for that season with no lowest attendance.
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Highest League |
Lowest League |
Highest Cup |
Lowest Cup |
| Season |
Att |
Opponent | Att |
Opponent | Att |
Opponent | Att |
Opponent |
| 2023-24 | 29,604 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28,958 | Burnley | 28,665 | Manchester United | 27,754 | Bristol City |
| 2022-23 | 29,514 | Arsenal | 26,854 | Fulham | 29,325 | Manchester United | 28,384 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2021-22 | 29,293 | Birmingham City | 23,830 | Middlesbrough | 28,762 | Leicester City | 9,514 | Bradford City |
| 2020-21 | | | | | | | | |
| 2019-20 | 29,455 | Leeds United | | | 26,971 | Derby County | 7,432 | Fleetwood Town |
| 2018-19 | 29,530 | Leeds United | 25,753 | Millwall | 13,942 | Newcastle United | 8,172 | Bury |
| 2017-18 | 29,106 | Derby County | 20,596 | Brentford | 27,182 | Arsenal | 7,546 | Shrewsbury Town |
| 2016-17 | 28,249 | Ipswich Town | 15,770 | Rotherham United | 28,567 | Arsenal | | |
| 2015-16 | 27,551 | Leeds United | 16,449 | Blackburn Rovers | 24,703 | Watford | 5,237 | Walsall |
| 2014-15 | 30,227 | Derby County | 19,619 | Wigan Athletic | | | | |
| 2013-14 | 28,276 | Derby County | 17,951 | Charlton Athletic | 26,465 | Preston North End | 9,081 | Hartlepool United |
| 2012-13 | 28,707 | Derby County | 18,748 | Blackburn Rovers | 11,293 | Oldham Athletic | 7,545 | Wigan Athletic |
| 2011-12 | 27,356 | Derby County | 18,506 | Reading | 21,606 | Notts County | 10,208 | Newcastle United |
| 2010-11 | 29,490 | Derby County | 19,411 | Burnley | | | | |
| 2009-10 | 29,155 | Newcastle United | 18,332 | Scunthorpe United | 20,975 | Birmingham City | 4,639 | Bradford City |
| 2008-09 | 29,140 | Derby County | 17,568 | Preston North End | 29,001 | Derby County | 4,030 | Morecambe |
| 2007-08 | 28,520 | Yeovil Town | 15,860 | Bristol Rovers | 15,638 | Leicester City | 3,102 | Peterborough United |
| 2006-07 | 27,875 | Rotherham United | 16,785 | Doncaster Rovers | 19,017 | Charlton Athletic | 2,031 | Brentford |
| 2005-06 | 28,193 | Yeovil Town | 16,237 | Barnsley | 10,305 | Weymouth | 5,050 | Macclesfield Town |
| 2004-05 | 28,887 | Plymouth Argyle | 19,209 | Preston North End | 28,062 | Tottenham Hotspur | 7,344 | Scunthorpe United |
| 2003-04 | 29,172 | Wigan Athletic | 20,168 | Rotherham United | 20,078 | Portsmouth | 11,843 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 2002-03 | 29,725 | Derby County | 16,073 | Gillingham | 6,343 | Walsall | 4,498 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 2001-02 | 28,546 | Bradford City | 15,632 | Rotherham United | 5,432 | Stockport County | | |
| 2000-01 | 28,372 | Huddersfield Town | 17,089 | Sheffield United | 14,601 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6,530 | Darlington |
| 1999-00 | 25,846 | Manchester City | 13,841 | Portsmouth | 8,300 | Mansfield Town | 5,015 | Bristol City |
| 1998-99 | 30,025 | Manchester United | 20,480 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10,092 | Portsmouth | 6,382 | Leyton Orient |
| 1997-98 | 29,302 | Reading | 16,524 | Norwich City | 9,908 | Doncaster Rovers | 7,841 | Walsall |
| 1996-97 | 29,181 | Liverpool | 17,525 | Blackburn Rovers | 14,681 | Ipswich Town | 6,482 | Wycombe Wanderers |
| 1995-96 | 29,263 | Manchester United | 20,810 | Wimbledon | 28,844 | Bayern Munich | 15,050 | Oxford United |
| 1994-95 | 28,882 | Manchester City | 20,287 | Wimbledon | 19,821 | Plymouth Argyle | 10,076 | Hereford United |
| 1993-94 | 27,010 | Sunderland | 17,584 | Millwall | 25,268 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7,347 | Notts County |
| 1992-93 | 26,752 | Sheffield United | 17,553 | Coventry City | 22,312 | Tottenham Hotspur | 13,592 | Southampton |
| 1991-92 | 30,168 | Notts County | 19,707 | Wimbledon | 27,068 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17,529 | Bristol Rovers |
| 1990-91 | 27,347 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16,221 | Wimbledon | 28,962 | Newcastle United | 9,567 | Newcastle United |
| 1989-90 | 26,766 | Aston Villa | 16,437 | Southampton | 30,044 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9,729 | Manchester City |
| 1988-89 | 30,092 | Manchester United | 15,340 | Luton Town | 30,060 | Bristol City | 11,958 | Chester City |
| 1987-88 | 31,061 | Coventry City | 11,610 | Norwich City | 11,617 | Hereford United | | |
| 1986-87 | 34,828 | Manchester United | 12,298 | Oxford United | 16,036 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 13,029 | Crystal Palace |
| 1985-86 | 30,171 | Everton | 11,538 | Queens Park Rangers | 15,772 | Blackburn Rovers | 10,530 | Bolton Wanderers |
| 1984-85 | 25,902 | Manchester United | 12,649 | Watford | 23,582 | Newcastle United | 14,291 | Sunderland |
| 1983-84 | 29,692 | Liverpool | 13,625 | Stoke City | 32,017 | Celtic | 14,994 | Vorwarts |
| 1982-83 | 25,554 | Notts County | 11,550 | Watford | 16,479 | Brentford | 11,969 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1981-82 | 34,881 | Coventry City, Manchester City | 15,037 | Swansea City | 16,316 | Birmingham City | 12,244 | Tranmere Rovers |
| 1980-81 | 33,930 | Aston Villa | 19,690 | Middlesbrough | 34,796 | Ipswich Town | 12,463 | Valencia |
| 1979-80 | 32,266 | Derby County | 21,242 | Norwich City | 33,277 | Liverpool | 20,462 | Bristol City |
| 1978-79 | 41,898 | Liverpool | 20,388 | Southampton | 40,804 | Cologne | 18,669 | Oldham Athletic |
| 1977-78 | 47,218 | Liverpool | 21,743 | Bristol City | 40,097 | Queens Park Rangers | 18,224 | West Ham United |
| 1976-77 | 31,004 | Notts County | 12,081 | Hereford United | 38,284 | Southampton | 7,018 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1975-76 | 19,757 | Notts County | 8,582 | Blackpool | 31,525 | Peterborough United | 7,977 | Rotherham United |
| 1974-75 | 25,013 | Notts County | 7,957 | Millwall | 25,361 | Fulham | 14,183 | Newcastle United |
| 1973-74 | 29,962 | Notts County | 9,498 | Bolton Wanderers | 41,472 | Manchester City | 9,241 | Millwall |
| 1972-73 | 18,082 | Aston Villa | 6,414 | Cardiff City | 19,160 | West Bromwich Albion | 17,069 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1971-72 | 42,750 | Arsenal | 9,872 | Ipswich Town | 16,811 | Chelsea | 8,380 | Aldershot |
| 1970-71 | 40,692 | Arsenal | 13,502 | Stoke City | 25,349 | Leyton Orient | 11,491 | Airdrieonians |
| 1969-70 | 42,074 | Derby County | 10,589 | Ipswich Town | 23,419 | Carlisle United | 20,734 | Oxford United |
| 1968-69 | 41,892 | Manchester United | 17,651 | Newcastle United | 23,970 | West Bromwich Albion | | |
| 1967-68 | 49,946 | Manchester United | 20,658 | Fulham | 37,299 | Bolton Wanderers | 27,090 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 1966-67 | 47,188 | Leicester City | 20,482 | Arsenal | 47,510 | Everton | 19,271 | Birmingham City |
| 1965-66 | 34,750 | Everton | 16,057 | Sunderland | | | | |
| 1964-65 | 43,009 | Manchester United | 16,924 | Sheffield United | 28,574 | Norwich City | | |
| 1963-64 | 41,426 | Manchester United | 13,897 | Birmingham City | 26,906 | Preston North End | | |
| 1962-63 | 34,171 | Burnley | 13,055 | Ipswich Town | 37,120 | Leeds United | 21,940 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1961-62 | 40,875 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17,419 | Chelsea | 46,218 | Sheffield Wednesday | 9,512 | Blackburn Rovers |
| 1960-61 | 37,248 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15,118 | Fulham | 29,919 | Birmingham City | 3,686 | Bristol City |
| 1959-60 | 42,335 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13,506 | Manchester City | 28,573 | Reading | 8,110 | St Mirren |
| 1958-59 | 44,971 | Manchester United | 18,339 | Chelsea | 44,414 | Bolton Wanderers | 34,289 | Grimsby Town |
| 1957-58 | 47,804 | Manchester United | 16,879 | Everton | 46,455 | West Bromwich Albion | 24,546 | Gillingham |
| 1956-57 | 39,750 | Leicester City | 13,959 | Leyton Orient | 36,486 | Birmingham City | 18,060 | Goole Town |
| 1955-56 | 26,373 | Notts County | 9,533 | Port Vale | | | | |
| 1954-55 | 30,348 | Notts County | 5,825 | West Ham United | 25,252 | Newcastle United | 20,479 | Hartlepool United |
| 1953-54 | 34,423 | Leicester City | 13,573 | Hull City | | | | |
| 1952-53 | 39,282 | Leicester City | 7,432 | Southampton | | | | |
| 1951-52 | 40,005 | Notts County | 18,975 | Queens Park Rangers | 24,976 | Blackburn Rovers | | |
| 1950-51 | 33,472 | Millwall | 12,923 | Crystal Palace | 18,459 | Torquay United | | |
| 1949-50 | 37,903 | Notts County | 5,906 | Port Vale | 18,253 | Stockport County | 15,567 | Bristol City |
| 1948-49 | 32,281 | West Bromwich Albion | 12,988 | Barnsley | 35,000 | Liverpool | | |
| 1947-48 | 33,364 | Birmingham City | 12,977 | Luton Town | | | | |
| 1946-47 | 32,758 | Newcastle United | 8,429 | Bradford Park Avenue | 34,000 | Middlesbrough | | |
| 1945-46 | | | | | 15,394 | Watford | | |
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| 1940-41 | | | | | | | | |
| 1939-40 | 12,450 | Newcastle United | 9,521 | Newport County | | | | |
| 1938-39 | 21,712 | West Bromwich Albion | 4,743 | Southampton | 22,304 | Huddersfield Town | | |
| 1937-38 | 24,254 | Aston Villa | 5,409 | Blackburn Rovers | 39,055 | Middlesbrough | 24,096 | Southampton |
| 1936-37 | 35,122 | Aston Villa | 4,000 | Plymouth Argyle | 21,682 | Sheffield United | | |
| 1935-36 | 18,843 | Sheffield United | 6,107 | Newcastle United | | | | |
| 1934-35 | 21,553 | Norwich City | 3,931 | Bradford City | 34,180 | Burnley | 32,862 | Manchester United |
| 1933-34 | 23,828 | Notts County | 4,208 | Bradford City | 37,187 | Chelsea | 21,170 | Queens Park Rangers |
| 1932-33 | 22,507 | Stoke City | 3,842 | Fulham | 13,936 | Bury | | |
| 1931-32 | 21,018 | Stoke City | 4,550 | Bradford Park Avenue | | | | |
| 1930-31 | 19,852 | Everton | 3,342 | Charlton Athletic | | | | |
| 1929-30 | 18,230 | Notts County | 4,385 | Cardiff City | 44,166 | Sheffield Wednesday | | |
| 1928-29 | 18,811 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4,416 | Oldham Athletic | 19,211 | Swansea City | | |
| 1927-28 | 21,957 | Notts County | 2,572 | Reading | 35,625 | Derby County | | |
| 1926-27 | 30,616 | Portsmouth | 4,659 | Grimsby Town | | | | |
| 1925-26 | 19,549 | Derby County | 3,460 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | | | | |
| 1924-25 | 20,000 | Arsenal, Leeds United, Liverpool, Burnley | 5,000 | Preston North End, Leeds United | 10,590 | West Ham United | | |
| 1923-24 | 35,000 | Notts County, Notts County | 8,000 | Sheffield United, Blackburn Rovers | | | | |
| 1922-23 | 25,000 | Sunderland, Sunderland, Birmingham City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Aston Villa | 12,000 | Huddersfield Town, Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Cardiff City, Blackburn Rovers, Stoke City, Manchester City, Cardiff City | 24,700 | Sheffield United | | |
| 1921-22 | 30,000 | Leicester City | 8,000 | Rotherham United, Blackpool | 17,300 | Bristol City | 10,000 | South Shields, Bristol City, Bury, Hull City, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United |
| 1920-21 | 25,000 | Notts County, Notts County | 7,000 | Leeds United | | | | |
| 1919-20 | 20,000 | West Ham United, Huddersfield Town | 4,000 | Blackpool | | | | |
| 1918-19 | | | | | | | | |
| 1917-18 | | | | | | | | |
| 1916-17 | | | | | | | | |
| 1915-16 | | | | | | | | |
| 1914-15 | 15,000 | Derby County, Birmingham City | 2,000 | Glossop North End, Blackpool | 8,040 | Norwich City | 2,500 | Shrewsbury Town |
| 1913-14 | 22,500 | Notts County | 5,000 | Stockport County, Bury, Leeds City | 8,000 | Hull City, Grimsby Town, Bristol City, Leyton Orient, Blackpool, Fulham, Leyton Orient | | |
| 1912-13 | 15,000 | Birmingham City, Leicester City, Chesterfield | 700 | Leyton Orient | | | | |
| 1911-12 | 35,000 | Derby County | 2,000 | Hillhurst Athletic, Glossop North End, Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12,027 | Bradford Park Avenue | | |
| 1910-11 | 20,000 | Manchester United, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Middlesbrough | 6,000 | Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol City | | | | |
| 1909-10 | 23,000 | Tottenham Hotspur | 800 | Manchester United | 16,200 | Sheffield United | 15,000 | Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, Northampton Town, Northampton Town, Bradford City |
| 1908-09 | 19,000 | Chelsea | 5,000 | Leicester City | 20,000 | Chelsea, Leicester City, Millwall | 14,000 | Notts County, Bury, Aston Villa, Notts County, Bury |
| 1907-08 | 25,000 | Newcastle United, Manchester United | 4,000 | Bury | | | | |
| 1906-07 | 24,000 | Chelsea | 5,000 | Leeds City, Burton United, Lincoln City | 7,000 | Grimsby Town, Stockport County, Barnsley | | |
| 1905-06 | 18,000 | Notts County | 5,000 | Preston North End, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers | 8,000 | Sheffield United, Arsenal, Manchester City, Bury, Birmingham City | | |
| 1904-05 | 18,000 | Everton | 1,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sunderland, Notts County, Sheffield United, Preston North End, Alumni W, Liga Argentina | 22,500 | Sheffield United | | |
| 1903-04 | 15,000 | Everton, Sheffield United, Liverpool | 2,500 | West Bromwich Albion | 13,000 | West Bromwich Albion | | |
| 1902-03 | 16,000 | Derby County, Liverpool, Sheffield United | 3,000 | Liverpool | 20,000 | Aston Villa, Stoke City | 15,000 | Sunderland, Aston Villa, Everton, Notts County, Reading, Sunderland |
| 1901-02 | 15,000 | Sunderland, Notts County | 2,000 | Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United | | | | |
| 1900-01 | 18,000 | Manchester City, Sunderland, Notts County, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday | 2,000 | Newcastle United, Preston North End, Aston Villa | 30,000 | Aston Villa | 9,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City |
| 1899-00 | 17,106 | West Bromwich Albion | 1,000 | Preston North End | 12,000 | Derby County, Notts County, Sheffield United, Sunderland, Derby County, Aston Villa | 7,000 | Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Grimsby Town, Everton |
| 1898-99 | 16,000 | Notts County | 3,000 | Liverpool, Bury, Suffolk County, Kirkley And Lowestoft, Bury, Bolton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion | 33,500 | Sheffield United | 32,070 | Aston Villa |
| 1897-98 | 15,000 | Notts County, Notts County | 3,000 | Preston North End, Stoke City, Derby County | 10,000 | Sheffield United, Notts County, Sheffield Wednesday, Gainsborough Trinity, Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, West Bromwich Albion, Preston North End, Grimsby Town, Stoke City, Bury |
| 1896-97 | 20,000 | Derby County | 2,000 | Grimsby Town, West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Grimsby Town, Sheffield Wednesday | 10,000 | Bury, Liverpool, Aston Villa | | |
| 1895-96 | 10,000 | Sunderland, Aston Villa | 2,500 | Stoke City | | | | |
| 1894-95 | 9,000 | Burnley | 4,000 | Arsenal, Burnley, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City, Liverpool | | | | |
| 1893-94 | 12,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers, Everton, Notts County, Sunderland, Notts County | 1,000 | Darwen | 15,000 | Notts County, Notts County | 5,000 | Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, Heanor Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion |
| 1892-93 | 12,000 | Preston North End, Derby County | 3,000 | Accrington Stanley, Sheffield United | | | | |
| 1891-92 | | | | | 14,500 | Preston North End | | |
| 1890-91 | | | | | 8,000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sunderland Albion | | |
| 1889-90 | | | | | | | | |
| 1888-89 | | | | | 5,000 | Chatham, Notts Rangers, Notts County | | |
| 1887-88 | | | | | 11,500 | Notts County | 6,000 | Old Etonians |
| 1886-87 | | | | | 15,000 | Notts Olympic | 2,000 | Staveley, Cambridge University, Grimsby Town, Accrington Stanley, Notts County |
| 1885-86 | | | | | 1,000 | Notts Olympic, Derby County, Bolton Wanderers, Halliwell | 300 | Mellors |
| 1884-85 | | | | | 1,000 | Walsall, Rotherham, Sheffield Heeley | | |
| 1883-84 | | | | | | | | |
| 1882-83 | | | | | 2,500 | Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich Albion | 1,000 | Sheffield Heeley |
| 1881-82 | | | | | | | | |
| 1880-81 | | | | | 5,000 | Aston Villa | | |
| 1879-80 | | | | | 2,500 | Turton, Blackburn Rovers | 2,000 | Notts County, Sheffield FC, Stoke City, Oxford University, Blackburn Rovers |
| 1878-79 | | | | | 400 | Sheffield FC, Birmingham City | | |
| 1877-78 | | | | | | | | |
| 1876-77 | | | | | | | | |
| 1875-76 | | | | | | | | |
| 1874-75 | | | | | | | | |
| 1873-74 | | | | | | | | |
| 1872-73 | | | | | | | | |
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| 1870-71 | | | | | | | | |
| 1869-70 | | | | | | | | |
| 1868-69 | | | | | | | | |
| 1867-68 | | | | | | | | |
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| 1865-66 | | | | | | | | |
