Every Attendance of the Weekend

The attendance figures are detailed for various football matches across different leagues and competitions on the weekend of 16th August 2026. It includes specific matches and their attendance numbers, as well as expressions of hope from fans. Additional information on levels 7 and 8, as well as the FA Trophy and FA Vase, is included.

National League North Attendance Figures

1) Hereford (0) 1-0 (0) Marine - 2,932 2) Chester (2) 2-0 (0) King’s Lynn Town - 2,616 3) Hednesford Town (1) 3-4 (1) Scarborough Athletic - 2,509 4) Macclesfield (0) 2-1 (0) Radcliffe - 2,321 5) South Shields (0) 2-1 (1) Chorley - 1,732 6) Southport (1) 1-1 (0) Buxton - 1,236 7) Harborough Town (0) 1-0 (0) Morecambe - 1,109 8) Spennymoor Town (0) 2-1 (0) Merthyr Town - 1,080 9) Bedford Town (1) 2-3 (2) Darlington - 849 10) Brackley Town (0) 1-1 (0) Hebburn Town - 814 11) Worksop Town (1) 2-1 (0) AFC Telford United - 758 12) Spalding United (0) 0-1 (1) Oxford City - TBC

National League South Attendance Figures

1) Dagenham & Redbridge (1) 2-1 (0) Farnham Town - 2,218 2) Tonbridge Angels (0) 1-2 (1) Torquay United - 1,453 3) Chelmsford City (0) 0-0 (0) Truro City - 1,422 4) Maidenhead United (0) 0-0 (0) Dorking Wanderers - 1,329 5) AFC Totton (0) 1-0 (0) Billericay Town - 1,056 6) Horsham (0) 0-0 (0) Salisbury - 1,002 7) Weston-super-Mare (1) 3-0 (0) Hampton & Richmond Borough - 937 8) Farnborough (0) 0-2 (2) Hemel Hempstead Town - 936 9) Walton & Hersham (0) 0-3 (2) Maidstone United - 928 10) Dover Athletic (3) 5-3 (0) Slough Town - 711 11) Braintree Town (2) 3-2 (1) Chesham United - 460

Expressions of Hope from Fans

Blackburn fan Callum Dunn-Broom

"Hope. It’s hoping for a team that fights for the badge. It’s hoping for a team that makes you proud. It’s hoping for the next Adam Wharton. It’s hoping for last minute winners, celebrating with strangers and losing your glasses in the process. It’s hoping this year’s the year. The year you walk down Wembley Way with your old man for the first time. It’s the hope that kills you. But we’ll be there. Week in. Week out. Hoping."

Cambridge fan Connor O’Reilly

"Another season brings bouts of anxiety following our teams up and down the country. From the highest of highs of last minute victories and cup shocks, to the lowest of lows with derby day defeats and awful form with no end in sight, it’s never easy being a football fan."

Wycombe fan Jonny King

"The best bit of the season is just before kick off in the opening game. The moments before the first whistle is blown and the first ball is kicked, when everyone is equal and anything is possible. Both sets of fans united by the same hope. The tantalising prospect of what if? What will happen next is anyone’s guess. So all the more reason to enjoy the blissful pre-match ignorance of whatever madness, agony, heartbreak... Or glory is about the come."

Crewe fan Jonny Tomlinson

"In a town that many pass, but few ever stay, the passion here shines, in a special way. The hope of the Railwaymen, our hearts filled with pride, Crewe Alexandra, we’re always at your side. When passion meets hope, a magic ignites, something truly special, under our stadium lights. Through triumphs and trials, our spirit stays true. Crewe Alexandra, this season and every season were with you."

Salford fan Andrew Gordon

"We trust in the process, we hope in the dream. With past high to inspire us, and past lows to drive us. We believe that this is our years! A belief we can be champions. A belief we will go up. You can call it blind loyalty. We call it true faith."