Pour contribution au débat, rappel des moyennes de spectateurs par club en Europe en 2004 :
1 Borussia Dortmund 79,600 67,800
2 Real Madrid CF 69,200 69,200
3 FC Barcelona 67,600 66,100
4 Manchester United 67,600 67,700
5 AC Milan 63,200 61,500
6 FC Schalke 04 61,100 60,600
7 FC Internazionale 58,400 61,900
8 Celtic FC 58,200 57,600
9 Bayern Munich 55,500 51,600
10 Newcastle United 52,000 51,900
11 Olympique Marseille 51,600 48,300
12 SS Lazio 49,300 44,100
13 AFC Ajax 49,000 47,200
14 Rangers FC 49,000 48,800
15 Hamburger SV 48,300 45,300
16 Manchester City 46,800 34,600
17 AS Roma 46,500 57,200
18 Valencia CF 46,300 45,600
19 Atletico Madrid 44,400 46,300
20 VFB Stuttgart 43,300 32,300
21 Liverpool FC 42,700 43,200 22 Feyenoord 41,700 43,100
23 Fenerbahce SK 41,600 29,800
24 Chelsea FC 41,200 39,800
25 Hertha BSC 40,900 41,200
26 FC Köln 40,100 26,300
27 Everton FC 38,800 38,500
28 Paris Saint Germain 38,800 38,500
29 FC Kaiserslautern 38,600 36,200
30 Arsenal FC 38,100 38,000
31 Werder Bremen 37,500 32,300
32 Leeds United 36,700 39,100
33 Aston Villa 36,600 35,000
34 Olympique Lyonnais 36,000 36,700
35 Sevilla FC 35,300 34,800
36 Tottenham Hotspur 34,900 35,900
37 RC Lens 34,700 37,200
38 Juventus FC 34,400 39,800
39 FC Porto 34,100 28,300
40 PSV Eindhoven 32,900 33,200
41 Real Betis Balompie 32,700 35,000
42 Athletic de Bilbao 32,600 34,200
43 Borussia Monchengladbach 32,300 28,700
44 Southampton 31,700 30,700
45 West Ham United 31,200 34,400
46 Leicester City 31,000 29,200
47 Sporting Portugal 31,000 14,800
48 FC Nantes 30,800 32,400
49 Middlesbrough 30,400 31,000
50 Real Zaragoza 29,600 22,200