Reading are still among the best-supported clubs in League One to date, despite their average crowd dropping from last season so far.

As the final international break of 2024 comes to an end, the Royals have had seven home League One fixtures to date.

Last season, the club were regularly inside the top five for turnouts as an average of 13,115 watched Ruben Selles' side back in the third tier for the first time in over 20 years.

Only the likes of Derby County, Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth were regularly exceeding Reading.

So far this season, albeit with plenty of the campaign still to play, this average has dropped to 12,351.

This places Reading seventh in the division, behind Birmingham City (26,906), Bolton Wanderers (21,362), Huddersfield Town (18,259), Charlton Athletic (15,980), Wrexham (13,158) and Barnsley (12,739).

The average for the division is just 10,051, with Burton Albion (2,955), Crawley Town (4,274), Stevenage (4,342) and Wycombe Wanderers (4,817) all averaging less than 5,000 per match.

Reading still have some big teams to visit Berkshire, with the likes of Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers and Wrexham to come in the New Year.

Reading only average 12,852 in 2021/22 and 13,449 in 2022/23, the year in which they were relegated out of the Championship.

In the final season fully uninterrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, this was up to almost 15,000 and never dropped below 16,000 in the decade previously.