We need to get over this obsession with crowds making us 'big', for instance the year they went down Notts County averaged higher crowds than we did, but they weren't too 'big' to go down.
But County only had a higher average in that season due to them selling very low priced season tickets and one crowd skewing the average when they basically gave away all tickets vs Cambridge for £2 each when they got 15k and 2 local games vs Mansfield and Lincoln when the away teams took 3,000+ each otherwise they would have had less average than we did.
The season before they did a bogof in 4 matches which were all attended by 13k+ again totlaly skewing their actual "Mode average" which was about 5k average both the seasons they had bigger average than us.
Both those season we had no local teams of under 60 miles away were Newport and Wycombe and yet we still had a "mode avreage" of just over 6k for both seasons.
But of course, no side is "too big" to go down, but I don't think we are in any danger of relegation this season.
As a direct comparison vs Notts County, our average attendance being the end figure.
22/23 National L 7,546 - 8,420
21/22 National L 6,800 - 9,603
20/21 National L 4,197 - 2,000
19/20 National L 5,209 - 7,787
18/19 League Two 7,357 - 6,390
17/18 League Two 7,748 - 6,436
16/17 League Two 5,970 - 6,527
15/16 League Two 4,860 - 7,520
14/15 League One 5,351 - 8,130
13/14 League One 5,508 - 8,135
12/13 League One 5,522 - 8,528
11/12 League One 6,808 - 8,411