DESPITE these austere times, football is booming in this part of the world.The Ridgeons League is easily the best supported Step Five league in the country with a higher average attendance than Step Four Ryman League Division One North.

Elvin King

DESPITE these austere times, football is booming in this part of the world.

The Ridgeons League is easily the best supported Step Five league in the country with a higher average attendance than Step Four Ryman League Division One North.

Attendances in the Premier Division are five per cent up on last season with an average figure of 135.

Lowestoft Town's reward for getting to the FA Vase final at Wembley last May sees them as one of the top 150 supported teams in the country.

Average league attendances at Crown Meadow are 511, which is higher than the majority of Conference South and Conference North sides.