Are Football League/Conference Premier (England) Playoff Finals attendances hardcoded?

[Rafa2007]

It seems that attendances in finals are pretty static and similar no matter who plays, especially in League 1/League 2. For the record, I am using FM13 but a quick look also at FM14 seemed to indicate the same thing. Apologies for the long post coming up.

Over a 10 year test:

Championship Final:

13/14: 89,453 (Cardiff v Aston Villa)

14/15: 87,999 (Blackburn v Ipswich)

15/16: 90,000 (West Ham v Southampton)

16/17: 87,999 (Millwall v Hull)

17/18: 90,000 (Sunderland v Burnley)

18/19: 88,000 (Watford v Burnley)

19/20: 87,999 (Reading v Burnley)

20/21: 88,003 (Middlesbrough v Burnley)

21/22: 89,847 (Cardiff v Aston Villa)

22/23: 87,995 (QPR v Peterborough)

League One Final:

13/14: 51,761 (Millwall v Shrewsbury)

14/15: 67,366 (Barnsley v Sheff Utd)

15/16: 51,753 (Bristol City v Rochdale)

16/17: 51,761 (Hartepool v Sheff Utd)

17/18: 51,758 (Barnsley v Notts County)

18/19: 51,756 (Notts County v Scunthorpe)

19/20: 51,760 (Wycombe v Birmingham)

20/21: 51,758 (Birmingham v Carlisle)

21/22: 51,762 (Brighton v Coventry)

22/23: 51,761 (Chesterfield v Crewe)

League Two Final:

13/14: 51,759 (Bury v Gillingham)

14/15: 51,764 (Oldham v Torquay)

15/16: 51,762 (Carlisle v Bury)

16/17: 51,757 (Accrington v Plymouth)

17/18: 51,760 (Plymouth v York)

18/19: 51,762 (York v Luton)

19/20: 51,751 (Wrexham v Plymouth)

20/21: 51,753 (Kidderminster v Altrincham)

21/22: 51,753 (Altrincham v Yeovil)

22/23: 51,760 (Grimsby v Oxford)

Conference Premier Final:

13/14: 38,821 (Grimsby v Macclesfield)

14/15: 38,823 (Kidderminster v Bristol Rovers)

15/16: 38,827 (Forest Green v Macclesfield)

16/17: 38,827 (Barrow v Grimsby)

17/18: 38,821 (Grimsby v Lincoln)

18/19: 38,818 (Altrincham v Tamworth)

19/20: 38,822 (Yeovil v Lincoln)

20/21: 38,813 (Leicester v Dartford)

21/22: 38,820 (Dartford v Tranmere)

22/23: 38,819 (Bristol Rovers v Tranmere)

Championship seems ok, certainly not as static as the other leagues as there is some differences compared to the other leagues. But League 1/2 is just bizzare 19/20 playoff finals have between 51,750-51,765 attendance with only one outlier. Conference is also strange, I struggle to see how every final would have a range of 38,813-38,827. Specially the likes of Altrincham v Tamworth who only got about 10k fans combined for their home semi finals, compared to say a Leicester playing in the final (who got 29,000 through the gate for their semi final) for example.

Certainly not game breaking, or close to it. More of an odd quirk with how the playoff final attendances are currently calculated.

[lil ole me]

Yes i think they are! I just checked back in one of my saves and all my playoff finals in league 1/2 are almost EXACT to yours...bit disappointing.

[lil ole me]

League One Final:

13/14: 51,757 Preston v Swindon

14/15: 51,756 MK Dons v Portsmouth

15/16: 51,766 MK Dons v Bradford

16/17: 51,760 Doncaster v Southend

17/18: 51,769 Southend v Bristol City

18/19: 51,758 Plymouth v Derby Co.

19/20: 51,762 Birmingham v Sheff Wed

20/21: 51,759 Luton v Southend

21/22: 51,760 Bristol Rovers v Blackpool

Very Very static. The Birmingham v Sheff Wed game would`ve been a near sell out

[Lenzar]

What happened to Leicester for them to end up so many divisions down so early in the game?

[forameuss]

I doubt they're hard coded, but the formula that determines them probably doesn't have much of a change in it. Like you say, not much of an issue in the Championship, you'll probably just get the capacity of Wembley. But further down you'll get a bit of variation.

[Chinook2000]

I doubt that a Brighton V Coventry Final would get similar attendances to a Chesterfield V Crewe one.