45000+ potential fans!! Really?
This article shows the average home fan attendances of the Premier League last season.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/586985/Premier-League-attendances-home-average-2016-17-season-sportgalleries#
To save you reading it, 45k+ would place them 6th behind Liverpool, Man City, West Ham, Arsenal and Man Utd and ahead of Sunderland, Chelsea and Everton!
Leicester were defending Champions, a one team city and could only muster a paltry 32k