Derby v Portsmouth's eye-catching attendance figure compared to Premier League and Championship games - including Brighton, Sheffield United and Ipswich promotion party: gallery

A total of 3,120 members of the Fratton faithful made the trip to the home of the Rams for what was effectively a dead-rubber for John Mousinho’s side.

However, that wasn’t reflected in the atmosphere they helped generate, with the buoyant travelling Blues army making themselves heard from start to finish as both teams played out a 1-1 draw.

It was an off-the-pitch performance that went down well with the likes of Mousinho, Marlon Pack and chairman Michael Eisner.

Now Pompey fans – and their Derby counterparts, of course – can have something else to be proud off following the release of this weekend’s attendances figures.

Indeed, despite the fixture being a League One game with only one team having anything to play for really, it still ranks as one of English football’s highest attended games, with 31,744 watching on.

It drew a bigger audience than many Premier League matches. Only Sunderland had a bigger attendance in the Championship. Meanwhile, neither of League One’s automatic promotion winners – Ipswich or Plymouth – had a crowd as big.

Only Sheffield Wednesday v Plymouth at Hillsborough on February 4 has attracted a bigger third-tier attendance figure this season – 33,442.

Here’s England’s top 15 attendances from the past weekend and where the Derby v Pompey games sits.

Note: No attendance figures are known from Fulham v Man City or Crystal Palace v West Ham.

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