Early years of the PL maybe, towards the end it was much better.
1999/00 season:
Liverpool 23,084
Tottenham Hotspur 23,073
Newcastle United 23,031
Arsenal 22,757
Sunderland 22,099
Manchester United 22,022
Leicester City 22,016
Watford 21,697
Leeds United 21,528
Aston Villa...