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Only Hibs Women administrators know their teams paying attendances. I suspect the numbers are very poor so they are kept private.
We are only told about attendances when tickets are free.
The club with the current worst average attendances in Scotland are Albion Rovers with 307. That would be a good first target for Hibs Women to exceed. Paying customers is the elephant in the room for Scottish womens football clubs.

The players, teams and budgets are improving every year but the gap between the have and have nots is also growing fast which is well illustrated by Glasgow Women who have lost all 18 games and have a goal difference of -87. That is not a good look for the league.
It looks like Montrose will be Glasgow Womens replacement next season. I suspect a team from a town of 10,000 people will struggle with the step up.

I did find the Scottish FA strategy for Girls and Women’s football, Accelerate Our Game, which outlines a desire to improve visibility by ‘increasing average crowds at domestic league and cup fixtures by 10% annually.’ This kpi is all very well but if it is achieved by giving more free tickets away and gate receipts are still negligible it is meaningless.
You need to stop saying you “suspect” when you clearly have no idea. Montrose would pump Glasgow Women.
You know the 19s gave away 1000s of tickets recently for the Dortmond game. It’s a strategy that works and is used in many sports all over the world. Womens football needs to tap into the family market and make its money from the side product, not from tickets. Playing at meadowbank won’t help the ambition.