Maybe the PFL should ask the Sierra Leone FF advise on reviving crowd attendance.
Taken from BBC Africa football section.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8154488.stmWhile many African countries are struggling to get football fans to go and watch their local competitions Sierra Leone seems to have found a solution.
The popularity of European football, especially the English Premier League, means attendances across Africa have plummeted in recent years.
But Sierra Leoneans are once again embracing their local game thanks largely to the new Sierra Leone Premier League Board (SLPLB), who less than a year ago took over the country's top division.
Despite a sponsorship row delaying the start of the league the championship eventually became a huge success with more than 20,000 fans turning up to watch the final league involving champions, East End Lions.
It was the highest attendance at a local club game in Sierra Leone for over a decade.
A decade long civil war and the growing popularity of the English Premier League affected local games in Sierra Leone.
The executive secretary of the SLPLB, Saidu Mansaray told BBC Sport that good organisation helped them to ensure that people once again embraced the local game.
I am tired of watching television football and am devoting my attention watching our local competitions
Sierra Leone football fan
"We've succeeded in convincing people to love the local game again because we organised the league well," said Mansaray.
"We know Sierra Leoneans are crazy about the English Premier League and so we make sure that we start our matches late in order to avoid playing at the same time English League matches were taking place.
"This league is just a rehearsal, come the 2009/10 league season I am sure more people will embrace our local game."
Indeed, many of the fans agree that their new-found love for the local game is down to good organisation.
"I decided to watch our local matches because I'm pleased with the way and manner the SLPLB is going about organising the league particularly when they play their own matches after the English league matches," Alusine Dumbuya, a football fan told BBC Sport.
Another fan added: "The SLPLB is doing well and they need to be commended.
"But honestly I am tired of watching television football and am devoting my attention watching our local competitions.
"There's no doubt that Sierra Leoneans love football but had been staying away from the local game mainly due to poor organisation in the past."
If the SLPLB can continue where they left off after their first season then the next championship, which starts in two months time, can be even more successful and even more fans will be watching the local games.