Arsenal also have the most expensive season ticket in the Premier League at £2,013 while their cheapest — at £1,014 — is still higher than the dearest season ticket at 17 other top-flight clubs.
The Arsenal price, however, does include automatic entry to Champions League group matches and four other cup ties.The cost of watching Tottenham for a season is as much as £1,895 and the top-level season ticket price at Chelsea is £1,250.These prices are before extras such as travel, programmes, food, drink and merchandise such as replica shirts are taken into account.
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The cheapest match-day ticket price in top four divisions has increased by 4.4 per cent
on average over the last year - three times inflation
Since 2011, this has risen by 13 per cent on average
Arsenal have the highest match-day ticket price at £97
They also have the most expensive season ticket at £2,013
The cheapest Premier League ticket price is £15 at Newcastle United
And the lowest season ticket cost is £299 at Manchester City
Man City and Man United fans pay £55 for a replica shirt
Most expensive pie is at Conference club Kidderminster
Arsenal also have the most expensive season ticket in the Premier League at £2,013 while their cheapest
— at £1,014 — is still higher than the dearest season ticket at 17 other top-flight clubs.
The Arsenal price, however, does include automatic entry to Champions League group matches and four
other cup ties.The cost of watching Tottenham for a season is as much as £1,895 and the top-level season
ticket price at Chelsea is £1,250.These prices are before extras such as travel, programmes, food, drink
and merchandise such as replica shirts are taken into account.
The cheapest season ticket in the Premier League is £299 at champions Manchester City, while the lowest
match day admission is £15 at Newcastle United.Fans' groups expressed dismay at the spiralling cost of
watching the game.Malcolm Clarke, chairman of the Football Supporters’ Federation, said: ‘At the top of
the game there is no excuse for prices to be rising higher than inflation. The prices should really be going
down.’The BBC survey found that the average price of the cheapest adult ticket across English football
has risen at almost twice the rate of the cost of living since 2011.
While the cost of living has increased by 6.8 per cent in that time, the price of the cheapest matchday
ticket in the top four divisions rose by 13 per cent.
Premier League fans have seen ticket prices go up by 15.8 per cent in the last three seasons but they are
by no means the only ones to suffer. Prices in League One have jumped 31.7 per cent and League Two by
19 per cent in this time. But the average price in the Championship has gone down by 3.2 per cent.
An Arsenal spokesman said: ‘Work is continually undertaken to offer tickets at various prices, with the
highest match ticket only applicable for five Premier League fixtures in a season.
‘Across the course of a campaign we offer up to 300,000 reduced price tickets to adult and junior
supporters from £5 and £10.’ Despite the often high prices, the Premier League said its stadia had been
95.3 per cent full this season.Premier League head of supporter services Cathy Long said: 'For the
Premier League and our clubs keeping the grounds as full as possible is our top priority. The attendances
so far this season are very encouraging, with more than 95 per cent of seats sold and average crowds
tracking with last season’s which were the highest in English top flight football since 1949-50.'This only
happens because of the commitment of attending fans and the hard work put in by our clubs to fill their
stadiums with a variety of offers, both of which led to a 3 per cent increase in season ticket sales and a 2.8
per cent rise in away attendance last season.'We recognise that certain matches can be more challenging to
attend than others but are encouraged to see clubs, through their commitment to the Away Supporter
Initiative, make everything from ticket price reductions to special travel offers and reciprocal pricing
deals available to their travelling fans.'