Price of Football 2016: Premier League season tickets most expensive for Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea fans

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James Benge16 November 2016

London’s Premier League clubs continue to rank among the costliest match days for supporters, the BBC Sport Price of Football study has revealed.

While the price of football in the top flight has come down thanks to the Premier League’s capping of away tickets at £30, the capital remains home to some of the priciest season tickets, single match tickets and even pies in the land.

The Premier League’s three most expensive season tickets are all for London clubs, with Arsenal’s £2,013 price outdoing the £1,895 charged by Tottenham and the £1,250 charged by Chelsea.

West Ham are the only other team to charge over £1,000 for a season ticket (£1,100), though as part of their move to the London Stadium they committed to providing some tickets for just £289 – the second cheapest of any club in the top flight.

All three of Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea froze the cost of their season tickets for the start of the 2016/17 season after Premier League clubs were handed a record £5.316billion television deal.

Arsenal have long ranked in the upper reaches of the Premier League’s price table but have shown little appetite to up their prices, only raising the cost of season tickets in four of the past 11 seasons. But many supporters believe more can be done to alleviate the financial burden on the Emirates faithful, particularly younger fans.

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“We have campaigned for, and welcomed, the ticket prize freezes at the club,” Arsenal Supporters Trust spokesman Tim Payton told Standard Sport. “However with the huge amounts of television and commercial money coming into the game, we believe there is room for price reductions.

“It is particularly important that we do more to encourage younger fans to attend the games. They provide the atmosphere and are the future of the club.”

It was also revealed that the average cost of the cheapest adult home matchday ticket in the Premier League had fallen by six per cent to £29.15, with the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City having cut prices at their grounds.

The average cost of an away ticket has also fallen to £29.44 in the top flight, £2.13 cheaper than in the Championship and 37 per cent lower than it had been a year ago. This comes after the ‘Twenty's Plenty’ campaign helped pressure Premier League clubs into agreeing a £30 cap on tickets for travelling supporters.

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However, the cost of other key items in the matchday experience is on the rise. Only eight clubs charge less than £49.99 for an adult replica shirt (Manchester United and Manchester City’s both cost £60) while the average cost of a junior shirt is £39.30.

In grounds the price of a pie has increased by 25 per cent between 2011 and 2016, while a cup of tea is 8.38 per cent more expensive over the same period, and a matchday programme 9.84 per cent.

BBC Sport’s survey also compared the cost of Premier League match day attendances with several of Europe’s top sides. Only Paris Saint-Germain charge more than Arsenal for a season ticket at £2,588.75 (€3,000).

Barcelona (£113.93) and Real Madrid (£232) offer a cheapest season ticket - notably less expensive than any in the Premier League - while fans of Bayern Munich pay between £120.89 and £647.62 for a year-long seat at the Allianz Arena.

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