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The Price of Football

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17 October 2015

By Alex Khalil

The cost for watching a bunch of over-paid men kicking a ball around a stadium for 90 minutes has either frozen or gone down, a study by the BBC has found.

The study (the largest of its type in Europe) looked at costs from 227 clubs in 13 UK leagues.

Over 700 tickets were analysed, with up to 70% seeing a price freeze or reduction for the 2015-16 season.

51.91% of tickets prices were held at the same cost, while 18.09% were reduced. The remaining 30% of prices increased this season. The study also showed that the average price for a single match day ticket was just over £30 for Premier games.

The Premier League had this to say: “Clubs are working hard to keep grounds as full as possible, with the past two seasons showing they are doing a good job, with record occupancy at 96%. This is borne out by the BBC’s research that shows 70% of tickets available are either the same price or cheaper than last season.”

“However, the BBC’s focus on single match tickets is misleading, as the vast majority – two-thirds – of Premier League match attendees are season-ticket holders. The raft of away supporter offers has seen travelling attendance go up by 6%.”

And while there may be some truth to this, from an outsider’s view, £30 is a lot of money for one seat. Premier League or not.

 

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