PUBLISHED: 16:55 EST, 18 October 2012 | UPDATED: 16:55 EST, 18 October 2012

The sharp rise in the cost of football over the past year has been called 'unacceptable' by the Football Supporters' Federation (FSF).

The average price of the cheapest adult ticket to watch English football has risen by 11.7pc - five times the rate - while the cost of match-day Premier League tickets varies from 15 to 126.

Missing out: Young fans are not getting into habit of going to the match

Missing out: Young fans are not getting into habit of going to the match

The average price of the cheapest ticket at a Premier or Football League ground has risen from 19.01 to 21.24.

FSF chairman Malcolm Clarke fears this will price younger fans out of watching live games.

He said: 'There's a danger of alienation between fans and players at the top of the game. Younger fans in particular are being priced out and if they don't get the live football bug at a young age, they might not become season ticket-holders.

'If you compare prices to other countries such as Germany, there are huge disparities. Season tickets at Borussia Dortmund start from €225 (183), which includes three Champions League games - at about 8.90 per match - and free public transport. In comparison, our prices are simply unacceptable.


'This is an industry with eye-watering amounts of money going into it through media rights at the top, and this should be reflected in cost for the match-going fan.' 

The BBC survey looked at 166 British clubs in 10 divisions, including the Conference and Women's Super League.

Arsenal have the most expensive season ticket - 1,955 - and Wigan have the cheapest in the Premier League at 255.


Remarkably, Kidderminster Harriers, in the Conference, charge the most for a match-day pie at 4, but the club explain they are homemade. Three Scottish teams - Alloa, Albion and Forfar - charge the least: just 1.

The most expensive teas are 2.50 at both Manchester clubs and the cheapest (50p) can be found at Alloa and Brechin in Scotland.

The most expensive programme at 4 is sold at Leeds United.

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What a pointless article, its old news DM, why you hate Arsenal so much?

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haha nice coice of pics (talking about the kid holding a mag) cheeky DM.

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Arsenal fans must have deep pockets?!

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this is beyond stupid, DM has already ran this article but this is with a different slant and this has already been proven to be absolute rubbish.......always having a pop at Arsenal!!

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