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The average cost of the cheapest match-day ticket in the Premier League has passed £30 for the first time, the BBC’s Price of Football has found.
In the top flight, 11 clubs put the price of this ticket up, contributing to a 6.54% year-on-year rise. It now averages £30.68, up from £28.80.
The most expensive match-day ticket fell slightly to an average of £56.63.
In the season ticket category, both the cheapest and most expensive rose about 1% to £513.95 and £886.21 respectively.
That works out at £27.05 and £46.64 a game.
The study, which also gathers prices for pies, programmes, tea and away tickets across the UK, found replica shirt prices rose 4.8% year on year. Premier League clubs released 50 outfield strips this summer and a home jersey bought in a club shop will now cost an average £49.68.
Swansea were the only club out of 227 in 13 leagues across the UK who declined to take part in the study.
Fans have largely seen prices remain the same or drop this season, as BBC Sport’s study found 51 of the 76 ticket prices analysed dropped or remained the same.
The Premier League said this shows clubs are “working hard to keep grounds full” and “doing a good job with record occupancy at 96%”.
As in 2014-15, no Premier League ticket is above £100, with Arsenal (£97) and West Ham (£95) most expensive.
But more than a third of the clubs sell a match-day ticket for £25 or less during the course of a season, with Leicester City’s £22 offering the cheapest.
The Premier League says BBC Sport’s focus on individual match tickets is “misleading” as 66% of fans use season tickets.
Of the teams who remained in the Premier League from 2014-15, only West Brom raised the cost of their cheapest season ticket, citing the “competitive realities” of the competition for their £50 hike.
Prices range from £294 at Stoke City to £2,013 at Arsenal, though the Gunners’ season tickets include seven cup fixtures and the London club say most fans pay between £1,000 and £1,100 for a season pass.
According to its own study released last week, the Premier League say season ticket holders paid an average of £32.50 for adults and £10 for juniors to watch matches.
The average pie costs £3.35 in the top flight, up 1.82%, while a tea is £2.09, down 2.84%. A programme is £3.42 on average, up 6.77%.
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