The majority of fans looking to secure their seat ready for next season will be met with increased costs. Only four of the 20 teams who will compete in the top-flight next term have announced a freeze, so join us below to see whether your team has hiked up the cost of their Premier League season ticket prices for the 2023/24 campaign.
- Increased costs of hosting matches has seen the majority of Premier League clubs announce an increase in season ticket prices.
- Nottingham Forest narrowly avoided relegation, but their 2023/24 season ticket prices represent a 20% increase year-on-year.
- Rising inflation rates and cost of living prices may force long-time season ticket holders into relinquishing their seats.
Season ticket holders are the lifeblood of Premier League clubs, and represent some of most loyal members of the football community.
They also contribute a significant amount of their own money to their chosen club, in order to secure a permeant seat for home fixtures. It would be easy to suggest that these match going fans should be rewarded for their loyalty, but the situation heading into next season appears quite the opposite.
70%, or 14 of the 20 clubs who will compete in the Premier League in 2023/24 have announced an increase in season ticket prices.
Only five clubs have announced a cut, negligible increases or a freeze on prices.
The current national inflation rate of 8.7% – almost 3% higher than the long-term average – is weighing heavy for clubs and fans alike, but the latter stand to lose the most with many unable to juggle the bloated figures of a season ticket with the rising costs of general living.
Premier League Season Ticket Prices – 2023/24
See below for a full breakdown for each club’s cheapest and most expensive season ticket prices, complete with a comparison from the season gone by.
Perhaps the most surprising finding in our cost analysis is Fulham, who have announced the most expensive season ticket for the 2023/24 season.
The Cottagers faithful will have to contend with an 18% rise on last season, and match going fans hoping to secure their place in the newly-renovated Riverside Stand will have to part with £3,000.
The Fulham Supporters’ Trust say it has caused “distress, anxiety, anger, and disillusionment” among fans, who have called for owner Shahid Khan to perform a U-turn on the announcement.
Elsewhere, north London rivals Tottenham and Arsenal both rank among the most expensive season tickets once more, although the former are one of four teams to freeze prices.
Much to the dismay of Gunners fans, the five percent increase is not reflected in next season’s ticket package, which will include four fewer fixtures. It will however feature three Champions League group stage games, the first time Europe’s elite competition returns to the Emirates since 2016.
Joining Tottenham in rewarding match going fans for their loyalty are fellow Londoners Brentford and Chelsea whose prices have remained the same, while newly-promoted Sheffield United have actually announced a £24 cut to their base season ticket.
Luton‘s fairytale journey means Kenilworth Road will become the smallest ever Premier League stadium, and supporters will be able to watch their side compete in the top-flight for around £30 per-match – they are also one of the few clubs to announce a negligible jump in pricing.
Hatters fans will also benefit from a well-established loyalty scheme, which rewards long-time season ticket holders with a discount on their renewal.
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At the other end of the spectrum, Nottingham Forest season ticket holders will head into the new season with a mixed bag of emotions.
Securing Premier League football when all hope seemed lost was a huge coup for the club, but the City Ground faithful have been outraged by the 20% increase to some of the season ticket bands.
To make matters worse, its 18-23 concession band has been scrapped ahead of the new campaign, so fans as young as 20 will have to muster £465 to afford the cheapest offering.
Aston Villa follow closely with the second-biggest increase year-on-year. Their new-found position in the league’s top seven, coupled with qualification to the Europa Conference League, means the club’s hierarchy have been forced to hike up prices for season ticket holders.
A statement explaining the update figures read as follows: “The increase in ticket prices will help bring our revenues more in line with the costs of competing in the upper reaches of the Premier League.”
Villa also acknowledged the strain of rising costs of living, but added that the “club itself is not immune to those economic pressures.”
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