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Man City season ticket less than Newport County equivalent
Newport County's cheapest season ticket is more expensive than the least costly for Premier League champions Manchester City, a BBC study has found.
The cheapest season ticket to watch the Conference Premier leaders cost £300 while an equivalent ticket at the Etihad Stadium is £275.
However Newport's most expensive season ticket is £340 compared with £695 at Manchester City.
The findings are part of BBC Sport's Price of Football study 2012.
The study looked at prices for 166 clubs in 10 divisions across British football, including the Conference Premier and Women's Super League.
It discovered the average cost of the cheapest adult ticket in the top four divisions of English football has risen by 11.7% in the past 12 months, more than five times the rate of inflation.
The price of football
- Cost of matchday programme at Cardiff and Swansea: £3
- Total cheapest day out at Swansea: £42.80
- Price of pie at Newport: £2.50
- Cup of tea at Wrexham: £1.70
The study shows that the average price of the cheapest matchday ticket in English league football has gone from £19.01 to £21.24.
Of the four Welsh clubs surveyed, Premier League Swansea City's most expensive season ticket was priced £499 at the start of the season with the cheapest option £429.
The cheapest matchday ticket at the Liberty Stadium is priced £35 with the most expensive ticket costing £45.
Cardiff City's cheapest season ticket was priced £329 with the most expensive set at £519 although prices for cheapest and most expensive matchday tickets were unavailable.
In the Conference Premier, the most expensive season ticket at Wrexham was priced £325 with the cheapest at £200.
The cheapest ticket to see a game at Wrexham is £14 compared with £13 at the new Rodney Parade home of Welsh rivals Newport County.
The most expensive ticket to see a home game at the Racecourse will cost fans £18 with Newport's most expensive a pound cheaper at £17.
Pies at Swansea City and Cardiff will cost fans £3 each while a cup of tea at Newport costs £1 compared to £1.80 at Swansea.
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Comment number 10.
Greg Martin20th October 2012 - 0:19
My adult season ticket in the south stand is still around the same price as Newport. Frankly though, I never understand why we allow any welsh teams near the English league. Sooner they and the scots get independence the better and we can avoid the embarrassment of another GB Team!
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daftas19th October 2012 - 11:12
Man city provide less than 100 out of a capacity 47000 season tickets at a very reduced price that would be like Newport offering about ten,come on BBC you can do better than this,this is a very poor untrue survey
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lionelair18th October 2012 - 20:08
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NewportMonmouthshire18th October 2012 - 19:16
This just goes to show what happens when someone with a poor grasp of statistics looks merely at headline figures. The financial structures of the two clubs are entirely different. Even without the Russian subsidy that City enjoy, the County season ticket is greater value for money as you actually get to watch football, not the pasteurised homogenised imitation on offer in the Premier League.
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LeTissstillgod18th October 2012 - 18:04
Dai got it right. It is not the apples and bananas comparison rather rotten eggs and caviar. Man City could charge nothing and it would make negligible effect on income. Newport and Wrexham are two top teams in conference and need every penny to challenge. I'd prefer to focus on a Welsh one two for promotion. The mighty Robins first, of course.
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