The BBC’s Price Of Football survey for 2016 was released a week last Wednesday evening and as ever they looked at everything from the price of tickets through to the price of pies to determine how costs in football are changing for the supporter year on year.
Of course the Championship figures highly in their ‘results’ but the same questions were asked of all Football League clubs (albeit Plymouth Argyle apparently declined to take part in the survey that featured 200+ odd UK and European sides and there are a couple of other omissions in the tables) and the major sides from European football were also contacted, along with Scotland, Wales, Ireland and I believe for the first time ever, the Women’s Super League took part.
Having dealt previously with Championship headline results from the survey – please Click Here and provided a division comparison – please Click Here (League One and Two available Here for anyone interested), it’s time to move onto club specific details.
This is the sixth such Price of Football survey undertaken and it does show that ticket prices in general are falling, but there are exceptions across the divisions.
So what does this mean for Birmingham in particular.
The full results showed:
Cheapest Season Ticket: £230
Top Price Season Ticket: £690
Cheapest Match Day Ticket: £15
Top Price Match Day Ticket: £40
Most Popular Match Day Ticket: £11-20
* Ticket incentive scheme for schools, junior clubs, organisations and charities to attend games.
Programme: £3
Pie: £2.90
Tea: £2.20
Adult Shirt: £45
Junior Shirt: £35
Cheapest Adult Away Ticket: £15
Top Price Adult Away Ticket: £30
In relation to the rest of the division and in general, it means Birmingham’s prices compare as follows:
Match Day Tickets:
Cheapest – the cheapest is the cheapest in the Championship.
Most Expensive – the most expensive is 11% above the Championship average.
Season Tickets:
Cheapest – the cheapest ticket is 31% below the Championship average.
Most Expensive – the most expensive is 20% above the Championship average.
Price Paid To See A Home Goal: It’s a cost of £8.52 per goal putting Birmingham as the 6th cheapest in the Championship on that basis.
Most Popular Ticket Price Range (Championship): £21-30
Adult Shirt: 1% below Championship average.
Junior Shirt: 2% above Championship average.
Programme: £0.10 pence below the Championship average.
Pie: £0.42 pence below the Championship average.
Tea: £0.12 pence above the Championship average.
