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The noise around home ticket prices continues to increase as Chelsea Supporters’ Trust (CST) and groups at Manchester City have hit out at their own clubs for bumping up prices and squeezing concessions.
CST published a letter to the club after seeing a rise in the price of tickets, coach travel, replica shirts, programmes, food and drink in general admission areas, youth fixtures and women’s game ticket prices. The trust warned that the increases, coupled with a lack of engagement, could lead to "irreversible toxicity, almost irrespective of results on the pitch".
Speaking about the price increases at the Etihad, after a season of record revenue, chair of Manchester City Supporters' Club Kevin Parker said the move "will leave a bitter taste in the mouths of many."
Elsewhere, Brentford, Burnley and West Ham United have also announced that season ticket prices will be going up across all age and concession ranges for the 2024-25 season. These all follow on from Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur both announcing ticket price rises at the start of March.
It’s turning into a trend across the PL which we fear will spread to the EFL too as more clubs announce pricing plans for 2024/25. A summer of discontent ahead?