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Being a fan

Arsenal £1,014 Chelsea £750 Tottenham £765 Liverpool £685 Everton £580 Southampto­n £648 Bournemout­h £550 Palace £550 Newcastle £473 Man Utd Watford £505 Brighton £495 Stoke £459 Swansea £439 WBA £399 Leicester Burnley £390 Man C £299 Huddersfie­ld £400 Wes

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are also bringing down prices. West Yorkshire club Huddersfie­ld have sliced a whacking £ 101 off last season’s £400 ticket price.

All the other Premier League clubs have frozen their prices.

Protests

Football supporters hailed this as a major victory for fan power after years of steadily increasing prices.

It comes after furious fans at clubs including Arsenal and Liverpool staged a series of stadium protests and walkouts over rocketing tickets last year. Our findings also come after we revealed 11 Premier League clubs hiked the cost of buying a beer in their stadiums last season, with Man Utd fans buying bottles that equated to £6.50 a pint.

We also found fans were even paying 14 per cent more for their traditiona­l meat pies.

Man City, Spurs and Crystal Palace topped the pie league, charging £4 for the popular snack.

The Football Supporters Federation said: “It’s good to see some clubs reducing season ticket prices and we hope others follow in the future. e.

“Fans are e the future of football and cannott be priced out if the game wantss to continue to grow.

“For yearsrs the general trend on season ticketsets and replica kits has been upwardsds but finally they are on a plateau. u.

“We hopee they will come down in the e future. There is also room for improvemen­t on the price ce of refreshmen­ts at football grounds.”ounds ”

 ??  ?? ON THE BALL: It will cost £891 for ticket to see Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud
ON THE BALL: It will cost £891 for ticket to see Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud

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